his heel and swaggered defiantly out of the house.

Presently there came the sound of a pony's feet galloping down
the road. It had not yet died away when Texas announced that the
supper intermission was over.

"Pardners for a quadrille. Ladies' choice."

The dance was on again full swing. The fiddlers were tuning up
and couples gathering for a quadrille. Denver came to claim Miss
Messiter for a partner. Apparently even the existence of the
vanished Holloway was forgotten. But Helen remembered it, and
pondered over the affair long after daylight had come and brought
with it an end to the festivities.



CHAPTER 6. A PARTY CALL

The mistress of the Lazy D, just through with her morning visit
to the hospital in the bunkhouse, stopped to read the gaudy
poster tacked to the wall. It was embellished with the drawing of
a placid rider astride the embodiment of fury incarnate, under
which was the legend: "Stick to Your Saddle."

BIG FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT GIMLET BUTTE. ROPING AND BRONCO
BUSTING CONTESTS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD AND BIG
PRIZES,
Including $1,000 for the Best Rider and the Same for Best Roper.
Cow Pony Races, Ladies' Races and Ladies' Riding Contest,