9/70 I shall hold your pony until you say you will go back to the fort." "Sir!" exclaimed Betty, blushing a bright-red. "You--you are impertinent!" "Not at all," answered Alfred, with a pleasant laugh. "I am sure I do not intend to be. Captain Boggs did not acquaint me with full particulars or I might have declined my present occupation: not, however, that it is not agreeable just at this moment. He should have mentioned the danger of my being run down by Indian ponies and imperious young ladies." "Will you let go of that bridle, or shall I get off and walk back for assistance ?" said Betty, getting angrier every moment. |