It had all happened so suddenly; the promises of the future were so wonderful--so far beyond the young woman's fondest dreams--that she herself could scarcely realize the truth.

There would be time enough to tell Helen when they were together at the ranch.

And she was insistent, too, that Patches must not interview her father until she herself had returned home.
Phil and his cowboys with the cattle reached the Cross-Triangle corrals the evening before the day set for Kitty and Helen to arrive at the ranch on the other side of the valley meadows.

The Cross-Triangle men were greeted by the news that Professor Parkhill had said good-by to Williamson Valley, and that the Pot-Hook-S Ranch had been sold.

The eastern purchaser expected by Reid had arrived on the day that Kitty had gone to Granite Basin, and the deal had been closed without delay.