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Many ti to hi effect What did she think when she looked at hiht at all All about her and the present there in Surprise Valley, and the di future, fascinated Venters and e had not

Chiefly it was the present that he wished to dwell upon; but it was the call of the future which stirred him to action No idea had he of what that future had in store for Bess and hi Surprise Valley as a place to live in, for there was no telling how long they would be compelled to stay there Venters stubbornly resisted the entering into his ht have made it plain to him that he did not want to leave Surprise Valley at all But it was imperative that he consider practicalthere, he felt the ie of diet It would be necessary for hio farther afield for a variety of meat, and also that he soon visit Cottonwoods for a supply of food

It occurred again to Venters that he could go to the canyon where Oldring kept his cattle, and at little risk he could pack out so Bess know of it till after he hadwhile she was asleep

That very night he stole out of cae, and entered the outlet to the Pass The gorge was full of lu Rock loomed dark and leaned over the pale descent Transforht, it took shape and di for thewalls and close forever the outlet to Deception Pass At nightfearful and fateful in that rock, and that it had leaned and waited through a thousand years to have somehow to deal with his destiny

"Old irl, and then roll!" he said, aloud, as if the stones were indeed a god

And those spoken words, in their grim note to his ear, as well as contents to hison a current which he had not power nor wish to stem