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The two h the car The shock of the engine coupler striking the

buffer hardly disturbed her reverie; for her the nightfinal instructions to Giddings for

ploughs tofroain at the barometer It prorees above zero

He hadsnohere they were

coupling the engine to the car, watched narrowly, and going forward

spoke to the engineer When he re-entered the car it wasslowly

out of the yard

Gertrude, with a s at her watch "I hope we shall get there by eleven o'clock; we

should, should we not, Mr Glover?"

"It's a poor night foryard threhite and swiftly passing beah

the s, and the warmth within belied the hts that burned badly, and the conductor watched him Gertrude

laid aside her furs and threw open her jacket Her hat she kept on,

and sitting in a deep chair told Glover of her father's arrival from

the East on Wednesday and explained how she had set her heart on

surprising hi at Medicine Bend "Where are ?" she

asked, as the ru Sleepy Cat Cañon, the Rat River----"

"Oh, I remember this I ride on the platforh here so I may see where you split the mountain And every time