CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1905-06-15

surveyed their party. she bad liked
the clear. cool glance Of his grny eyes.
There was something 80 serenely well
balanced and self sufficient In their ex-
~rsss.on when they met hers that Lady
Kitty had felt a pIeasursbIe tingis Of
expectAney. ~ though the charm Of her
fsmininity had received challenge.
There was no doubt bot what she had
met II. It had not seemed serious.
merely . part Of the trip. He bad not
appeared worth considering. like ths
other men, who, a. the major neatly
put It, had appreciated their blessings
when Lady Kitty had smiled on them.
She had felt that in . day or 80 she
could nod goodby and leave him with
the same comfortable regret as Red
mountain itself. with its gorgeous. sun
set tinted. sandstone peak. She had
not taken the man himself into consid-
Grafton at all. and now. suddenly, with
out n word Of warning. the man had
leaned from bis saddle and had kissed
her.
She tried TO forget to remember the
awful moment. but its few detailA
danced through her mind insistently.
There had been long silence after she
had told him they were going away
from Lost Moon In the morning. Ths
party was going through Arisona-the
major. Ms. Major and the major MI
nors. all girls. and herself. From Arf-
sona they would 70 back to England.
And suddenly the black pony had
drawn nearer to her own brown mus
tang. and Alllson's arm had swung
around her. and he had kissed her. In
cidentaily Lady Kitty was uncertain
that she had not No. she had not. she
told herself positively. She had only
permitted him to kiss her. but that
was quite enough. And that was mot
all--not quite all. She had said some
thing to him.
II might have expected that person
like you would do that sort Of thing
She had meant to crush and bumii-
late him. and be had laughed and let
her ride on ahead. She wondered un-
easily whether or not there was any
reason for his cheerfuiness Had ahe
or had she not kissed him? In the
suddenness Of the attack and the curl
Gus confentment she had felt at being
summnrily roped and branded, 20 to
Dpcnk. by him she had forgotten en-
tfrcly Just how far she had revealed
that curious contentment
.'Wait. please"
Aliison's voice made her pull I'D
short He rode up beside her me
trail wsdened slightly and took q sud
den header into the guIch
I'VE can't get by here be said
There has been n wnshout Wen
~. 49, a.
mountain to Pop Boofy's. There's q
path from bis place down 70 The trail
on the other side
Lady Kitty did not answer. Her
lips were half parted. and she looked
on at the distant foothills dreamiiy.
England seemed more than half .
world away. So did the major and
the oshers. A curious sense OF dell.
cious peril possessed her. II was tbs
nrst time In her life that she had not
felt sure Of herself 80 far a. n man
was concerned Just now she had q
wild. joyous belief that IL this west.
erner were to ask her to be hts wife
she would say Yes She wondered
II he would
IL they were only not going tomor-
row: n only there were not home and
her father and ItodEey-of course
Rodney She almost laughed out loud
to think all at once how completely
he had gone out OF her life tipc last
week And they were to be married In
Easter week next spring. Poor old
Rodney. She looked at the figure
ahead ON the black pony and sighed
happily. II only he would talk to her.
They turncd bend In the path aud
faced a small mountain cabin. some
chickens and pigeons wandered
hnurhtilv about and /. ysrI wa. sboo.