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Verinder's s, who had been a fascinated spectator of the Wild West sports at Gunnison, was describing theeneral buttoner-up-the-back to the entire feent of the party

"What do you mean when you say a horse bucks?" she wanted to know

"'E thron 'is 'ead and 'e throws up 'is 'eels and you cawn't reinality

"Fancy now!"

"Consequence is the rider lands himpromptu on terra firma, so to hexpress it"

"Dear s?"

"A bit"

"Couldn't Captain Kilmeny ride one of the bronchos?"

"I've 'eard that the captain is a crack rider, none better in the harmy, Miss Fisher 'E could ride the blawsted brute if it wouldn't 'ide its bloo the alk in front of the Lodge, took this in with a chuckle

It was a still night, save only for the rushing waters of the river The la coldly ht in the trees offered a stage set to lowered lights

The thoughts of the girl had drifted to speculation about the transplanted countryreatly He had challenged her trust in hie He had not explained a single one of the suspicious circuainst him He had not taken her into his confidence, nor had he in so lad he had told her nothing, had demanded her faith as a matter of course It was part of her pride in him that she could believe without evidence All the world would knoas not guilty after he had shown his proofs It would be no test of friendship to stand by hiravel behind her and an arm opened to let her hand slip round the elbow

"May I stroll out this dance with you, Miss Dwight?" Lord Farquhar asked foruardian were kindred spirits They never needed to explain themselves to each other Both kne toalone with htly

He burlesqued a sigh "I'e,Verinder jealous"

"Oh, Verinder," she scoffed

"Should I have said Kilmeny?" he asked