CHAPTER I
_ "It is so good of you to come early," said Mrs. Porter, as
Alice Langham entered the drawing-room. "I want to ask a favor
of you. I‘m sure you won‘t mind. I would ask one of the
debutantes, except that they‘re always so cross if one puts
them next to men they don‘t know and who can‘t help them, and so
I thought I‘d just ask you, you‘re so good-natured. You don‘t
mind, do you?"
``I mind being called good-natured,‘‘ said Miss Langham, smiling.
``Mind what, Mrs. Porter?‘‘ she asked.
``He is a friend of George‘s,‘‘ Mrs. Porter explained, vaguely.
``He‘s a cowboy. It seems he was very civil to George when he
was out there shooting in New Mexico, or Old Mexico, I don‘t
remember which. He took George to his hut and gave him things to
shoot, and all that, and now he is in New York with a letter of
introduction. It‘s just like George. He may be a most
impossible sort of man, but, as I said to Mr. Porter, the people
I‘ve asked can‘t complain, because I

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