Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-04-04
CHAPTER xIV.-Contlnued.

He hung almost gleefully upon her |
actions In anticipation of what the !
fractions Bob was going to get. And |
Bob got It. on his next whirl. or at
tempt. rather. for he was no more than |
halfway around when the quirt met
him smack on his tender nose. There
and then. in his bewilderment. sur
prise and pain. his fore feet just skim
ming the road. dropped down.
Great" Daylight applauded. "A
couple more will fix him. He's too
smart not to know when he's beaten"
Again Bob tried But this time he
was barely quarter around when the
doubled quirt on his nose compelled
him to drop his fore feet to the road.
Then. with neither rein nor spur. but
by the mere threat OF the quirt. she
Strengthened him out.
Dede looked triumphanuy at Day
light.
Let me give him run?" she asked.
Daylight nodded. and she shot down
the road He watched her out OF
sight around the bend. and watched
till she came into sight returning. She
certainly could sit her horse. was his
thought. and she was a sure enough
hummer God. she was the wife
| for a man, Made most OF them
look pretty slim. And TO think
/ OF her hammering all week at
typewriter. That was no place
for her She should be a mans
wife. taking 1t easy. with silks and
satins and diamonds (his frontier no
tion Of what befitted a wife beloved).
and dogs and horses. and such things.
But the quarry was doomed to pass
out Of his plans for time. for on the
following Sunday he rode alone. No
Dede on a chestnut sorrel came across
the back-road from Berkeley that day.
nor the day week later. AS the
third week drew TO close and anoth-
er desolate Sunday confronted him.
Daylight resolved TO speak. office or
no Office And as was his nature. he
went simply ard directly to the point
She had finished her work with him.
and was gathering her note pad
and pencils together to depart, when
he said:
"Oh. one, more thing. Miss Mason.
and hope you won't MING my being
frank and straight out. You've struck
me right along as n sensibleminded
Cir. and ! don't think you'll take Of
Tease at what I'm going TO say. You
know how long you've been in the q
dce-it's years. how. several of thea,
anyway; and you know I've always
been straight and aboveboard with
you I've never what you call-pre
sumed because you were in my office
. n hA rnraful fhon n
If YOU wasn't in my office-you un
derstand But Just the same, 1t DON
make me any the less human. I'm
lonely sort OF fellow-don'
take that as a bid for kindness. What
] mean by 1t is to try and tell yor
Q Just how much those two rides will
you have meant And now | hope you
! won't mind my just asking why yor
3 haven't been out riding the last two
Sundays"
She played nervously with a pencil
for a time. as II debating her reply
3 while he waited patiently.
This riding" she began: ITS no
I what they call the right thing.
r leave 1t to you. You know the world
I That's the trouble. It's what thu
world would have to say about ms
I and my employer meeting regularl.
and riding in the hills on Sundays
q It's funny. but it's so. | could rid
r with one of the clerks without re
r mark. but with you-no."
Q Look here. Miss Mason" said Day
!. light. IL know you don't like thi
= talking over of things in the Office
Neither do |. It's part of the Who'll
thing. ! guess; a man amt suppose
Y to talk anything but business with hi
q stenographer VIII you ride with m