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"Say, Bostil, I happen to know Slone didn't see Lucy last night," interrupted Holley. "A-huh! Wal, you'd better talk out." "I trusted Lucy," said Holley. "But all the same, knowin' she was in love, I jest wanted to see if any girl in love could keep her word.... So about dark I went down the grove an' watched fer Slone. Pretty soon I seen him. He sneaked along the upper end an' I follered.
Mebbe them Indians can climb the hosses out of thet hole an' find water an' grass enough." "Mebbe," replied Van, doubtfully. "Sure them Piutes could if there's a chance. But there ain't any grass." "It won't take much grass travelin' by night." "So lots of the boys say. But the Navajos they shook their heads. An' Farlane an' Holley, why, they jest held up their hands."
"Thet's a bunch of hosses," replied Holley. "Wild hosses?" "I take 'em so, seein' how they throw thet dust." "Huh! I don't like it. Lucy oughtn't be ridin' round alone." "Wal, boss, who could catch her up on Buckles? Lucy can ride. An' there's the King an' Sarch right under your nose the only hosses on the sage thet could outrun Buckles."
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His rider's eye, keen once more, caught a gleam of gold above the red, and that gold was Lucy's hair. Bostil forgot the King. Then Holley bawled into his ear, "They're half-way!" The race was beautiful. Bostil strained his eyes. He gloried in what he saw Lucy low over the neck of that red stallion. He could see plainer now. They were coming closer. How swiftly! What a splendid race!
What could have detained her? Slone inwardly laughed at the idea that either Holley or Aunt Jane could keep his girl indoors when she wanted to come out to meet him. Yet Lucy had always said something might prevent. There was no reason for Slone to be concerned. He was mistaking his thrills and excitement and love and disappointment for something in which there was no reality.
Bostil gazed at his chief rider. "Wal, I reckon we didn't kill Sears, after all," replied Holley. "I wasn't never sure." "Lord! Cordts an' Sears in camp," ejaculated Bostil, and he began to pace the room. "No, they're gone now," said Brackton. "Take it easy, boss. Sit down," drawled Holley. "The King is safe, an' all the racers. I swear to thet.
"The devil you say!" ejaculated Holley, and he nearly dropped his pipe. "I gave Wildfire to her. She accepted him. It was DONE. Then then I lost my head an' made her mad.... An' she said she'd ride him in the race, but wouldn't keep him. But he IS hers." "Oho! I see. Slone, I was goin' to advise you to sell Wildfire all on account of Lucy.
"You keep hintin' there's a hope for me, when I know there's none!" "You're only a boy," replied Holley. "Son, where there's life there's hope. I ain't a-goin' to tell you agin thet I know Lucy Bostil." Slone could not stand nor walk nor keep still. He was shaking from head to foot. "Wildfire's not mine to sell. He's Lucy's!" confessed Slone.
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