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"Jerd," said Jane, "what stock you can't take care of turn out in the sage Let your first thought be for Black Star and Night
Keep them in perfect condition Run theh Jane Withersteen gave them such liberality, she loved her possessions She loved the rich, green stretches of alfalfa, and the farrove, and the old stone house, and the beautiful, ever-faithful a, and every one of a myriad of horses and colts and burros and fowls down to the setables; but she loved best her noble Arabian steeds In coe Jane cherished two s--the cold, sweet, broater that made life possible in the wilderness and the horses which were a part of that life When Lassiter asked her what Lassiter would be without his guns he was assu that his horse was part of hiht because it was her nature to love all beautiful creatures--perhaps all living things; and then she loved thee and in her had been born and bred the rider's instinct to rely on his four-footed brother And when Jane gave Jerd the order to keep her favorites trained down to the day it was a half-conscious aded a time when she would need her fleet horses
Jane had noever, no leisure to brood over the coils that were closing round her Mrs Larkin greeaker as the August days began; she required constant care; there was little Fay to look after; and such household work as was imperative Lassiter put Bells in the stable with the other racers, and directed his efforts to a closer attendance upon Jane She welcoe He was always at hand to help, and it was her fortune to learn that his boast of being aard around woreat, brown hands were skilled in a ht have envied He shared Jane's work, and was of especial help to her in nursing Mrs Larkin The woht, and this often broke Jane's rest So it ca the day, when she needed care, and Jane would ht-watches Mrs Larkin at once took kindly to the gentle Lassiter, and, without ever asking who or what he was, praised hiood man and loves children," she said How sad to hear this truth spoken of a ht lost beyond all redemption! Yet ever and ever Lassiter towered above her, and behind or through his black, sinister figure shone soely affected Jane