"Poor Jack," Jeanette protested.

Later, when the guests were saying farewell, Cecil Perry and Jeanette had a moment together.

"I always suspected you believed I had not won the racing contest fairly. Was this true, Cecil?"

He shook his head.

"No, Jeanette, why should you think it?"

"Because when one does not play fair the world looks upside down."

CHAPTER XIX

FAREWELL

The September day was cloudy with gusts of wind and rain.

The ranch lands, usually fair and appealing, to-day looked bleak and forbidding.