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Bennington realized suddenly, with overwhel fervency, that he

preferred to slide in solitude

The Vision in the starched pink gingha-bird over a flower From behind her back she withdrew one hand

In the hand was thefor?" she inquired deton was permitted to babble

incoherencies

She sta for?" she persisted

Bennington's chaos had not yet crystallized to relevancy

"Wh-where did you get it?" he staain

"IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?" she deained control of his faculties with an effort

"Yes, it is!" he rejoined sharply; and then, with the instinct that

bids us appreciate the extent of our relief by passing an annoyance

along, "Don't you know it's a penal offence to disturb claim stakes?"

He had suddenly discovered that he preferred to find claim stakes on

claims