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 cowboys and ranchers; the public seems to like those well enough; but for Heaven's sake let women alone—until you know 'em!"

"Hunter, you have hurt me deeply," sighed Miles. "I thought Caroline was pretty well drawn, and now you tell me that she is only a bundle of silk and lace! To-morrow I shall go out and fall in love straightway with the first woman I set eyes on. Maybe she'll have a husband and a large family dependent on her; then you'll be sorry you spoke as you have; sorry you drove me to desperation. Think of the bereaved husband and the seven—did I say seven?—seven motherless children! Think"

"Oh, I don't believe the husband's in any danger."

"That's because you've never seen me in the rôle of Don Juan, Hunter. I