It was that bad place in the fence that did it." He pulled up his horse suddenly as they were starting.

"And that reminds me; there is one thing you positively must tell me before I can go a foot, even toward supper.

How much farther is it to the corner of this field ?" She looked at him in pretty amazement.

"To the corner of this field ?" "Yes, I knew, of course, that if I followed the fence it was bound to lead me around the field and so back to where I started.

That's why I kept on; I thought I could finish the job and get home, even if Snip did compel me to ride the fence on foot." "But don't you know that this is a drift fence ?" she asked, her eyes dancing with fun.
"That's what the Dean called it," he admitted.