14/15 Joe, The Duke and I carried out our instructions with careful exactness to the letter. She never doubted, and we never let her doubt but that in a few weeks she would be on the pinto's back again and after the cattle. She made us pass our word for this till it seemed as if she must have read the falsehoods on our brows. "The doctor should supply us tonics. It is an arduous task." And she believed us absolutely, and made plans for the fall "round-up," and for hunts and rides till one's heart grew sick. |