New Britain herald., 1924-08-25
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 "I could make hm put the yalyeR back" sad the Wreck, "hmi ! couldn't give him any good reason for il. suppose I'd have 10 lock him m after he did il, to keep him from telling"
 Snlly dismissed the idea with a wave of hof hand,
 "If we cant find ihs wheel to our own car" she said, what do son say abeni trying to make II on horFos'"
 Perfectly simple"
 She was doubtful about that,
 I'm not sure about you," she said
 He began ru6ling with familiar symptoms.
 Henry. there's no need for you 10 be sensitive about i' You're not supposed to be a good rider. any more than I'm good chemist. You haven't had the training. think you'd make a beautiful rider in time. but you're worry had one inst now. You suffer agony every time you get on horse"
 "You haven't heard me squeal- ing" hc said. sharply
 "No; haven't. You wouldn't suueal if you were dying. But so far as making getaway goes it's not Il question of squealins. It's a question of failing off"
 He flushed painfully. but she could see no use in lodging tho facts.
 "I've seen you fall off four times. :" she said: three times in one day. But the second ride only fell off once" he declared. stubbornly. "1 showed improvement, didn't 1?" "You fslI off any time the horse stops suddenly. Henry"
 "All right admit it." he said But after we get started we're not going to do any stopping, are we And after we've made the getaway. what difference does it make if l do fall off
 1 There was something about his stubbornness that secretly delighted her, but she did not mention it.
 Well. we may have to try it." she said, If you really don't mind failing off"
 "T don't mind" They decided. if it came to qnes ton of horses. that the Wreck would take Charley McSwcen's big bay, while Sally would take the rangy animal that Jerome Underwood rode.
 "Theyre the two best horses on the ranch" she said, with the eX- ceptiop of that ugly roan that one of the boys rifles. But he's out rid ing fence somewhere, so we cant get it. If we're going to steal horses, we want good ones."
 Sure. The best" affirmed the Wreck speaking as a connoisseur.
 "We'l have to leave most of our baggage behind. of course. We'll have to travel light and fast--as fast as We can, anyhow
 Don't you worry about me. I'm all right so long as they keep going V
 And of course we can't start un- til it's dark and everybody is asleep"
 Suits me-"
 The vision of getting away, even though it was not beyond the rough planning stage, frightened her won derfuly. She became as cheerful as though she were already far on the road. Of course, she knew, it would be an awful ordeal for the Wreck. but he was so willing, even eager, to undergo the torture that 1t reconciled her to the prospect Whatever befell him, she knew he would take it standing up, like d man-eXccpt, of course, when he happened to fall off.
 Tho Wreck, despite his brave front, was not looking forward to the exploit with joy, even though it might bring discomiiture' their enemies. llc would never love a horse. 1Ic knew too well what they did to him. But with Sally de- tcrmincd to make an early de- parturc, he was the last person to intnrpoGe any objection as to method. If it became necessary to crawl all the way to the Bar-M on hands and knees, or even 10 Chi cago. he would have taken the same attitude. It was his business to see that Sally reached her des- tination. whatever it was. and he proposed to attend to il.
 "I'll put up all the grub that we can carry" said Sally. "Thatl be more important than spare clothes. It will be mostly sandwiches, I'm afraid What kind do you like ?'' Any kind"
 "Rnt you must have some prefer ence."
 "I'r not particular"
 She beamed at him, and he did not know why you're not tussv about your cooking. are you. Henry
 No, that know of.
 "It is not the main thing in your life is' it."
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 And if you were marrying q girl that isn't the first thing you'd think about ."
 What in thunder was she driving at. he wondered7 Was she making fun of him He was not marrying cool-e or anybody else. Why
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