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The directors' party had been inspecting the Ca the crest of the pass when the sun set, and in the

east long stretches of snow-sheds were vanishing In the shadows of the

valley

Glover, engaged with Mr Brock, Judge Saltzer, and Bucks, had been

forward all day, a the directors The compartments of the Brock

car were closed when he walked back through the train and the rear

platform was deserted He seated himself in his favorite corner of the

us, lean far back, and with

an engineer's eye study the swiftly receding grace of the curves and

elevations of the track They were covering a stretch of his own

construction, a pet, built when he still felt young; when he had come

from the East fiery with the spirit of twenty-five

But since then he had seen seven years of blizzards, blockades, and

washouts; of hard work, hardships, and disappoint over he was not asha yet But noith new and great responsibilities on

his horizon, possibilities that once would have fired his iination,

he felt that seven years in and out of the mountains had left hiht as she saw you sitting where you are

now--that we should always associate this corner with you Don't get

up" Gertrude Brock, dressed for dinner, stood in the doorway "You

never tire of watching the track," she said, sinking into the chair he

offered as he rose Her frank manner was unlooked for, but he knew