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the s on each other's shoulders to catch the

first glier to

Plattville, ca and

Bence, and then Warren Smith As the lawyer reached the platform, he

turned toward the door of the car and waved his hand as in welcome

"Here he is, boys!" he shouted, "Welcoone before had been e of pent-up

enthusiasly, the whistles of the

engine and of Hibbard'sout a welco, the cannon

thundered, and then cheer on cheer shook the air, as John Harkless cas, and passed down the steps of the car

When Helen saw hi

tuhtened glance

about her, and juh perch, and sank into the back

seat of the buckboard with her burning face turned froround She wanted to run away, as she had run from

him the first time she had ever seen him Then, as now, he came in

triumph, hailed by the plaudits of his fellows; and now, as on that long-

departed day of her young girlhood, he was borne high over the heads of

the people, for Minnie cried to her to look; they were carrying hie She had had only that brief glilad to get hiain and so proud of him; but she had seen that he looked very white and

solemn