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CHAPTER V Continued.

None Of them. except Dummy, couiu
eat heartily. though all were hungry
KENNEDY felt like a traitor at the
feast. and Sylvia's peace OF nina
could not be persuaded to return. Big
Jerry attempted to SET an example OF
philosophy and cheer. yet they barely
nibbled at the appetizing spread
where constraint had come TO SIT hKe
an unlimited guest
When Kennedy presently eNcuseu
himself and went to another car KIRK
felt less at ease than before He chat-
ted on with Dummy IN his reassurlng
way, but he. too. al length departed
aware that Sylvia would be grateful
for a little time alone. for he could
see she was deeply troubled, and he
felt utterly unable TO help her.
He went outside and pretended, even
20 himself. that he was looking al the
banks Of snow ahead Of the great To-
comotlves and the plOw- But his
thoughts were engaged with problems
nearer home. He was hurt and even
angry IT. a way that cluded precise
definition. In the first place little
Dummy, meeting him up on the snow
and revealing the fact that he was
Svlvia's brother. had brought him
ioy incalculable. Then Sylvia-far
more beautiful. more sincere and
womanIy. than even he had suspect
ed-Sylvia come 70 the West 10 be MS
wife. had entered the wide-open gates
of his heart and taught him the eX-
aitation OF divine regard. He had
hardly known how 70 accept the truth
of Il all; and in the midst Of this
had come that conversation about
himself when for moment he had
kent his surprise In reserve.
II was this that had halted his
pleasure so abruptly. He was man
of n iddle age-he was fOrty-eight-
and she was barely twenty. She had
been so eager, 60 insisting. in her girl
ish desire to have her promised hus-
band young 70 had troubled him to
think Of the disappointment she would
be sure 10 feel when she learned the
truth. He saw that she was affected
unfavorably when the brakeman re-
vealed his identity. It must have
meant a great deal more to her than
he had ever realized. to think that
size was coming 10 a man no older
than thirty.
Aud then there was the other man
on the train. At the thought Of Ken
nedy. y0ung, handsome. attractive.
travelling day by day with Sylvia liv-
Ing here in the snuw-bound train at
her side. winning his way into her
heart with his graces-at the thought
OF all this Jerry's anger rose despite
all efforts ut judicial reasoning.
There. there. there-take II slow
~" said the voice Of his steady ma
ture. but re could not yield imme-
date obedience TO its council.
In the car meantime. sylviu's men
tai processes were quite rs disturbed
as Ierry's. She looked from the win
dow vacantly. observing the efforts of
her lively little brother to don and
prooeI the long. slender skis that Jer-
N had left IN the snow. but her minds
attention was turned another way
She wondered what would happen
next. and what she should 10 She
had come all this way 20 marry Jer-
" Kirk on money that he had SEM
her. Had il not been for him she
could have known Allan Kennedy
Her heart was Leaning at tive. thought
OF Allan. yet she knew what honesty
and right demanded. She tree 10 re-
view the words in which she had e&-
pressed her hope tlat Jerry was
young but what was the use? She
had suolSen honestly and had had no
thought Of woundinE anyone. Jerry
was not young-and despite herself
she felt deeply disappointed She
could not avoid the half-consessed be
lief that her first emotion toward him
that OF ready friendship. somewhat
dlal and calm-would he the utmost
that jerry would ever excite in her
bosom.
Once more. however. she thought OF
his great and invariable kindness.
and now Of his long and hazardous
pilgrimage across the mountains to
bring them cheer and comfort in this
wilderness OF snow. She let her gaze
Sorre 20 focus on little Dummy. out
eherP playing with the skis, and some
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