THE ROSE DAWN
48
"She has me," contended the Colonel.
"Oh, you! I didn't say an infant to care for!"
The Colonel put his arm around her and they sauntered back toward the twinkling lights of the ranch house.
"Happy day, sweetheart?" he asked.
"Do you know, Richard," she said soberly, "that we are very lucky people? We have each other, and dear friends, and live in this wonderful country, and have all the wealth we need"
A white figure loomed before them and the Colonel withdrew his arm rather hastily.
"You catch cold," commanded Sing Toy. "You come in house light away!"
