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And grim, sardonic, almost scornful, indeed, were the words of Buck Weaver. This rider had once worked for Al Auchincloss and had deserted to Beasley under Mulvey's leadership. Mulvey was dead and the situation was vastly changed. Beasley gave Weaver a dark, lowering glance, and waved him away. From the door Weaver sent back a doubtful, scrutinizing gaze, then slouched out.
The memorandum prepared by Messrs. Miller and Auchincloss was apparently in the President's hands before the revised draft was completed, for certain changes in the original draft were in accord with the suggestions made in their memorandum.
With that he turned to Bo, and, after studying her pretty face, he asked, in apparently severe tone, "Did you send a cowboy named Carmichael to ask me for a job?" Bo looked quite startled. "Carmichael! Why, Uncle, I never heard that name before," replied Bo, bewilderedly. "A-huh! Reckoned the young rascal was lyin'," said Auchincloss. "But I liked the fellar's looks an' so let him stay."
While I cannot speak from personal knowledge, I learned that the suggested changes in terms and language were put into form by members of the Colonel's office staff. In addition to modifications which were made to meet the wishes of the foreign statesmen, especially the British, Mr. Gordon Auchincloss, the son-in-law and secretary of Colonel House, and Mr.
Helen began to suspect that the girl would welcome any adventure, and Helen knew surely now that Bo was a true Auchincloss. For three long days Helen had felt a constraint with which heretofore she had been unfamiliar; for the last hours it had been submerged under dread. But it must be, she concluded, blood like her sister's, pounding at her veins to be set free to race and to burn.
"We go to Magdalena then take stage for the White Mountains," replied Helen. The cowboy's still, intent eyes showed surprise. "Apache country, miss," he said. "I reckon I'm sorry. Thet's shore no place for you-all... Beggin' your pawdin you ain't Mormons?" "No. We're nieces of Al Auchincloss," rejoined Helen. "Wal, you don't say!
He was interrupted by Riggs, who, grasping Helen by the arm, pulled her back a step. "Say, mister, did Auchincloss send you to meet my young friends here?" he demanded, arrogantly. Dale's glance turned from Helen to Riggs. She could not read this quiet gray gaze, but it thrilled her. "No. I come on my own hook," he answered. "You'll understand, then they're in my charge," added Riggs.
Al Auchincloss was a hard driver. He made enemies an' he made some he didn't kill. The evil men do lives after them. An' you've got to suffer fer Al's sins, though Al was as good as any man who ever prospered in these parts." "Oh, what can I do? I won't give up. I've been robbed. Can't the people help me? Must I meekly sit with my hands crossed while that half-breed thief Oh, it's unbelievable!"
Dale had no idea how his visit would be taken, and he certainly would not have been surprised to be ordered off the place. He had not set foot there for years. Therefore it was with surprise that he saw Auchincloss wave away the herders and take his entrance without any particular expression. "Howdy, Al! How are you?" greeted Dale, easily, as he leaned his rifle against the log wall.
I declare, Milt, you live so in the woods you're like a boy of ten an' then sometimes as old as the hills.... There's no young man to compare with you, hereabouts. An' this girl she'll have all the spunk of the Auchinclosses." "Then maybe she'd not be such a catch, after all," replied Dale. "Wal, you've no cause to love them, that's sure. But, Milt, the Auchincloss women are always good wives."
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