I may not see you before you leave,"
Pete sat up. "Shucks! Well, I ain't sayin' thanks for what you done
for me, Miss Gray. 'Thanks' sounds plumb starvin' poor and rattlin',
side of what I want to tell you. I'd be a'most willin' to git shot
ag'in--"
"Don't say that!" exclaimed Doris.
"I would be shakin' hands with you," said Pete. "But this here is just
'Adios,' for I'm sure comin' back."
CHAPTER XLI
"A LAND FAMILIAR"
The following day Pete had a long talk with Sheriff Owen, a talk which
resulted in the sheriff's accompanying Andover and Pete on their desert
journey to Sanborn.
Incidentally Pete gave his word that he would not try to escape. It
was significant, however, that the little sheriff expressed a
preference for the back seat, even before Andover, who had invited him
to make the journey, asked him if he cared to ride in front. The
sheriff's choice was more a matter of habit than preference, for, alone
upon the ample seat of the touring-car, he was shuttled ignominiously
from side to side and bounced and jolted until, during a stop for
water, he informed Andover that "he sure would have to pull leather to
stay with the car.
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