An Outback Marriage - Page 110/145

As they drove along she wondered idly which of Red Mick's innumerable

relatives the paper referred to, and why Mick was so anxious about

it; but by the time they arrived at home the matter passed from

her mind, except that she remembered well enough what was written

on the odd-looking little scrap.

"I will give you a certificate as a competent wardsman if ever you

want one," she said to Carew as he helped her out of the buggy. "I

don't know what I'd have done without you."

"You'd have managed somehow, I'll bet," he said, looking at the

confident face before him. "Quite a bit of fun, wasn't it? I hope

we have a few more excursions together."

And she felt that she rather hoped so, too.