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"That o after me first So would Gulden We can't

ride these hills as they do We don't know the trails--the water

We'd get lost We'd be caught And so would find us first"

"You're probably right, Joan," replied Cleve "But you condeht with Kells or any of

them! It'll be worse almost than my life was before"

"But, Jim, I'll be safe," she entreated "It's the better choice of

two evils Our lives depend on reason, waiting, planning And, Ji, to hear you say that!" he exclaiain!But the past is

past I begin over from this hour I'll be what you want--do what

you want"

Joan seeain, and the supplication,

as she lifted her blushing face, and the yielding, were perilously

sweet

"Jiht!"

And it was not Joan who first broke that eun and presently the piece of black felt He

held it as if it were a deadly thing

"Put it on me"