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 road! The cheeks which had been so pale the night before were rosy now, and the line of her mouth had grown tender again. He found himself looking at her and forgetting all that had happened since the afternoon when he had lifted her from her horse, and she had given the little tired sigh, like a child glad to be taken up by loving arms.

"Do you remember the last time we came over this dear old West Road together, Cid?" asked Gladys.

"Yes, it was the day before I started for Leadville."

"Did you amuse yourself in Colorado, Cid?"

"Well enough; but I did not go for amusement. Here was the place where we stopped and looked over at Fort Dumplings; do you remember?"

"Yes, and I do believe there is the very same man ploughing in the field."

Then they were silent, and the fleet horses carried the light carriage at a flying pace