And I can't be riding every day to Sinkhole." "You could have seen me when I took those last horses back the other day," Johnny reminded her.

"You did see me, only you pretended to be blind.

Deaf, too, for I hollered hello when I passed, and you never looked around!" "Did you ?" Mary V smiled innocently.

"Well, I'm here now; and I came just on purpose to warn you about that fellow.

And you haven't told me the stingiest little bit about your aeroplane yet, or where you got it, or what you're going to do with it, or anything." Johnny's lips twitched humorously.