"I'm sure I don't know whether he killed it or not. I couldn't see through the hill."
"What's he doing now?"
"He has started toward the house, leading the pony and holding the thing in the saddle. Here! Take your old glass! I'm going to ride out and see what it's all about."
She thrust the spyglass into Kit's hand, and, with a merry laugh at his look of disgust, disappeared through the scuttle, and a few minutes later he saw her riding like mad across the prairie toward Ted.
In the course of a half hour they were both back at the house, and Kit's curiosity led him to desert his post to find out what Ted's strange burden was.
Ted lifted something from his saddle and carried it into the house very tenderly.
Stella was very silent, and followed Ted closely, helping as well as she could to uphold his burden.
"What is it?" asked Kit.
"A girl," answered Stella curtly.
"A girl?"