But say, ma'am," he interrupted, "about that feller that had hold of you when I come in.

Did he hurt you any ?" "That's our leading tenor, Signer Peruchini! He's a great artist." She laughed, a ripple of soft, delicious laughter.

"No, don't bother him.

We'll need him out on the Coast.

Don't you know, we are just here in the mountains for a little while." "Don't you like these mountings, ma'am ?" asked Tom Osby, sinking back into his seat.