CHAPTER XII

THE CLOCK STRIKES Cynthia’s father was selling cattle and consequently was away from home for several days, his absence explaining the fact that Armitage had been a daily visitor at his home for a week without encountering him. In those seven days the young man had refrained from all love making. He had taken to heart that saying of Susan’s that her sister had lacked time to make real friends during her sojourn in the city. Armitage guessed the bitterness back of that declaration, and before announcing himself Cynt…