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 world tuh find Her," without a doubt. It had seemed such a remote possibility down there among the mountains, but here he was.

"Show him up, please," she said to the boy with a regretful glance at the story she was writing. He came blithely, with his swinging mountain stride, his free, outdoor air, his touching unconsciousness of his homespun back-woods garb.

"Did n't 'low you'd see me so soon, did yuh?" he asked, as they shook hands.

He dropped into the seat she indicated and plunged at once into the only subject in the world for him.

"I jest 'lowed I'd come right along," he said. "You 'uns said she wuz yere naouw 'n only come oncet a year, so I sold th' colt at th' settlement an' took whut money I hed 'n come. I got yere this mornin' 'n I want you 'uns tuh tell me jest whar she is so I kin find her right off." Miss Herrick mentioned the name of the hotel where the dancer was staying and gave him explicit instructions as to how to get there. She felt sick at heart as she looked at