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THIRD RICHEST GIRL

If it had happened back in West- ture an interest in things, gave life a chester or most anywhere else in the meaning. He did these things without world except here on the edge of a high being aware of doing them. Joan was mesa at the rim of Death Valley it grateful to him. She dreaded the day this would have made the front pages of when she would have to leave

He was the every newspaper in the country. The place and leave Lanky. reading public would have been delight only genuine thing she had known. ed, would have avidly consumed every

So Joan prolonged her visit and de- line and yelled for more.

more and manded Lanky's services

She tried to be nice to him, This was explainable, for Joan Ro. more. berts was the third richest girl in the tried to make him like her, tried to United States, and whatever she did or give the impression that she appre- whatever happened to her was news, ciated what he was doing for her. If the reporters had been on hand that day she had her face slapped, if they

But Lanky remained the same. Ho

had even remotely heard about it, the was a good dude wrangler. He knew telegraph wires would have hummed. his place. He remained in it. He was If they had known that the man who dependable, kind, thoughtful, courteous,

but never personal, slapped her face was a common cow- hand, lacking in all the social graces, editorial offices would have been thrown into a shambles.

That is, he was never personal until the evening they stood on the edge of Howling Coyoto Mesa and watched the Bun case down into the desert. With- Joan Roberts and Lanky Andrews, out turning her head Joan said: “It's who was the cowboy, had ridden away lovely!" And Lanky Andrews, unex- from the Wagon Wheel ranch that pectedly and without warning, turned

By Meredith Scholl

afternoon with the idea of watching to her and said: “Ma'm, that sunset's the sunset from the rim of Howling a washout compared to you." And he Coyote Mesa. As usual they were very kissed her as effectively as Joan had formal. Lanky, being a good dude, ever been kissed. wrangler, was solicitous of his charge and careful to remember his place.

Now Lanky was acting like the men --Joan knew and understood. She acted. This was not the first time they had on impulse, the impulse of experience. ridden; off alone; together,

Joan re-

She slapped his face. membered the first time vividly and the

Lanky rubbed the place she had second and third and every time there slapped and his eyes blazed.

"Why after. At first she thought Lanky's attitude of deference was a pose, but you" he began--and slapped her later she decided he was acting quite face, resoundingly.

natural. The discovery delighted her, Joan stared at him, mouth open, because not many-in fact not any- checks white. After a moment words men she knew ever acted wholly natur, came. "How dare you!"

al with her. She could understand

this. She was beautiful and the third "By the same right you dare to slap richest girl in the United States, and mo"" Lanky said easily. such a combination would cause unruly thoughts to tear through the mind of most any male.

"You-you-apparently, Mr. An- drews, you don't know who I am. I'm the third richest girl in the United She had observed Lanky Andrews States!" without appearing to do so. She re- "So what? I'm the best dude wran- gistered the fact that he Was more

handsome than you noticed at first gler anywhere around. I'm just as hu- glance. More, his eyes were sincere man as you. I have as much pride and and nothing about his manner or what as much dignity. Just because you've he said was affected. In fact, he sel. got more dough than I doesn't give dom spoke and he never tried to im- you any more rights or make me any

less press her with his horsemanship or knowledge of the desert.

Not in this country.""

youyou——**.

Casually she made inquiries about

"Well, what? Can't you think of any him and learned, to her astonishment, thing to say? Of course you can't. that, though western bred, he owned a There isn't any answer to what I've Harvard diploma and # amall cattle:

ranch down on the Mojave which he just pointed out It's the truth and common: senge. The trouble with you was rapidly stocking with the money is you can't understand that. Time he earned wrangling dudes for the you learned. Besides," he added, and Wagon Wheel in season.

grinned wickedly, you wanted me to Her frequent trips into the desart

u've been asking for it for kiss you with Lanky, coupled with the know. weeks." ledge she had acquired through obsex She merely gaped at him. Her mind This time Joan didn't say anything. vation and unobtrusive questioning,

Sho was

gave Joan, so to speak, a now lease on had suddenly gone blank. life. Life had become a bore, Up to conscious of only one thought, one now her general outlook was bitter feeling, one fear, one horrible sinking She trusted no one. She hated people sensation. To wit: He might not kiss who posed and pretended. She had her again, i been suspicious of everything and But he did, and the newapapers had to be satisfied with the result. They everybody.

were never told about the face-slaoping Lanky Andrews, without knowing it, episode, but the story of subsequent gradually changed all that. Lanky events was plenty to maką, lovely big was an oasis, a respite. His very pre- black headlines, sence was soothing to her soul. Ho (Copyright, 1989, By The Associated restored her faith, helped her recap- Newspapers)