14/30 Those boys--" "Not excited ?--and somebody jumping--our--ranch ?" Phoebe's soft eyes gleamed at him. She was pale, so that her face had a peculiar, ivory tint. "Let's keep cool--that's half the battle won. Keep cool." He reached for his pipe, got out his twisted leather tobacco pouch, and opened it with a twirl of his thumb and finger. "What's the best thing to be done ?" "Don't--get--excited." Baumberger nodded his head for every word. |