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THE MAN ON HORSEBACK

"But. . ."

"Tom dear," said Mrs, Wedekind, "you are a nice boy. I'd love dearly to have you for a son.. . ."

"Or a son-in-law?" laughed Tom, with a return of his old, happy humor.

"Yes, Boy dear. But you must go in and win her by yourself. Bertha is stubborn."

"I'm stubborn myself," rejoined Tom Graves; and he bent abruptly and kissed the old lady on the cheek.