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But he was low-voiced, gay, intense. "Dear Neale what what can I do? ... I have nothing... so big a thing as you did today!" "Child! You can kiss me." Allie's sweet gravity changed. She smiled. "I shore can, as Larry used to say. That's my privilege. But you spoke of a reward. My kisses they are yours and as many as the the grains of sand out there. But they are not reward." "No? ... Listen.
He and I come from the same place back in the States. Great friends we were, till we both got to sparkin' the same girl. When she took me, George, he got pretty ornery, but I guess he's all over it by this time. I'm goin' home to marry her, now. "I've just been around to the tents seein' about little Allie's funeral, an' he'll keep on the girls, too.
Nevertheless, he showed himself terribly bitter against men of the Fresno stamp, and in fact against all the outlaw, ruffianly, desperado class so numerous in Benton. Neale begged Larry to be cautious, to go slow, to ferret out things, and so help him, instead of making it harder to locate Allie through his impetuosity. "Pard, I reckon Allie's done for," said Larry, gloomily. "No no!
A wait followed, during which we could hear, through the silence, excited undertones from the upper floors. The words were indistinct until Joe's heavy voice sent down to us an angry "No damn nonsense, I tell you. Allie's got to come, too. She's not such a fool as you think. Bad example bosh!" Anita started up. "Oh please please!" she cried. "Take me away anywhere! This is dreadful."
A wait, during which we could hear through the silence excited undertones from the upper floors. The words were indistinct until Joe's heavy voice sent down to us an angry "No damn' nonsense, I tell you. Allie's got to come, too. She's not such a fool as you think. Bad example bosh!" Anita started up. "Oh please please!" she cried. "Take me away anywhere! This is dreadful."
And for a moment Allie's head dropped beside her cousin's, while she shook with sobs of mingled pity and fear. Then she started up again, to force back her tears as she said, with all the pride and energy of the MacGregors in her firm, clear voice, "Howard, don't rush round so; you'll only make Charlie worse. It may not be so bad; but you go, quick as you can, for Dr. Brownlee.
But Neale and Larry King were not among them. Allie's heart sank like lead. The revulsion of feeling, the disappointment, was sickening. She saw Ancliffe shake his head, and divined in the action that he had not been able to find the friends Hough wanted particularly.
"And then," continued Grant remorselessly; "you can just put on your hat, and come along with me to Allie's. We'll each put a nickel in the bank, and then we'll be square. But you'd better believe I'll tell the boys who did this, so they won't get taken in as I did." A week later, Charlie and Allie opened the bank and counted the funds.
"It was an air-ship accident. And Lady Allie's been hurt." "Badly?" he asked, as our glances met. "Not badly, in one way," I explained to him. "She's not in any danger, I mean. But her plane caught fire, and she's been burned about the face." His lips parted slightly, as he sat staring at me.
"Only ten minutes more!" said Allie, excitedly prancing up and down the platform. "I do so hope the train won't be late." "Allie's getting in a hurry to see the cousin," remarked Grant Everett teasingly. "You and Howard'll have to step out of the way when he comes, Ned. You needn't think you're going to stand any chance against this new attraction."
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