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Updated: June 25, 2025
"Wanted to surprise you, Teeters," said Disston, dropping the bags he carried. "Yo shore done it!" replied Teeters emphatically, casting an eye at the writhing mass of horses. "It'll take me an hour or more to patch that harness!" "In that event," said the guest from Canton, Ohio, with a relief that was unmistakable, "it were better, perhaps, that we should go to the hotel and wait for you."
Full size, 26-inch blade; good handle; what do you suppose it is worth?" "I know nothing of saws; I couldn't guess." "Yes, you can guess. You know whether it looks worth 5 cents or $5." "Well, say $1.50." "That's close. You are a good guesser on saws. I buy that of Disston for $3 per dozen." "What! A Disston saw?" "I didn't say a Disston saw.
"Set on their heads, Old Timers" to the volunteers who were endeavoring to disentangle the struggling horses and shook hands with Disston. "This is Mrs. Rathburn and Miss Rathburn, Clarence " Mr. Teeters bowed profoundly, and as he removed his hat his bang fell in his eyes, so that he looked like a performing Shetland pony. "Much obliged to meet you, ladies," deferentially.
"You were very good friends when you left, I remember." The eyes of both Mrs. Rathburn and her daughter showed surprise when Disston colored. "That we are not now is her fault entirely," he answered. "How is she?" Toomey shrugged a shoulder. "If you mean physically I should say her health was perfect. No one ever sees her. She lives out in the hills alone with her sheep and a couple of herders."
"I understand now," Disston said slowly. "But, Kate, is it worth the price you'll pay for it?" "I'm used to paying well for everything, whether it's success or experience," she replied bitterly. "As I feel now, it's worth the sacrifice demanded, and I'm willing to make it."
"It's the fork of the road," she said in curt decision, "and I've chosen." There was something so implacable in her face and voice and manner that Disston felt like one shut out behind a door that is closed and bolted; he had a sensation as though his heart while warm and beating had been laid upon the unresponsive surface of cold marble. The chill of it went all through him.
Pique and disappointment smouldered also in the bosom of her fair daughter, who, if she had been less fair, might have been called sullen, since these emotions evidenced themselves in a scornful silence, which was not alleviated by the fact that Disston did not appear to notice it.
She hesitated, then added in explanation: "When we came West I told myself that I must not allow myself to deteriorate in rough surroundings, and I have made it a rule never to mingle with any but the best, Mr. Disston.
Emmeline Taylor who called for the purpose of obtaining supplementary details to the brief history that she had been able to extract from Disston and Teeters. What Mrs. Rathburn learned from that source was, temporarily, eminently satisfactory and soothing. It was too much to believe that Disston could be seriously interested in a woman of Kate Prentice's reputation and antecedents.
Again the light feminine laugh reached Kate and her lips tightened as she thought cynically: "Dudes from the Scissor Ranch over to look at the freak woman sheepherder." Disston winced a little. Kate might misunderstand and take offense at Beth Rathburn's laughter.
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