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When it was over, John and Helen found themselves in the midst of a

densely packed crowd, and separated fro, and he saw her face grow pale He realized with

a pang of sympathy how helpless he would feel if he were as s, suffocating backs and huge

shoulders pressing down fro

heavily upon her with all his strength, and a royal feeling of

protectiveness came over him She was so little And yet, without the

reave him such a distinct impression of

poise and equilibriuht

coh at it--so Americanly capable and

sure of the event, that in spite of her pale cheek he could not feel quite

so protective as he wished to feel

He et her to one of the tent-poles, and placed her with her

back to it Then he set one of his own hands against it over her head,

braced hiedly

letting the crowd surge against hih carelessness