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"Shore An I reckon if you say you're goin' to have him--wal, Bo 'd be funny," he drawled

"I reckon she would be funny," retorted Helen She was so happy that she iood to be true--the return of this cowboy He understood her He had co that could alienate her He had apparently forgotten the terrible role he had accepted and the doom he had meted out to her enemies That e significance of the West as ereat But he did not know that

Then the door of the living-rooh voice pealed out: "Roy! Oh, what a ! Whose is he?"

"Wal, Bo, if all I hear is so he belongs to you," replied Roy with a huge grin

Bo appeared in the door She stepped out upon the porch She saw the cowboy The excited flash of her pretty face vanished as she paled

"Bo, I shore aas, as he stepped forward, son of confusion in hiladness Then she expected to behold Bo run right into the cowboys's arms It appeared, however, that she was doolad to see you," she replied

They shook hands as old friends

"You're lookin' right fine," he said

"Oh, I'm well And how have you been these six er," he drawled "Wal, I'm pretty tip-top now, but I was laid up with heart trouble for a spell"

"Heart trouble?" she echoed, dubiously

"Shore I ate too much over heah in New Mexico"

"It's no news to hed Bo Then she ran off the porch to see the blueher hands in sheer delight

"Bo, he's a plumb dandy," said Roy "Never seen a prettier hoss He'll run like a streak An' he's got good eyes He'll be a pet some day But I reckon he'll always be spunky"

"Bo ventured to step closer, and at last got a hand on theneck and called softly to him, until he submitted to her hold

"What's his name?" she asked