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For a week the scene of the round-up lay within riding-distance of the ranch-house, and Madeline passed most of this time in the saddle, watching the strenuous labors of the vaqueros and cowboys. She overestimated her strength, and more than once had to be lifted from her horse. Stillwell's pleasure in her attendance gave place to concern. He tried to persuade her to stay away from the round-up, and Florence grew even more solicitous.
Madeline, however, was not moved by their entreaties. She grasped only dimly the truth of what it was she was learning -- something infinitely more than the rounding up of cattle by cowboys, and she was loath to lose an hour of her opportunity.