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"That was only two years ago," expostulated Helen, in ht I'll bet you--" Bo broke up abruptly, and, tossing her head, she gave Tom a pat and then ran away around the corner of cliff wall

Helen followed leisurely

"Say, Nell," said Bo, when Helen arrived at their little green ledge-pole hut, "do you know that hunter felloill upset some of your theories?"

"Maybe I'll admit he amazes me--and affronts me, too, I'm afraid," replied Helen "What surpriseshe's not raw or crude He's elemental"

"Sister dear, wake up The man's wonderful You can learn more from him than you ever learned in your life So can I I always hated books, anyway"

When, a little later, Dale approached carrying some bridles, the hound Pedro trotted at his heels

"I reckon you'd better ride the horse you had," he said to Bo

"Whatever you say But I hope you letout there you'll like But he pitches a little," he rejoined, and turned away toward the park The hound looked after him and then at Helen

"Co her, motioned the hound back Obediently Pedro trotted to her, still shy and soberly watchful, as if not sure of her intentions, but with so of friendliness about hi the park, and there composed herself for what she felt would be sloeet, idle hours Pedro curled down beside her The tall for horses Again she saw a deer grazing a Dale! Presently it bounded away toward the edge of the forest Soh in the air The shrill whistles rang clear in the stillness

"Gee! Look at the up to where Helen sat Bo threw herself down upon the fragrant pine-needles and stretched herself languorously, like a lazy kitten There was soraceful outline She lay flat and looked up through the pines

"Wouldn't it be great, now," she as coould happen somehow to come, and then an earthquake would shut us up here in this Paradise valley so we'd never get out?"