CHAPTER XIV — HOWARD EXPLAINS
Two horsemen rode into Millikan's Draw and drew up in front of the big ranch house. To the girl who stepped to the porch to meet them they gave friendly greeting. One of them asked:
“How're things coming, Arlie?”
“Better and better every day, Dick. Yesterday the doctor said he was out of danger.”
“It's been a tough fight for Steve,” the other broke in. “Proper nursing is what pulled him through. Doc says so.”
“Did he say that, Alec? I'll always think it was doc. He fought for that life mighty hard, boys.”
Alec Howard nodded: “Doc Lee's the stuff. Here he comes now, talking of angels.”
Doctor Lee dismounted and grinned. “Which of you lads is she making love to now?”
Arlie laughed. “He can't understand that I don't make love to anybody but him,” she explained to the younger men.
“She never did to me, doc,” Dick said regretfully.