CHAPTER XXII 

ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD 

Claire dressed Dlorus, cooked a dinner of beet greens, potatoes, and trout; and by bullying and great sweetness kept Dlorus from too many trips to the gin bottle. Milt caught the trout, cut wood, locked in a log shed Pinky's forlorn mining-tools. They started for North Yakima at eight of the evening, with Dlorus, back in the spare seat, alternately sobbing and to inattentive ears announcing what she'd say to the Old Hens. 

Milt was devoted to persuading the huge cat of a car to tiptoe down the slippery gouged ruts of the road, and Claire's mind was driving with him. Every time he touched the foot-brake, she could feel the strain in the tendons of her own ankle. 

A mile down the main road they stopped at a store-post-office to telephone back to Mr. Boltwood and Dr. Beach. On the porch was a man in overalls and laced boots. He was lean and quick-moving. As he raised his head, and his spectacles flashed, Claire caught Milt's arm and gasped, "Oh, my dear, I'm in a beautiful state of nerves. For a moment I thought that was Jeff Saxton. I bet it is his astral body!" 

"And you thought he was going to forbid your running away on this fool expedition, and you were scared," chuckled Milt, as they sat in the car. 

"Of course I was! And I still am! I know what he'll say afterward! He _is_ here, reasoning with me. Oughtn't I to be sensible? Oughtn't I to have you leave me at the Beaches' before you start--jolly jaunt to take a strange woman to her presumably homicidal husband! Why am I totally lacking in sense? Just listen to what Jeff is saying!" 
Milt was devoted to what ?
what ?
who dressed somone ?
who did she dress ?
how many corces she make for dinner ?
name one
Who liked gin ?
how did she keep her from it ?
anything else ?
where were they going ?
when ?
at night ?
when ?
where sis they stop ?
why ?
call who ?
anyone else ?
what happened when he hit the breaks ?
strain where ?
of what ?
persuading
persuading
huge cat
huge cat 
Claire
Claire
Dlorus
Dlorus
Three
beet greens, potatoes, and trout
beet greens
beet greens
Dlorus
Dlorus
bullying
bullying 
reat sweetness
reat sweetness
North Yakima
North Yakima
eight
eight
no
evening
evening
evening
store-post-office
store-post-office 
to telephone
to telephone
Mr. Boltwood
Mr. Boltwood
Dr. Beach
Dr. Beach
she could feel the strain
she could feel the strain
tendons
tendons 
ankle
ankle