Her blue eyes opened wide.
“And what are they?”
“That I have hope of succeeding in keeping you away from Bud Anderson for a short time, at least,” he answered.
Josephine laughed a silvery laugh.
“What in the world are you two chatting about?” Ethel called back to them.
“Sir Jack just said something funny,” Josephine answered, smiling roguishly at him.
“It may seem funny to you; but I mean it,” he said frowning.
“My, but you can get serious at times, Sir Jack.”
Ethel fell back and joined in the conversation, and Mason had to stand some good natured raillery from the girls until Bruce came to his rescue by calling his attention to a group of riders on their right.
They were less than a quarter of a mile away and were riding slowly on almost a parallel line with Bruce’s party. There appeared to be four men in the group, and Mason looked at them in surprise.