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hoarsely signalled and the car started Glover made little of the

incident, but Gertrude observed some preoccupation in his manner He

consulted frequently his watch Once when he was putting it back she

asked to see it His watch was the only thing of real value he had and

he was pleased to show it It contained a portrait of his ht, found it She made him answer

question after question, asked him to let her take the watch from the

chain and studied the girlish face of thisdias was freezing in the storage tanks

Glover walked to the rear; the journal they told hiineer had asked not to be stopped till they reached Soda

Buttes, where he should have to take water When he finally slowed for

the station the box was ablaze

Theout found their drip-tank full of ice: there was

nothing for it but fresh brasses, and Glover getting down in the snow

set the jack with his own hands so it should be set right The

conductor passed him a bar, but Gertrude could not see; she could only

hear the ring of the frosty steel Then with a screaine popped and the wind tossed the deafening roar in and out

of the car, now half dark Stunned by the uproar and disturbed by the

failing light she left her chair, and going over sat down at the