CHAPTER XXVI 

For Helen Rayner that brief, dark period of expulsion from her home had become a thing of the past, almost forgotten. 

Two months had flown by on the wings of love and work and the joy of finding her place there in the West. All her old men had been only too glad of the opportunity to come back to her, and under Dale and Roy Beeman a different and prosperous order marked the life of the ranch. 

Helen had made changes in the house by altering the arrangement of rooms and adding a new section. Only once had she ventured into the old dining-room where Las Vegas Carmichael had sat down to that fatal dinner for Beasley. She made a store-room of it, and a place she would never again enter. 

Helen was happy, almost too happy, she thought, and therefore made more than needful of the several bitter drops in her sweet cup of life. Carmichael had ridden out of Pine, ostensibly on the trail of the Mexicans who had executed Beasley's commands. The last seen of him had been reported from Show Down, where he had appeared red-eyed and dangerous, like a hound on a scent. Then two months had flown by without a word. 

Dale had shaken his head doubtfully when interrogated about the cowboy's absence. It would be just like Las Vegas never to be heard of again. Also it would be more like him to remain away until all trace of his drunken, savage spell had departed from him and had been forgotten by his friends. Bo took his disappearance apparently less to heart than Helen. But Bo grew more restless, wilder, and more wilful than ever. Helen thought she guessed Bo's secret; and once she ventured a hint concerning Carmichael's return.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the name of the person that made changes in the house?
2. Changes in the house were made by which person?
3. 
Q2:
1. What did Helen Rayner make of the dining room?
2. What was the dining room made into by Helen Rayner?
3. 
Q3:
1. What are the names of the people that had dad dinner in the dining room?
2. Helen Rayner remembered that which people had had dinner in the dining room?
3. 
Q4:
1. Was Las Vegas Carmichael still in Pine?
2. Did Las Vegas Carmichael still reside in Pine?
3. 
Q5:
1. Why did Las Vegas Carmichael leave Pine?
2. What reason did Las Vegas Carmichael have for riding out of Pine?
3. 
Q6:
1. Where was Las Vegas Carmichael last reported from?
2. Las Vegas Carmichael was last reported from where?
3. 
Q7:
1. How did Las Vegas Carmichael appear when he was last seen?
2. What was the appearance of Las Vegas Carmichael when he was seen for the last time?
3. 
Q8:
1. How long ago was Las Vegas Carmichael seen?
2. How much time had elapsed since Las Vegas Carmichael was last seen?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did Helen Rayner hear about Las Vegas Carmichael since the last time he was seen?
2. Had Helen Rayner heard of Las Vegas Carmichael since the Show Down?
3. 
Q10:
1. Did Dale hear about Las Vegas Carmichael since the last time he was seen?
2. Had Dale heard of Las Vegas Carmichael since the Show Down?
3. 
