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And while Joan was absorbed in thought the sun set, the light

failed, twilight stole into the cabin, and then darkness All this

hour there had been a continual sound of e

cabin, sometimes low and at other times loud It was only when Joan

distinctly heard the name Jim Cleve that she was startled out of her

absorption, thrilling and flushing In her eagerness she nearly fell

as she stepped and gropped through the darkness to the door, and as

she drew aside the blanket her hand shook

The large rooh a faint tinge of blue s around Kells, who had a seat where the light

fell full upon him Evidently a lull had intervened in the talk The

dark faces Joan could see were all turned toward the door

expectantly

"Bring him in, Bate, and let's look hi his way in, and he had his hand on

the arht Joan

quivered as if she had been stabbed That stranger with Wood was Jim

Cleve--Jim Cleve in fralad tohis hand