“Suppose we all have dinner at the hotel,” suggested Grace, which suggestion was eagerly welcomed. “Jim, you go on to camp and take care of the horses. We will walk back after dinner.”
“Before going farther, I wish to say that Stacy must apologize to the gentleman to whom he made the rude remark,” reminded Emma.
To this the fat boy made no reply, but after the Overlanders had brushed the dirt from their clothes and started for the front of the hotel, Emma stepped up beside him and gently tugged at his sleeve. “There sits the gentleman now. Go and apologize to him,” she directed.
Stacy nodded, and, reaching the veranda, he walked up to the man to whom he had made the discourteous remark.
“I am sorry, sir, that I answered you discourteously when you came out to see if I was hurt,” said Stacy humbly.
“Eh?”
Chunky repeated his apology.
“Oh! You are the young man who came a cropper,” answered the gentleman, laughing good-naturedly.
“No, sir. I am the rider that took a high dive from my horse. I—I didn’t mean to be discourteous. I apologize.”
“Don’t speak of it, young man,” answered the gentleman cordially.