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"It would seem so But there was another whose name I recall--Jack

Moffat Why not have hilanced uneasily at her chosen coentlely silent, and she was

compelled to reply

"We--we never mention him any more He was a very bad man"

"Indeed?"

"Yes; it seems he had a wife and four children he had run away from,

back in Iowa Perhaps that hy his eyes always looked so sad She

actually advertised for him in one of the Omaha papers It was a

terrible shock to all of us I was so grateful to Howard that he

succeeded in opening ently upon her shoulder "Never mind,

dearie," he said, cheerfully "The West was all so strange to you, and

it seemed very wonderful at first But that is all safely over with

now, and, as et the unpleasant memories"

And Miss Spencer, totally oblivious to Brant's presence, turned

impulsively and kissed him

There was a rustle at the inner door, and Naida stood there Their

eyes irl's cheeks Then he

stepped resolutely forward, forgetful of all other presence, and