Mrs. Harriwell fairly ran up those barn steps.

But who would try to tell what happened when she found her daughter?


CHAPTER XXIX[ToC]

THE ROUND-UP—CONCLUSION

"It's up to Tavia!"

"I have told you every word I am going to tell," she declared.

"Oh, no you haven't," objected Nat. "I want to know about that stagey fellow. I don't quite fancy his interference."

"He didn't interfere," declared Tavia, "and I am not going over that thing again."