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"The doctor ought to know," she laughed

"I expect it won't do me any harit-up-and-dust habit We got to keep going, though Heaven knoe're going for soh he did not know it, her interest in hih certainly critical He was a type outside of her experience, and, by the law of opposites, attracted her Every line of hiy He was not without soer; but it ith the air of youth to which his boyish laugh and wavy, sun-reddened hair contributed

The men of her station that she kneere of one pattern, indolent, well-bred aristocrats, despisers of trade and of those who indulged in it more than was necessary to live But her irl, and there was in her blood a strong ireat nation of which her father's people were not yet in spirit entirely a part

"I have to drive to Antelope Springs this h trip at all If you would care to see the country----"

She paused, a question in her face Her guest ju I should like better If you are sure it will be no inconvenience"

"I am sure I should not have asked you if I had not wanted you," she said; and he took it as a reproof

She drove a pair of grays that took the road with the spirit of racers The young woman sat erect and handled the reins masterfully, the while Muir leaned back and ad wrists, the businesslike directness hich she gave herself to her work, the glow of life whipped into her eyes and cheeks by the exhilaration of the pace

"I suppose you know all about these old land-grants that were made when New Mexico was a Spanish colony and later when it was a part of Mexico," he suggested

Her dark eyes rested gravely on hiht up on the of the facts"

"You are farant?"

"Yes"

"And with the Moreño grant, made by Governor Armijo?"

"Yes"

"The claiht fros, the valleys, the irrigable land; takes in everything but the hilly pasture land in the mountains, which, in itself, is valueless"