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tlef the soul restless as flame, the siaasser b0as racked, worn With eua- less enthusiasms, the burning. mes merle eyes and the delicate mouth All these she had known and valued ill her father, and when the doctor seri- ousls ldvised the Rocky mountains she readily gave up her own plans. and here and now sine sat. rushing toward the west to q town repulSive to her, d place of emptiness anei Heariness, a SO ciai desert. where no one lived but her cousins. the Barnetts, to whose hos ptaIle doQr they were bound as voy- agefS on d wide sea to 5 snug harbor. 3iehout tii::::sst- home ftz 2 ,1oint af ar gs7al -tnn Rupert would ,44te DeeA IL a..eh uncertainty of mind as besets q sailor on a ei4atie>>; sea.
 she was making this abhorrent trip in order that her brother might thrive in his physical well being as wei as nl his art He had recently determined ell being aIl illustrator of wild animal books I'm going to study them at first hand, he repeated often, the l besides, want to illustrate fathers journal This journal, the record of d trip into the west made by Philip Ru- bert before his marriage, had come to be the most powerful influence in the laG's life. It was q worn little red book in which the father had written the daily happenings and impressions of his trip, and it's discovery by Louis in q box of old papers had quite trans formed his life. It had made him an American, filling him with longing for the "Hesperan mountains" as the father called the romantic land he had seen but once. but whose splendor lived with him throughout the remain der of his short life.
 .Ns they sat al the table in the dining car Ann again listened indulgently to her brothers plans. and permitted him to order the dinner and assume all the manners of a grown man, honestly try ing to conceal Der own Wearness of spirit. sincerely regretful of her bitter words OH the ferry.
 Louis was not weary. He eyed every man who came ill. avid to discover some western trait, some outward sign of inward difference between himself and his companions, but could not They were all quite commonplace busi- ness men, well dressed, close clipped and urbane Of manner. Some of them were evidently saiesmen going over to Philadelphia or out 10 Chicago, and they all ate long and with every evi dence of enjoyment. Some of the wo, mon were young and pretty-sttldents returning to the west for their summer YsseatitAs
 once more ill the privacy of her state room and looking out at the landscape rccling past. Ann sank back in her seat wholly dismayed. What in the world can do out there:" she asked herself most boiguantly Of course they don't play golf or tennis, and l can't ride, and, besides, whom could l play with: .Icannettc is not q bit athletic And again the small round of her interests she had no gayeties-was borne in upon her. Il shall die of inactivity
 Louis excused himself quite formally and went back into the smoking com partmcnt to sit With the men, while Ann. left alone, gave herself up to a cIese. half ironic study of the absurdty of her position With q dozen most dc. sirable invitations to distinguiShed Lon. don homes, with everything before her H3at a girl of her age ana tastes couau desire she had turned away to face the crude eomiitiou, of < western state in I #atm @'aW of -i~leHly affection
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