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"Here, Mr Bucks," called Mr Brock, abruptly, through the open door

"What's the o

through the Park"

The patient , and

came out on the platform Gertrude went into the car When the train

reached Sleepy Cat, at dusk, she was sitting alone in her favorite

corner near the rear door The train stopped at a junction semaphore

and she heard Bucks' voice on the observation platform

"I hate to see a man ruin his own chances in this way, that's all," he

was saying "I've set the pins for you to take the rebuilding of the

wholeate yourself to obscurity just as

you've made a hit in the cañon that is a fortune in itself"

"Whatever the effect," she heard soently withI seem unable to face the results"

The train started and the voices were lost Bucks stepped into the car

and, without seeing Gertrude in the shadoalked forward She felt

that Glover was alone on the platform and sat for several moments

irresolute After a while she rose, crossed to the table and fingered

the roses in the jar She saw hi alone in the dusk and