Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 68: what you’re looking at

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60 TOLD UNDER THE MOON., The delicate compliment contained in this last is not lost upon Gypsy, who gives him a little courtesy. “Thanks. I hope you will always have that high opinion of me,’’ she says. “T wish you would leave this wilderness and go back to Denver.”’ ‘Wherefore? The same danger pursues me there as here—indeed, I have even fancied it was worse in the city. For months I have known and fought against the combination. ”’ “Vou, a lonely girl, battle with such powers of darkness—it amazes me. Iam cured of my silly be- lief in man’s superiority. I humbly beg that you will allow me to assist in the work of defeating your -enemies.’? » ““Gladly. Already I experience a feeling of relief at the prospect of having a sincere friend in whom I may confide my troubles and who will assist me in any emergency. I have succeeded in defeating the powers allied against me in the past, but the clouds are gathering more densely, and I fear for the future if I must struggle against them alone and unaided. It was bad enough when -the evil lay outside—at least I could depend upon an asylum in my own. house. Now that prop is knocked from under my| feet, since treachery has invaded Hawk’s Nest.”’ ‘‘Meaning the fellow who ran away with such’: speed—Ralph Rollins, you called him.’’ | ‘*He is one.’? | ‘“What! are there more, then ?’’ ‘‘Ah! my friend, I made an accidental discovery this very day that has both pained and distressed me. CORNICE OOKS. Con)