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"Oh, Grant, Grant!" She laid her forehead against him for a moment, then looked up at him with a certain whimsical solicitude "Never mind our trouble now What's this about you and Vadnie? The boys see to , you two? I only want," she added, deprecatingly, "to seein any way to help--"

"You can't, except just don't worry e get to scrapping" His eyes smiled down at her with their old, quizzical humor, which she had not seen in theood deal of the time," he predicted "We're both pretty peppery But we'll ht You didn't"--he blushed consciously--"you didn't think I was going to--to fall dead in love--"

"Didn't I?" Phoebe laughed at him openly "I'd have been h about hu?" The voice of Bauer purred down to theood-naturedly regarding theoin' to take a ride up to the station--gotta send a telegram or two about this little affair"--he made a ht a good, cold drink of butterrazed Good Indian, and passed hi of no consequence

"If you don't happen to have any handy, it don't o when Phoebe shook her head "Anything we can get for yuh at the store, Mrs Hart? Won't be any trouble at all--Oh, all right" He had caught another shake of the head

"We one till supper-tiood sense, Mrs Hart, to see that the boys keep away froain indicated thestirred up, you understand, and so they'd better just keep away froood boys--they'll do as you say" He leered at her ingratiatingly, shot a keen, questioning look at Good Indian, and went his lu way

Grant went to the top of the steps, and one before he said a word Even then he sat down upon the edge of the stairith his back to the pond, so that he could keep watch of the approaches to the spring-house; he had becoht