I rode two miles and finally I came to a little log shack . There was a bee-yew-tiful big horse in a corral close by . My heart jumped with joy . But suppose the inmates of the shack were half-breeds ! You ca n't realize how relieved I felt when the door opened and two white men came out . In a few minutes everything was explained . They knew who I was and what I wanted , and I knew that they were Mr. Lonsdale and Mr. Hopkins , owners of a big ranch over by Deer Run . They were ` shacking out ' to put up some hay and Mrs. Hopkins was keeping house for them . She wanted me to stop and have a cup of tea right off , but I thought of you , Phil , and declined . As soon as they heard of our predicament those lovely men got their two biggest horses and came right with me . '' It was not long before our democrat was on solid ground once more , and then our rescuers insisted that we go back to the shack with them for the night . Accordingly we drove back to the shack , attended by our two gallant deliverers on white horses . Mrs. Hopkins was waiting for us , a trim , dark-haired little lady in a very pretty gown , which she had donned in our honour . Kate and I felt like perfect tramps beside her in our muddy old raiment , with our hair dressed by dead reckoning -- for we had not included a mirror in our baggage . There was a mirror in the shack , however -- small but good -- and we quickly made ourselves tidy at least , and Kate even went to the length of curling her bangs -- bangs were in style then and Kate had long , thick ones -- using the stem of a broken pipe of Mr. Hopkins 's for a curler . I was so tired that my vanity was completely crushed out -- for the time being -- and I simply pinned my bangs back . Later on , when I discovered that Mr. Lonsdale was really the younger son of an English earl , I wished I had curled them , but it was too late then . He did n't look in the least like a scion of aristocracy . He wore a cowboy rig and had a scrubby beard of a week 's growth . But he was very jolly and played the violin beautifully .
After tea -- and a lovely tea it was , although , as XXXXX remarked to me later , there was no ham -- we had an impromptu concert .
English Hopkins Kate Lonsdale Phil Run curler night rescuers right