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He the CHAPTER XI L bund her gardening gloves P .nd shears and went S the broken flowers I"8 jnn what she could ""l.-.. ond flower borders UTS 'went to the kitchen, ,0 the ore nu " .t. al r;;oven was ready, and ( . . i,, flnlshed mix- Ken came Into the ncainst the ta- elbows propped, his chin In Li A WUe rea Danuaua nu grouna nis ...liiwiliioisoraer. nitka'j really loco, wouier ltPearance shocKea XNeu. xdb bis eyes was L-nothing liKe en. ne EJ at her now, to drag facts si. kKennie?" iie'iloco?" j 1 bad lookout for her, then, it!" . Yrt wai m 1 t hiked at him, rolling ttfcinner and thinner. m eyes she saw a question. m asking if it wouldn'Kcome i be wanted it nara enougn; iijlace was strainea in an- i Vtnow, she thought, narrowing fa against tne tears inai came to, stinging them, right now aim know, once lor all, tnat h ud wishing can't buck a Uaps she Isn't loco, dear, we bow yet for sure. But u she a," her words came slowly, ag won't change it" tent on rolling out the dough, tie cookies, putting them on in the hot oven. But she m gone away with Ken, up into the woods, face down ;ine needles, hands clawing pnd, salt tears burning distent clanging of the sup- is roused him, and he sat up, U. How could it ever be sup- j already? rued in the opposite direc- M looked to Flicka's place a three pine trees in the Mure. She was lying down, p far from where he had put si water and the feed box. a down the Hill, across the iM into the kitchen and n hi face and hands and bis hair. J agony was back. Flicka might be dead out there ad instead of just asleep. f supper he hurried out to see was standing up again, m barely moved away at approach. He sat down be- on the grass, clasped his wnd his knees, and made ner. I mean it, Flicka ... one I want ... I won't P again.. . . never. Flicka. 1 ant those other colt. "fling, just simply nothing W you're my responsibili-i responsibili-i what Dad said. I pulled torn the P and wild and could take wen, and I've made you " w you're my responsi-" responsi-" "m care of" ood looking at him. Her were dull and not fully ,Ywnair was very un- legs were not emit "a her, but a little But her 1 , can were le seemed to be listening, attention, and she J's darkMna .,n. V! gherslendaiTwas Bnuwers In a mass; and as she J fta away in the 5th .bringing out ;s. and talked to him 'u"a be nicer to r He', him, every. 1 kTr"0 do." PISUffpr l !0nL Andwhafi the low arm cha LSd -d hu C1se. He fckL. upon it an, thDe.notch. continu-w.:81 continu-w.:81 going to h- - k. .. train as Ha kdeanofhL rdal per r6 Puw - He n FW:.a.na watch her ae8Ject bis work. Howard has been walking his colts for him for two days." He pulled hard .gainst the Jack, and drew one uut uui 01 me long boot worn, brown "But Rob, you don't see! It's already al-ready done-much of it. Ken is changed already. He's learning, even though he can't train her." "Learning what? Learning to sit on his fanny under a pine tree?" Rob leaned back in hit chair, and out of his dark face, his vivid, burning burn-ing blue eyes looked at her without softening. "Learning that it pays to be bull-headed?" "No! He's learning to face facts. And that's the whole thing, isn't it?" "Face facts! I don't see any sign of If he said harshly. "And the kid looks like heck. If this goes on all summer he'll be in fine shape to go back to school in September." Nell felt rebuffed and got up and went about in silence. Rob stood up, picked up his boots, kicked the boot-jack back into the corner, went over to Nell, and with "Do you think she's loco?" the boots hanging in one hand, put the other arm around her. "Love me?" he asked. "I knew you were going, to say that!" she exclaimed angrily. "When you've just made me mad, that isn't any time to say things like that" His one arm squeezed and shook her a little. "Love me?" he repeated. re-peated. "I don't feel the least bit loving." "Love me?" The one deep dimple in Nell's right cheek appeared in spite of herself, her-self, and she turned her face away. "Oh, yes, then, have it your own wayl" She made her voice insulting, but it was an irritating habit of Rob's to be satisfied with outward obedience, obedi-ence, as if, once that was granted, by his own persistence and violence, he could drive people the rest of the way. "That's all right then," he said; and with his hard bullet head, pressed her face around until he could kiss her mouth. , "But Rob Ken " "Don't talk about him," he roared, dropping his arm. "I've had all I can stand of him." He went out the room, slammed the door, and stamped down the hall to the bathroom, bath-room, Nell climbed into bed, turned up the kerosene lamp that stood on the bedside table, took her book from beside it and began to read. Her dimple had disappeared and her lips were very set and prim. Next day Rob planned to drive to Sargent's ranch to make final arrangements ar-rangements about shipping the four polo ponies. Nell was to go with him, arid' they would be away all day. When, at breakfast, Howard and Ken heard about it Ken said, "Would you have time, Dad, to come out before you go and look at Flicka and see how you think she is? She looks better, and she's eating some oals" "No, I wouldn't" roared McLaughlin. Mc-Laughlin. "I don't want to see her or to think about her." There was a heavy silence. Everyone Ev-eryone ate rapidly, eyes down. Presently Pres-ently McLaughlin's gaze swung over again toward bis younger son and noted the circles under the child's eyes. "Did you go swimming with Howard How-ard yesterday?" he asked. "No, sir." "Why not?" "I didn't want to leave Flicka." "Now I've had enough of this! Howard does your work, and you're all set to spend the summer under the pine trees watching Flicka. Do you suppose that's good for you? dip with your own Lovely Tulip Apron in Applique fa tL . . U1B nflTTAet 11 havji .11 . wcauier we'll Your swim b u juu. xou take Howard today, and do work too." "Yes, sir." berX? K0W"d "ld- "Kemm-ufnnM "Kemm-ufnnM yU ,8,d- Dad Th Flicka S.. oVera7h8,ne ndtgo H?l .er h0"e,? You were right She stay, alone In the corner by does she? 1 thought horses liked company." McLaughlin made no reply and Kennie came bravely out with the answer. "Because she's . Lone McLaughlin turned to Ken. sur-Prised sur-Prised and the boy looked back at his father. Rarely had he been able to face those hard eyes for so long a minute. Ke did it now for Flicka. If she was a Lone Wolf, then he was a Lone Wolf too. He had to fight her battles. He was with her, the same as her-and it gave him cour-age. cour-age. Matching his stare with Ken's, oo saw to himself, "Well. I'll be darned. The little son-of-a-eun. Noll was right-facing facts-he's taking uu we cnin. McLaughlin turned his head away and asked for another nieee nf tnast Nell jumped up and .turned the piece of homemade bread which was lying on the edge of the coal stove. It was toasted a delicate brown. She brought it, hot and crusty, on the tin turner, and slid it on to the edge of Rob's plate. Rob was thoughtful as he took a slab of the fresh unsalted butter and spread it on his toast .en, he said presently, "that isn't what I meant when I said Flicka would keep to herself. It's because she's sick. A wounded or sick animal always stays alone." Kens dark blue eyes, confiding ana lull of hope, clung to his father1 face, and McLaughlin felt an emo tion within his breast "Oh," said the boy. He would have liked to ask if Flicka was not a Lone Wolf after all, but it seemed wiser not to press his father's sud den kindness. 1 After a moment McLaughlin said, "Has she salt, Ken?" Ken's face showed such conster nation that it was comical. Both Rob and Nell turned away their heads., "No," said Ken, guiltily, staring at his father. "I've got a piece of iodized salt up in the stable," said McLaughlin McLaugh-lin frowning. "I won't be ready to leave right away, Rob," put in Nell. "If you want to go out to Flicka I've a few things to do " "All right Ken." said his father. "I'll bring the salt out to her, and give her the once-over." Joy colored Ken's face and Nell emitted a faint breath of relief. Ken rushed out to Flicka. He had already seen her that morning. Soon after sunrise he had presented himself, and standing before her, said, "I am Ken. Do you know me? Are you getting to like me?" Now he ran out to her again and said, "Dad's coming to look at you, Flicka. Now you be a good girl and don't run away." As if she had understood him, Flicka stood quietly at a little distance dis-tance when McLaughlin came out and set the chunk of iodized salt down near the pine tree. Then he took out his pipe and lit it, and examined ex-amined the filly, while Ken watched his father to read the verdict on his face. Finally McLaughlin said, "She's so sick and hang-dog it's hard to tell about her now." "Do you think she's loco?" Rob growled, "I would have sworn it by the way she's behaved ever since she was born, but as a matter mat-ter of fact, we've never seen her except when she was scared out of her wits." "Dad-" "Well?" "When you said she'd been so frightened, always, when we'd seen her did you mean that maybe she Isn't loco?" Before answering, Rob eyed the filly thoughtfully and drew several long puffs of smoke through his pipe. "She's got a very intelligent face," he said at last "Much better than Rocket's. Fine, delicate mouth, lovely eyes set far apart, that light tracing of veins ail over. But we can't really know until we see how she responds to training." "How can I train her? What shall I begin on?" "You can't do a thing with her now. All you can do is win her confidence. con-fidence. That's the most important thing anyway. There's one thing that will help you. Ken." "What?" "Her sickness and misery. When you take away everything, freedom, free-dom, friends, home, habits, happiness, happi-ness, from a living creature, almost life itselt it will turn, in sheer need and desperation, to the one thing that is left And that's you." "Me." Ken had never felt so to- "Yes! You are her whole world. Make her like if (TO BE COST1MED) VOU can retain the lovely 1 beauty cf the tulips by making tills flower-like apron. Sprinkle it with vivid tulip-colored patchwork pieces. It will brighten your ap pearance with its dainty freshness. fresh-ness. To obtain pattern for Applique Tulip Apron (Pattern No. 6400) send 13 cents and on cent for postage in coins for each pattern detintd, your nam, your address and pattern number. 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