They of the High Trails. Garland Hamlin

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      Kelley waved it away. "No, I've cut out the tobacco, too."

      This astounded his boss. "Say, it's a wonder you escaped the ministry."

      "It's more of a wonder than you know," replied Kelley. "I was headed right plumb that way till I was seventeen. My mother had it all picked out fer me. Then I broke away."

      Harford, with the instinctive caution of the plainsman, pursued the subject no further. He was content to know that for a very moderate wage he had secured the best man with horses that the stable had ever known. His only anxiety related to the question of keeping his find.