Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 85: what you’re looking at

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ON THE ROAD TO DENVER. 77 ‘‘Ha!lis that what you meant when I first met you and said I had come all the way from New York to see Estelle Gordon ?”’ ‘‘What did I remark?’’ she asks, turning her face away. ‘‘T wonder if you are that man.”’ She laughs. ‘How pat you have it, Mr. Bob,”? ‘It sank into my brain, and I have thought of it many times. Did you mean that ?”’ ‘“VYes, but you forget—you presume to take the part of the confessor. I will answer no more ques- tions at present. In three hours we will leave Hawk’s Nest for Denver.”’ She speaks as composedly as though this were but a trifling event. System has reduced things to such a fine point that her people know exactly what is expected of them. They go about their work, and by the hour she has specified the party are ble to leave. A faithful overseer remains, in whose charge Hawk’s Nest rests securely. To the Virginian and Monsieur Merle this sudden flitting is pretty much of a mystery. Perhaps they guess something of the truth with regard to the strange absence of Miss Gordon, for few questions are asked. It may also suit their plans to get in the radius of civilization again. So the little cavalcade gallop along, five men and one charming, bright girl who can outride any of them. The servant accompanies them to return with the horses. Inthe rear is a wagon bearing trunks GomMmicbooksreco in =>