Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
CHAPTER I.

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moment, and leaving behind the friend.
ly faces on the platform.
The girl who had just entered the
Car looked about her in dismay at the
rough looking crowd by whom she was
surrounded. 1t was the last long
stretch OF her journey now, out on the
plains and across the desert, and the
potter OF the sleeper mad refused to
lot her enter the Pullman coach with
out a Pullman ticket. OF course it
would be all eight when the conductor
came but--supposc hcr brother-in-law
had forgotten TO telegraph for the res
ervation and she should have to spend
tho night III this carp.
She slipped into the only yacant sent
and sat aDxiousiy awaiting the coming
OF the conductor. who was not any.
whore in sight.
For the most part tho people about
her were rough. stolid looking men,
with hard brown faces. Here and there
. woman was hudJled YEARLY into q
corner OF tho seat trying to sleep.
They were commonplace folk, nearly
all OF them. and their very ordinari-
ness brought her some measure Of as
surance. yet she shuddered at the
thought OF spending her night huddled
into a scat. like the other women,
with all those men lbout. free to gaze
or her as she slept.
She glanced across the aisle where
the seat was turned over and two men
laced each other, an old man and a
young one. The old man sat Just
across from her, his coarse sthbbly
face turned boldly toward her. He
a crafty little ayes that intruded
With their merest glance. windows out
Of which C~oarseness. Hate, Cruelty
Fear alike might look: o sensual,
eoOSe hung mouth, and a whole repul.
J ' atmosphere OF cunning that made
bis face seem utterly evil, 4Insensibly
ehe shrank farther away and looked
hurriedty about to see II p~erchance
th,ore might not after ell be another
vAoant seat where sha could be entire.
" out OF his range. Then her eyes
suddenly met tho eyes Of his compan-
ION who faced her. the young man in
he turned over seat. and she won.
oerod how she could have failed to no
tico hIm at once. There was some
ching about his face perhaps it was
tue splendid gray eyes that were look.
ING Ut her SO keeilly and respectfully.
or was II The firm chin and almost
@terA set OF the beautiful lines of lin
aiI brow-thnt gave l:er confidence in
him ut once. For there was u strength
and beauty in his face such as n
ectdf y aces blended in q man., which
marked him at once as heing different
others. There was nothing weak
nor WoManisll about lin, In spite Of
Tho perfect modelling Of his features
aud tho clear coloring OF his skin. The
q golden brown hair that rippled
Jack from his forehead like a halo
gave the impression Of curling out Of
psrysrseness rather than from the
owners wish.
As was tall and 'ean and wiry. vet
gsvtn4s the idea Of great strength and
q training. II it had not been for
a. abnormal gravity and the. sternness
a096ts his mouth she would have
9udgc0 MIN to be > mere boy. yet there
wnS nm air OF maturity about hin. that
puasled her. But his gray eyes met
aers k'ndiy.. nnderstandingly, as II he
k;aw exactly what she, was. thinking
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