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"What I'm gettin' at is that there ain't no one around here that'd rustle them except Radford." "There ain't no other nester around here that you know of?" questioned Ferguson. "No. Radford's the only one." Ferguson lingered a moment. Then he walked slowly to the door. "I reckon that's all," he said. "To-morrow I'm goin' to show you your rustler."
"This man claims to have been bit by a rattler an' lays up over night in Ben Radford's cabin makin' love to Mary Radford." Ferguson turned his head slightly, surveying the range boss with a cold, alert eye. "A little while ago," he said evenly, "I heard a man inside tellin' about some of the boys learnin' their lessons from a girl over on Bear Flat.
"If you do," he said smiling, "don't have the hero thinkin' that the girl is makin' a fool of him." He drew her close. "That cert'nly was a mighty bad minute you give me," he added. A shadow fell upon the rock. Ferguson turned his head and looked toward the west, where the sun had already descended over the mountains. "Why it's sundown!" he said, smiling into Miss Radford's eyes.
You say your brother ain't here now?" "He left early this morning to go down the river," she informed him. "He said he would be back before sun-down." His eyes narrowed perceptibly. "Down" the river meant that Radford's trail led in the general direction of the spot where he had seen the fleeing horseman and the dead Two Diamond cow with her orphaned calf. Yet this proved nothing.
Colonel Radford's boys and the colored boys all went hunting. We had 'possum and potatoes all along in winter; 'possum grease won't make you sick. Eat all you want. I'd hear their horn and the dogs. They would come in hungry every time. I never seen no whiskey. He had his cider and vinegar press and made wine. We had cider and wine all along.
Mary Radford's people were there to meet her, and Ormond went up to London alone, beginning his short railway journey with a return of the melancholy that had oppressed him during the first part of his long voyage.
The night school had privately been a very great trial to her, for since 'Duke Radford's indifferent health had caused him to lie in bed so much, it had been impossible to use the room off the store as schoolroom, and so for two hours every evening the family living-room had been invaded by a swarm of more or less unwashed men, whose habits were not always of the most refined description.
"Is yer uncle 'round anywheres?" "Isn't he in the barn?" asked the girl, looking up. "Can't find him, high ner low. But he ordered a book of me t'other day 'Radford's Lives o' the Saints' an' perhaps you'll take it an' pay me the money, so's I kin go home." Louise gazed at the man musingly.
Selincourt enquired pitifully. He had heard a little of 'Duke Radford's affliction, and sympathized keenly with the children who had such a heavy weight of responsibility to carry. Miles shook his head. "Since his stroke, Father has not been able to do anything at all. His memory is entirely gone, yet he is so pleased to see people, and he always seems happy and content.
I had not forgotten the packet in the possession of Lady Anne, though of the contents I had no distinct recollection. We now applied for it. Great was Captain Radford's satisfaction when it was delivered to him. After examining it, he rose up and kissed his daughter.
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