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The day in the Heart River e On Friday afternoon Glover's car lay sidetracked

at the east end of the Nine Mile shed waiting for a limited train to

pass The train was late and the sun was dropping into an ashen strip

of wind clouds that hung cold as shrouds to the north and hen the

gray-powdered engine whistled for the siding

Motionless beside the switch Glover san the gloo fire from the Pullman wheels, and wondered why they were

stopping The conductor from the open vestibule waved to hie

"Giddings wired me to wait for your answer, Mr Glover," said the

conductor

Glover was reading the telegram: "I may start Saturday

"G B"

There was one chance to make it; that was to take the li the conductor wait he hastened to his car,

called for his gripsack, gave his assistant a volley of orders, and

boarded a Pullman Not the preferred stock of the whole system would

have availed at that moment to induce an inspection of Nine Mile shed

There were men that he knew in the sleepers, but he shunned

acquaintance and walked on till he found an empty section into which he

could throw hiram He studied

it anew, tried to consider coolly whether her ic of the letters that made her

initials: and when he slept, the word last in his heart was Gertrude

In thehe breakfasted late in the sunshine of the diner, passed

his friends again and secluded himself in his section Never before