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248 that; a partner might have at least asked what he had been in trouble for; "a pal" would certainly have done so out of curiosity, and probably with rising admiration. But mateship didn't.

The faith of men is as strong as the sympathy between them, and perhaps the hardest thing on earth for a woman to kill.

Jim only glanced a little regretfully after the lonely little blur in the west, and said—

"I'm sorry I didn't shake hands with the poor little——. But it can't be helped now."

"Never mind," said Bob. "You might drop across him some day."