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"I beg you not to apologize--it's time to start back, anyhow"
As they rode away down the valley, the girl silent and constrained, Serviss pondered Laainst Clarke His sense of responsibility was increased by Lambert's trust in him "This won't do," he decided; "I must pull out or I will find myself laden with the woes of the entire fairl was invested noith co pathos Eachshadow on her face The gayety, the buoyancy of the upward trail was gone She was silent, constrained, and sad; and he set to work to restore her to the si He called attention to the wonders of the western sky He shouted to induce echoes, and challenged her to a race, and at the last descent dared her to ride down in one of the ore-buckets, seeking to bring the smiles back to her lips
She responded to his cheer, but not as before Solance--her smiles died quickly, and the poise of her head was less alert
When they had reached the wagon-road and he could ride by her side, he, too, becaiven offence in any way, Miss Lambert? If I have, I assure you it was entirely unintentional, and I beg your pardon"
She looked away "You have done nothing," she said, slowly
"But you seem distinctly less friendly toyourher beliefs, but I must be honest with you--I don't like Mr Clarke There's so unwholeso Evidently he took the death of his wife very hard, and it has added to his natural tendency towards a sort of spiritual monomania As a matter of fact, he's more Spiritualist than Calvinist at present Isn't that so?"
The girl's face grew sullen and weary "Oh, I don't know, I'rind, I suppose How foolish, how sickly it all seems--here in the presence of uncontaht as this it seerow bloodless with drea over insoluble problems And yet a friend of mine told me that these towns, and especially California toere filled with seers and prophets The occult flourishes in the high, dry atmosphere, those of the faith say Don't you permit Clarke to destroy your love of nature, Miss La to the sane and sunny world, and he has no right to bring his gloo and too naturally joyous to be concerned with the problems of disease and death You were made to be happy"