“Sure it’s different. So much that you never call him Tex,” flashed Rona, and ran off in a huff.
A moment’s awkward silence followed.
“Rona is growing up,” said Jacqueline, thoughtfully. “I’m afraid I cain’t manager her any longer.”
“She’s all right, Jacqueline—a good, lovable, spirited girl.”
“Lovable! That’s the trouble. Rona is perfectly adorable. I don’t mind that. But she’s awakening. I’ve caught her actually making eyes at Hogue Kinsey.”
Wade laughed at Jacqueline’s tragic intonation.
“What could you expect? What could Pencarrow expect, bringing you pretty—and adorable girls out here to this wild Arizona. Where cowboys are wild, won—der—ful as Rona says, and hungry for love. If I were a girl like Rona I’d fall in love with Hogue.”
“Oh! . . . Dad would rage. And Mother—she’d ha
