The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-05-10
CHAPTER XIV.-contlnuec.

lie hung almost rleefully upon her
actions in anticipation OF what the
fractions Bob was going 10 get. And
Be- got &. on his mex; whirl. or az.
tempt. rather fer he was 70 more than
halfway around when the quirt met
him smack CT his tender nose. There
and then. IN his bewilGeruent. sur.
prise and pain. his fore feet, just skim.
ming the road, dropped down.
Great" Daylight app.auded a
couple more will tx him. He's too
smart not 20 know when he's beaten"
Again Bob tried. But this time he
was barely quarter around when the
dout.ed qu;rt on his nose compelled
hin 70 drop his fore feet TO the road.
Then, with neither rein nor spur bu,
By the mere threat OF the quirt, she
Strengthened him out.
Dede looked triumphantly at Day
light
Let me give him run" she asked.
Daylight nodded, and she shot down
the road He watched her out OF
Sigh; around the bend. and watched
til she came into sight returning. She
certainly could ST; her horse, was his
thought, and she was sure enough
hummer God, she was the wife
for q man. Made most OF them
look pretty slim. And TO think
OF her hammerirg all week at
a typewriter That was no place
for her she should be q mans
wife. taking II easy, with silks and
satins and diamonds (his frontier no
ton of what befitted wife be.oved).
and dogs and horses, and such things.
But the quarry was doomed 70 pass
out OF his plans for o time. for on the
following Sunday be rode alone. No
Dede on 4 chestnut so.rel came across
the tack.yoad from Berkeley that day,
nor tie day & week later AS the
third week drew 10 a close and anoth.
e. desola,e Sunday confronted him.
Daylight resolved to speak Office or
no Office. And as was bis nature. be
went simply and directly 70 he point.
She had finished he- work with him.
and vas gathering her note pad
and pencils together to depart when
lie said:
oh, one more thing, Miss Mason,
ard hope you won't mind ny being
frank and straigh, OFT. You've struck
me RICH; along as Z seIsille-m!Idei
cir. and | don't think you'll take o..
tense az what I'm going 10 say You
know how long you've been in the o..
fce-it's years, now, several Of them,
anyway; and you know I've always
been straight and aboyetcard WIKI
you. I've never what you call-pre
Eumed. Because you were In my Office
I've tried 20 he more careful than x
If you wasn't in my oahce-you IN.
cerstand. But Just the same. Il don't
make me any the less human. I'm
lonely sort OF fel!ow-dont
take that as bid for kindness What
] mean by X Is 10 try and tell you
Just how much those two rides with
you have meant And now hope you
won't mind my Jus: asking Why you
haven't been out riding the last two
Sundays"
She played nervously with a pencil
!o- a time. as II debating her reply,
while he waited patiently.
This riding" she began; ITS no:
what they call the RICH; thing
icave It 10 you. You know the world.
mats the trouble. It's what the
Scrld would have to say about ne
rad my employer meeting regularly
and riding In the hills on Sundays.
IT'S funny. but It's SO. could ride
with one OF the clerks without re.
ozark. but with you--no"
Look here, Miss Mason said Day.
hight. Il know you don't like this
talking over of things IN the Office.
Neither do |. It's part OF the whole
thing. ! guess; man amt supposed
- talk anything hut business with his
nseuogrysSsr viz yau ride With nae