Danny touched his cap shyly—but Betty came down to the wagon and gave him a cheery greeting.
“Well—you’ve brought him back alive, Mr. Dolan, anyway.”
“Yes ma’am! And I reckon he’ll keep you busy puttin’ the food to him, if he eats like he works: he’s a glutton for work, is Mr. Maxwell.”
CHAPTER XXI
UNINVITED GUESTS
A few nights later, when Maxwell returned from his work he found Mrs. Burke sitting on the front platform of the tent with Mrs. Betty; and having washed, and changed his clothes, he persuaded their visitor to stay to supper. After supper was over they sat out doors, chatting of Maxwell’s amusing experiences.
They had not been sitting long when their attention was attracted by a noise up the street, and going to the fence they saw a horse, over which the driver 254 evidently had lost control, galloping towards them, with a buggy which was swerving from side to side under the momentum of its terrific speed.