“The animal kingdom is not included,” Ted interrupted her husband. “When we get to checking up the animals please, after Captain count in Cyclone.”
“Cyclone! A horse?” asked Nora.
“Yes, the horse,” answered Jerry. “He can climb trees, crawl through gullies and swim the river like a bear, according to Ted.”
“Well, hardly all of that,” qualified the smiling owner of the saddle horse Cyclone. “But he is a wonderful horse, Nora. I am sure you will want to ride him.”
“Oh, I’d be dreadfully afraid,” demurred the girl. “But perhaps——”
“You aren’t going to be afraid of anything around here, Bobbie,” Jerry assured the small girl, who looked smaller by contrast to the big man and the robust, athletic young woman; both perfect models of “America’s best.”
Considering the very short time little Nora had been at the Nest, it appeared much, in the way of acquaintance, had been accomplished.
“If you will just run off, Jerry-boy, and manage to find something to keep you busy for a half hour or so,” begged his wife finally, “perhaps Nora and I will be able to settle down to the comforts of home.”
“Am I not included?” he asked teasingly.
“Sometimes, but just now we need space,” replied she, who was affectionately styled Teddy.