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them . fen yezrE before. ard h4en ever
E4Ece tie b1tt q every practical Joke
aid low. cunning trick their ieleuees
night devise For the KID could not
cook -xock-sye7 CT WELD cro@-bar
or drive Z psek-tEzin. or carcnse. OF
even swear. worth speaking Of: and
The things Re co-i7 IN. and 10 weEI
ge1e Rot the aaIs2 plishments needed
il prospecting and canning
Still pulling himself up By the stubby
ehaparral. the Kid climbed. leaving the
camp and It's associations as far behind
ar possible. At last the world xas lost
telow him. the distant cry OF noun
tain lion and the thick, Sat track where
q RATHER had slid through the red dus;
were the only reminders Of Z fellow
inhabItanr- When safe from the Intru-
sion Of bacon and tobacco fumes. and
the suggestions Of camp life that came
with them. he drew from the bosom of
his flannel shirt bulky little packet
and the next bllssful moment Wa
thousands Of miles from the sordid life
about him He closed his eyes 10 see
a stately coionuade Of tall white hol-
Iyhocks leading up 10 a yine-clad
porch, the air grew heavy With tbs
breath Of honey suckles. and on tbs
steps. under the clustering yellow
Ioses-
A sharp, fierce zap from Yank smote
his ear and broke the spell. With q
bound he was on his feet and Of again
in search Of still rarer atmosphere
for he was reading in precise LITTLE
schoolma'am hand:
I have read your letter over and over
TIL I know IL All by heart. AMI all day
long / tell myself you Will Be home next
month. and all night long I dream . our
meeting, but even then 1t seems too good
TO be true
And so on 10 the middle Of the IF.
teenth page. confessing the pain Of the
long weary waiting she had never
spoken OF until the end was in sight
A great wave Of pity rose in his
heart for the fellows down at the
camp. There had never been any sym
patty between them. Tor he had felt
their inimical attitude. and had lei
them alone as much as he could But
his luck had greatened his heart, and
the poor devils at the camp seemed
for the first time good-natured. hard
working lot. Many of them. he knew.
had left their homes with the same
hopes and promises that had hallowed
his life, and been less fortunate than
he He had seen them. whose every
hope was staked on some claim, work
ing early and late in a frenzied de-
termination TO wrench a fortune out