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The trail came out on the road that led to Ryan's sheep camp, at a point

several miles west of the cabin where Carley had encountered Haze

Ruff She remembered the curves and stretches, and especially the steep

jump-off where the road led down off the rim into the canyon Here she

dismounted and walked From the foot of this descent she knew every rod

of the ould be familiar to her, and, womanlike, she wanted to

turn away and fly froround

The murmur of the creek suddenly assailed her ears--sweet, sad,

ely powerful to hurt Yet the sound seeo

Down here su

road of sand Then out of the shade she passed into the sunnier regions

of isolated pines Along here she had raced Calico with Glenn's bay;

and here she had caught him, and there was the place she had fallen

She halted a moment under the pine tree where Glenn had held her in his

arms Tears dimmed her eyes If only she had known then the truth, the

reality! But regrets were useless