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they passed other cahts, throwing shadows on the canvas, and others were

dark There were ay, noisy

and profane

Then Joan saw uneven rows of lights, so dark figures Again Kells bethought

hiuise, and buried his chin in his scarf and

pulled his wide-brilinized him at the

distance of a yard

They walked down the , flat structure with its sign "Last Nugget" and its

open here shafts of light shone forth, and all the way

down to the end of town Then Kells turned back He scrutinized each

group of ion Several ti in the road

while he peered into saloons At these brief intervals Joan looked

at Cleve with all her heart in her eyes He never spoke He seemed

under a strain Upon the return, when they reached the Last Nugget,

Kells said: "Jiriold in Alder Creek!"