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"--For me he threw himself in front of the drivers This ht hand for it--shall I desert

him now he needs ah if we cheat it: and our poor reward is only

sometimes to here far better men have failed So in this railroad

life two men stand, as he and I have stood, luck or ill-luck, storether And death speaks for one; and whichever he

calls it is ever the other must answer And this--is duty"

"Then do your duty"

Distinctly, and terrifying in their unexpectedness, came the words from

the farther end of the parlor They turned, stunned Gertrude's

father was crossing the roory look "I was lying on the couch; your voices roused me

and I could not escape You have put clearly the case you stand in,"

he spoke to Glover, "and I have intervened only to spare both of you

useless agony of argument The question that concerns you two and me

is not at this moment up for decision; the other question is, and it is

for you, hter, now, to play the woh weather You have left port without

consulting me, and the storms of woine is waiting"

"Then ask your people to attach ood

tiaether"

Gertrude threw her arms around her father's neck with a happy sob as

Glover left "Oh daddy, daddy If you only knew him!"