5/24 He's mean about taking the bit, though, unless you know just how to take hold of him. Come on." The three of them,--Muriel Gay and her mother and Lee Milligan,--stared at Jean without speaking. To her it seemed perfectly natural that she should walk up and offer to help the girl; to them it seemed not so natural. For a minute the product of the cities and the product of the open country studied each other curiously. "It's simple enough, once you get the hang of it." And she smiled before she added, "A latigo is just the strap that fastens the cinch. |