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The sight of the fair young girl, as frank and wholesome as the Sierra breezes, had stirred his volcanic, untamed heart to its very depths. When she had vanished from his sight, he realized that a crisis had come in his life, and that neither silver speculations nor any other questions could ever be of such importance to him as this new and all absorbing one. THE SIGHT OF THE FAIR YOUNG GIRL AS FRANK AND WHOLESOME AS THE SIERRA BREEZES HAD STIRRED HIS VOLCANIC UNTAMED HEART TO ITS VERY DEPTHS WHEN SHE HAD VANISHED FROM HIS SIGHT HE REALIZED THAT A CRISIS HAD COME IN HIS LIFE AND THAT NEITHER SILVER SPECULATIONS NOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COULD EVER BE OF SUCH IMPORTANCE TO HIM AS THIS NEW AND ALL ABSORBING ONE
mpanion. “You! Well, I don’t see that it would make much matter to you, anyhow. You ain’t even a friend of ours.” The young hunter’s dark face grew so gloomy over this remark that Lucy Ferrier laughed aloud. “There, I didn’t mean that,” she said; “of course, you are a friend now. You must come and see us. Now I must push along, or father won’t trust me with his business any more. Good-bye!” “Good-bye,” he answered, raising his broad sombrero, and bending over her little hand. She wheeled her mustang round, gave it a cut with her riding-whip, and darted away down the broad road in a rolling cloud of dust. Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn. He and they had been among the Nevada Mountains prospecting for silver, and were returning to Salt Lake City in the hope of raising capital enough to work some lodes which they had discovered. He had been as keen as any of them upon the business until this sudden incident had drawn his thoughts into another channel. T OVER IT NEITHER WOULD I SAID HER COMPANION YOU WELL I DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD MAKE MUCH MATTER TO YOU ANYHOW YOU AIN'T EVEN A FRIEND OF OURS THE YOUNG HUNTER'S DARK FACE GREW SO GLOOMY OVER THIS REMARK THAT LUCY FERRIER LAUGHED ALOUD THERE I DIDN'T MEAN THAT SHE SAID OF COURSE YOU'RE A FRIEND NOW YOU MUST COME AND SEE US NOW I MUST PUSH ALONG OR FATHER WON'T TRUST ME WITH HIS BUSINESS ANY MORE GOOD BYE GOOD BYE HE ANSWERED RAISING HIS BROAD SOMBRERO AND BENDING OVER HER LITTLE HAND SHE WHEELED HER MUSTANG ROUND GAVE IT A CUP WITH HER RIDING WHIP AND DARTED AWAY DOWN THE BROAD ROAD IN A ROLLING CLOUD OF DUST YOUNG JEFFERSON HOPE RODE ON WITH HIS COMPANIONS GLOOMY AND TACITURN HE AND THEY HAD BEEN AMONG THE NEVADA MOUNTAINS PROSPECTING FOR SILVER AND WERE RETURNING TO SALT LAKE CITY IN THE HOPE OF RAISING CAPITAL ENOUGH TO WORK SOME LOADS WHICH THEY HAD DISCOVERED HE HAD BEEN AS KEEN AS ANY OF THEM UPON THE BUSINESS UNTIL THIS SUDDEN INCIDENT HAD DRAWN HIS THOUGHTS INTO ANOTHER CHANNEL
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