. The Little Colonel's knight comes riding . ool she was and how near she came to killinghim. Nonsense! was Kittys brisk answer. Heinsists that it is all his own fault, that he oughtto have known what to expect when he called on anative Texan. He says hes always heard that theypunctuate their remarks with bullets and will shootat the drop of a hat. Hereafter he will herald hisapproach by telephone or else come in a coat ofmail warranted to turn even the fire of a Gatlinggun. Hes making a joke of it, and its silly of younot to do the same. Get up this minute and comedown-stairs, and make him ha
. The Little Colonel's knight comes riding . ool she was and how near she came to killinghim. Nonsense! was Kittys brisk answer. Heinsists that it is all his own fault, that he oughtto have known what to expect when he called on anative Texan. He says hes always heard that theypunctuate their remarks with bullets and will shootat the drop of a hat. Hereafter he will herald hisapproach by telephone or else come in a coat ofmail warranted to turn even the fire of a Gatlinggun. Hes making a joke of it, and its silly of younot to do the same. Get up this minute and comedown-stairs, and make him have such a good timethat hell gladly risk another shooting to comeagain. It was a long time before Gay could screw hercourage to the point of following Kitty meeklydown-stairs, and in the meantime Lucy took aneffective way to make him forget his inhospitablereception. Her chafing dish was her panacea formany ills. She had tried it at the Post too manytimes with the different boys who flocked there,not to know its full value. So when Gay came. UHE WAS BENDING ANXIOUSLY OVER A BUBBLING SAUCEPAN. BETTYS NOVEL 87 into the room she found Alex already being in-itiated into the mysteries of candy-making. Witha white apron tied around his waist, and a bigspoon in his hand., he was bending anxiously overa bubbling sauce-pan. Heretofore his calls at the Cabin had been ofthe most formal kind; but this little escapade wasdoing more to further their acquaintance and puthim on the same privileged footing that the boysat the Post enjoyed, than dozens of casual meet-ings could have done. It was a novel experience toAlex, and he made the most of it, exerting himselfto be entertaining, in hopes of having the occasionrepeated. After the first painful moment of greeting andapology, Gay subsided into a corner of the old set-tle, but she did not stay there long. It was impos-sible to resist the infection of Alexs high the reaction began it swung her to the far-thest extreme, into an irre
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