Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 32: what you’re looking at

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24 ‘“T WONDER IF YOU ARE THAT MAN.” Another moment and he is offering her the cup 11 his trembling band. ‘*You first,’’ she says. “No, no, lama gentleman,’’ he replies, resolutely. Then she accepts the grateful draught, and soon fills the cup for him. Fate did a very queer thing when it brought these two together under such peculiar conditions. By degrees Bob’s strength comes back to him, though he will on the following day feel his exertions severely. They sit there and watch the wonderful spectacle of a blazing forest, that stretches for a mile, at least, to the north. It is rendered all the more realistic to them because they have so recently escaped from the angry abyss of flames, and a feeling of deep thankfulness rests upon each heart as they reflect upon what might have been. ‘‘T feel recuperated, and it would be well for us to be moving since there can be no telling when the wind may shift again, and the fire surround us.”? Bob is a good general, and has more than once led the bull forces of the stock exchange in a raid upon the bears. Hecan see ahead and anticipate many coming possibilities. ) So, arm-in-arm for support, they walk on. The girl assumes the leadership, and from her man- ner it is evident that she knows just where they are and whither they are heading. | As they leave the burning forest farther in the rear the darkness increases; but having come upon what CoOnniCcoookS.Cconn