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"Well, come, Carolyn," said Medora, to her returned secretary, who was looking after the party too; "let's start for home. Good afternoon, Basil." "What nice, good, pleasant, friendly people they are!" breathed Carolyn. Randolph had strolled away, and Medora Phillips turned a studious glance on her companion. Carolyn was conceivably in a state of mind keyed up to an all-inclusive appreciation.
Old Heck drove in with the Clagstone "Six." Ophelia and Carolyn June came with him. Skinny met them when Old Heck stopped the in front of the Occidental Hotel. He told them, while they still sat in the automobile, of the fight and the escape of the Ramblin' Kid. "A drunken brawl!" Carolyn June thought, a wave of disgust sweeping over her.
"I'll be waiting," she whispered, " and keep faith and be true!" And he rode away into the face of the red glow rising above the sand-hills. He rode away to meet the morning sun hidden yet behind the eastern horizon to conquer himself, to master the ways of men, in the world that lay beyond! Carolyn June watched him go.
Quickly changing her dress for a riding suit of khaki the skirt sensibly divided and the morning slippers for stout, tan, laced boots, she stepped into the front room. Ophelia was in her own room dressing to go to town. Carolyn June heard voices in the kitchen. Sing Pete's shrill chatter mingled with an occasional slow word from the Ramblin' Kid.
So I just said, 'What is it? rather sharply, you know, and a voice said, in a businesslike sort of way, 'How did you happen to put Miss Carolyn Seymour's name on Miss Emily Saunders' lunch list? I never dreamed that it was Miss Saunders; how should I? She didn't say 'I' or 'me' or anything just that. So I said, 'Well, is it a matter of international importance?"
A little smile stole over Manilla's rosy lips. "I know what it is," she said gently, unreproachfully; "it's that girl, Carolyn June. Yes, it is," as Skinny started to interrupt. "Oh, I don't blame you for falling for her!" she went on. "She is nice but, well, Skinny-boy," her voice was a caress, "Old Heck's niece is not the sort for you.
In a day of two, when she gets rested up a little, I'll ride her," "You ought to break her for Carolyn June," Skinny suggested. "Had I?" the Ramblin' Kid said with a queer laugh it was just the thought that was in his mind and against which he was struggling. "That's a bright idea! Maybe I'll study about it an' take a notion to do it.
The crowd had recognized him as the slender rider who, a year ago, after the untamable Cyclone horse had killed Dick Stanley before their eyes and in front of where they sat, had ridden, straight-up and scotching him at every jump, that vicious, murderous-hearted outlaw. Carolyn June's eyes moistened and she felt a thrill of pride.
Chuck led Old Pie Face for Skinny to ride in the parade and Bert took Red John, Old Heck's most showy saddle horse a long-legged, high-stepping, proud-headed, bay gelding for Carolyn June to use, for she, too, had declared her intention of joining in the grand promenade with which the Rodeo would open.
Ophelia herself was clever, particularly at making biscuits and dainty salads. Carolyn June's sole accomplishment in the art of preparing food was the making of coffee-jelly. This she had learned at college taught, perhaps, by the other girls during stolen midnight frolics.
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