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And when she left her cabin she was in aat the table and being served by Bate Wood

"Hello, Dandy!" he greeted her, in surprise and pleasure "This's

early for you"

Joan returned his greeting and said that she could not sleep all the

tie before a month is

out"

"Hold up a stage?" echoed Joan

"Sure It'll be great fun," replied Kells, with a laugh "Here--sit

down and eat withlively with breakfast

It's fine to see you there That h No

one can see how pretty you areJoan, your admirer, Gulden, has

been incapacitated for the present"

Then in evident satisfaction Kells repeated the story that Joan had

heard Red Pearce tell the night before; and in the telling Kells

enlarged so to Cleve," said Kells "He's a strange

youngster But he's more irl who's been faithless or soo I'd have said ALL women were that,

but since I've known you I think--I know different Still, one girl