CHAPTER XXVIII.
WHAT PETE TOLD SAMMY.
No word was spoken by either Sammy or her lover, while their horses were climbing the mill road, and both were glad when they reached the top of the ridge, and turned into the narrow path where they would need to ride one before the other.

It was not easy to ride side by side, when each was busy with thoughts not to be spoken.
At the gate, Ollie dismounted to help the girl from her horse.

But before he could reach the pony's side, Sammy sprang lightly to the ground, unassisted.

Opening the big gate, she turned Brownie loose in the yard, while the man stood watching her, a baffled look upon his face.

He had always done these little things for her.