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Bo followed him, and Helen found herself mechanically at their heels Dale led them a few paces off the road behind soe here," he said "We'll "

Then he stalked away and in a few strides disappeared

Bo sat down to begin unlacing her shoes Helen could just see her pale, pretty face and big, gleaht of the stars It struck her then that Bo was going to make eminently more of a success of Western life than she was

"Nell, those fellows are n-nice," said Bo, reflectively "Aren't you c-cold? Say, he said hurry!"

It was beyond Helen's coan to disrobe out there in that open, windy desert, but after she had gotten launched on the task she found that it required ht through her Als fly

"G-g-g-gee!" chattered Bo "I n-never as so c-c-cold in all ive y-you!"

Helen was too intent on her own troubles to take breath to talk She was a strong, healthy girl, swift and efficient with her hands, yet this, the hardest physical ordeal she had ever experienced, almost overcame her Bo outdistanced her by moments, helped her with buttons, and laced one whole boot for her Then, with hands that stung, Helen packed the traveling-suits in the bag

"There! But what an awful -dresses!"

"We'll press theled

They started for the road Bo, strange to note, did not carry her share of the burden, and she seeroup of horses, one of which carried a pack

"Nothin' slow about you," said Dale, relieving Helen of the grip "Roy, put the"

Roy led out two of the horses

"Get up," he said, indicating Bo "The stirrups are short on this saddle"

Bo was an adept at , but she made such aard and sloork of it in this instance that Helen could not believe her eyes

"Haw 're the stirrups?" asked Roy "Stand in theht Careful now! Thet hoss is skittish Hold hi up to the reputation hich Helen had credited her