"
"What became of him?" asked Kit.
"Oh, he went back home with Ping an' raised a large family, an' they
wuz talkin' o' runnin' him fer ther legislature an account o' his
whiskers an' his smartness."
"He was a smart goat, wasn't he?" said Dick.
"You bet. Thet's why I said that some goats wuz jest ez smart ez lots o'
collidge gradooates what I hev met."
CHAPTER XX.
THE COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTE.
When they arose in the morning the train was speeding over the prairie,
and Dick could hardly be pulled away from the window long enough to go
to breakfast with Stella and Mrs. Graham, so great was his delight at
being in the "really and truly" wild West.
When they were all back in the car again, Ted, for the first time,
noticed a large man, flashily dressed, who wore a flaming red necktie,
and who evidently thought himself irresistible to the ladies.
He walked up and down the aisle on the slightest pretext, ogling every
pretty woman in the car, and Ted was getting very tired of it,
especially as once or twice he had the impertinence to stop and look
into the stateroom in which Stella and Mrs.
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