And of course he falls madly in love with me--no, you, for I'll be true to my Las Vegas lover--" "Hush, silly! Bo, tell me, aren't you SCARED ?" "Scared! I'm scared stiff.

But if Western girls stand such things, we can.

No Western girl is going to beat ME!" That brought Helen to a realization of the brave place she had given herself in dreams, and she was at once ashamed of herself and wildly proud of this little sister.
"Bo, thank Heaven I brought you with me!" exclaimed Helen, fervently.
"I'll eat if it chokes me." Whereupon she found herself actually hungry, and while she ate she glanced out of the stage, first from one side and then from the other.
These windows had no glass and they let the cool night air blow in.
The sun had long since sunk.

Out to the west, where a bold, black horizon-line swept away endlessly, the sky was clear gold, shading to yellow and blue above.

Stars were out, pale and wan, but growing brighter.