Every day, when Dick had chance for a quiet word with her, he wanted to
know who owned Rex--till at last she lost her temper and told him
plainly that, in her opinion, Keith Cameron had left the country for two
reasons, instead of one. (For Keith, be it known, had not been seen
since the day he passed her and Sir Redmond on the trail.) Beatrice
averred that she had a poor opinion of a man who would not stay and face
whatever was coming.
There was just one day left in her week of freedom, and Dick still owned
Rex, with the chances all in his favor for continuing to do so. Still,
Beatrice was vindictively determined upon one point. Let Keith Cameron
cross her path, and she would do something she had never done before;
she would deliberately lead him on to propose--if the fellow had nerve
enough to do so, which, she told Dick, she doubted.
CHAPTER 12
Held Up by Mr. Kelly.
"'Traveler, what lies over the hill?'" questioned a mischievous voice.
Keith, dreaming along a winding, rock-strewn trail in the canyon,
looked up quickly and beheld his Heart's Desire sitting calmly upon her
horse, ten feet before Redcloud's nose, watching him amusedly. Redcloud
must have been dreaming also, or he would have whinnied warning and
welcome, with the same breath.
"'Traveler, tell to me,'" she went on, seeing Keith only stared.
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