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Skyrider

CHAPTER FIVE
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Furthermore, for special personal protection she had an extremely businesslike six-shooter which she carried in a shoulder holster under her riding shirt; a concession to her father, who had made her promise never to ride away from the ranch without it.
For apparel Mary V wore a checked riding coat and breeches, together with black puttees.

The suit had grown a bit shabby for Los Angeles, and Mary V's mother believed that town cast-offs should be worn out on the ranch.
Mary V did not mind.

She hated the cumbersome riding skirts of the range girl proper, and much preferred the breeches.

When she had put a little distance between herself and the ranch, she usually removed the coat and tied it in a roll behind the cantle.

She looked then like a slim boy--or she would have, except for the hat.


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