"I just wished to remind you that it isn't becoming to you to be grouchy."
"You wretch!" And he turned on his heel and stalked away.
"What's the matter with Kenneth?" asked John Clayton.
"Oh," said Esther, indifferently, "he thinks altogether too much of Mr. Kenneth Hastings. He must learn there are other people in the world besides K.H."
"Don't be too hard on him," said her host warningly.
"No," she said, "I won't. I'll teach him to respect the human being, irrespective of sex, color or previous condition of servitude. Good night."
CHAPTER VIII
THE COW LASSES
It was clear that the character of the work for the Gila girls should differ from that for the men. Esther Bright had thought it all out, but she resolved to let the girls themselves determine, in large measure, what it should be. So they came to visit the school that bright December day to observe.