26/27 "He made me promise to let him know," she said. "A young man of Mr.Alton's description does not do anything of the kind without a motive," he said. "Now I wonder if there are minerals upon the ranch." The colour crept into his daughter's cheeks again. "They would in any case belong to the Crown," she said. "Can you not believe that the man who packed our provisions in through flooded fords and snow would do anything out of generosity ?" She turned away and left him, and Townshead puckered his face dubiously. |