"What would you do with the money?"

Douglas hesitated.

Judith spoke. "I know what I'd do. I'd put half the money into books. The
other half I'd use to buy me some buckers and I'd go into training as a
lady bronco buster."

Everybody laughed, and Mrs. Spencer said, "You won't have time to keep
your nose in a book if you start in that line, Judith!"

"I'll always read," retorted Judith loftily.

"I'd buy me a silver-mounted saddle and silver spurs," said Douglas, "and
that dapple gray of Oscar Jefferson's and a good greyhound, and I'd go
into the wild horse catching business."

John groaned. "We've sure-gawd got an ambitious pair of kids here, Mary!
What about the money you get from this trip, Doug?"

"Will you let me keep it?" asked Douglas, eagerly.

"I'll see!" John picked up his book again.

"Let me go with you, Doug!" pleaded Judith.

"Nothing doing!" exclaimed her stepfather succinctly. "You go to bed now
before you get me aggravated."

Judith tossed her head but obediently retired to her corner of the room,