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He now came jogging back with the tent and all else that they had not been carrying with them in their skirting of the cañon edge. He unloaded the packs and hastened to pitch the tent. As he was finishing, Isobel called to him sharply. "What are you doing there, Kid? That can wait. Come here." "Yes, Miss Chuckie," he replied with ready obedience.
"Ye-es?" murmured Ashton, his ardent eyes on the girl. "Miss er Chuckie, it is superfluous to remark that I shall vastly enjoy a cross-country ride with you." "Oh, really!" she replied. Heedless of her ironical tone, he turned a supercilious glance on Knowles. "Yes, and at the same time your papa and his hired man can take advantage of the opportunity to deliver my veal."
We can mill it ourselves, and not have to pay tribute to the Smelting Trust. That's romance or at least sounds like it. You will pay for all the development work, in return for one-third share. I shall take a third, as the discoverer, and Chuckie gets the remaining third as grub-staker." "As what?" "She is staking us with grub food and supplies.
"I'm no more squeamish than most, but you know I don't like any cussing so near Chuckie." "Look at this!" cried Gowan "Enough to make anybody cuss!" He thrust out the slip of paper close before his employer's eyes. Knowles took it and read it through with deliberate care. "Well?" he said. "It's a receipt from the postmaster to Ashton for those letters I sent over by him. What of it?"
"You better stay here, Miss Chuckie," he advised. "We're going to cure that rustler." "But, Kid, what if No, no! wait!" she cried at sight of his drawn Colt's. "Daddy, stop him! The man may not be a rustler." "You heard the shooting," answered the cowman.
If she had not sent for me to come and look over the situation, I should not have been here to stumble on this mine. So she gets a share." "I'm glad, glad, Tom! Isn't it nice to be able to do fine things for others? I'm so glad for Chuckie's sake, because, if Lafayette keeps on as he is doing now, he may win his father's forgiveness." "What has that to do with Chuckie?"
"Tom has been telling us how he's got that irrigation project all figured out in his head. He was saying what he and Jenny had planned to do for us even before Chuckie let out her secret. Come on and hear the rest." "I fear I must ask you to excuse me, Mr. Knowles. "No, you don't," rejoined the cowman. "After what you've done you can't make me believe you're afraid of anything.
I couldn't help him with that climb. He weighs a good two hundred." "You can take food down to him and let him know that help is coming. You must!" Gowan looked sullenly at the unconscious man. "Sorry, Miss Chuckie. It's no go. I ain't a mountain sheep." "But he came up!" "That's different. It's a sight easier going up cliffs than climbing down. No, you'll have to excuse me, Miss Chuckie."
"Think you could find your way back?" "Why, yes; though we wandered all around But surely, Mr. Knowles, you'll not require me " "I want a man to ride over with some letters and fetch the mail. I'll need Gowan for work you can't do. Chuckie was to have gone; but I can't let her now, until we're more sure about that man who shot at you." "I see."
"You're not afraid of any more shooting, ma'am, are you?" he asked. "I've told your husband that Kid is to come up to keep guard. He will stay right along, unless that scoundrel is trailed down sooner." "Then I shall have no fear, Mr. Knowles." "You needn't, and you and Chuckie can come and go just the same as ever. I don't want your visit spoiled.
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