He
followed disapprovingly afoot; and, when she brought her horse to
a stand, he helped her from the saddle, and took the bridle reins
with an air of weary tolerance.
"When you get ready to go home, you can come to the store," he
said bluntly. "Huckleberry wouldn't stand here if you hog-tied
him. Just remember that if you ever ride up here alone--it might
save you a walk back. And say," he added, with a return of his
good-natured grin, "it looks like you and Good Injun didn't get
acquainted yesterday. I thought I saw mum give him an
introduction to you--but I guess I made a mistake. When you come
to the store, don't let me forget, and I'll do it myself."
"Oh, thank you, Jack--but it isn't necessary," chirped Evadna,
and left him with the smile which he had come to regard with
vague suspicion of what it might hide of her real feelings.
Two squaws sat cross-legged on the ground in the shade of the
little red depot; and them she passed by hastily, her eyes upon
them watchfully until she was well upon the platform and was
being greeted joyfully by Miss Georgie Howard, then in one of her
daily periods of intense boredom.
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