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"Have you ever been lost away from home?"

"No"

"Have you ever faced death--real stark an' naked death, close an' terrible?"

"No, indeed"

"Have you ever wanted to kill any one with your bare hands?"

"Oh, Mr Dale, you--you amaze me No! No!"

"I reckon I know your answer to my last question, but I'll ask it, anyhow Have you ever been so madly in love with a man that you could not live without hih "Oh, you two are great!"

"Thank Heaven, I haven't been," replied Helen, shortly

"Then you don't know anythin' about life," declared Dale, with finality

Helen was not to be put down by that, dubious and troubled as it s?" she queried, stubbornly

"All but the last one Love never cao to the villages where there are girls No girl would ever care for me I have nothin' But, all the sa feelin's I've lived"