A bird in a trap is what I call her." Bud regretted having opened the subject, and praised the cooking by way of turning his hostess's thoughts into a different channel.

He asked her if she would accept him as a boarder while he was in town, and was promptly accepted.
He did not want to appear in public until the bank was opened, and he was a bit troubled over identification.

There could be no harm, he reflected, in confiding to Mrs.Hanson as much as was necessary of his adventures.

Wherefore he dried the dishes for her and told her his errand in town, and why it was that he and his horse had slept in her corral instead of patronizing hotel and livery stable.

He showed her the checks he wanted to cash, and asked her, with flattering eagerness for her advice, what he should do.