She, too, will have her troubles," remarked Col.

Zane.
"Think of that, Alfred," said Isaac "A chance to kiss the two prettiest girls on the border--a chance of a lifetime." "It is customary, is it not ?" said Alfred coolly.
"Yes, it's a custom, if you can catch the girl," answered Col.

Zane.
Betty's face flushed at Alfred's cool assumption.

How dared he?
In spite of her will she could not resist the power that compelled her to look at him.

As plainly as if it were written there, she saw in his steady blue eyes the light of a memory--the memory of a kiss.
And Betty dropped her head, her face burning, her heart on fire with shame, and love, and regret.
"It'll be a good chance for me, too," said Wetzel.