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He was sitting alone one evening pondering deeply over his troubles, and searching vainly for some way out of them. That morning had shown the figure 2 upon the wall of his house, and the next day would be the last of the allotted time. HE WAS SITTING ALONE ONE EVENING PONDERING DEEPLY OVER HIS TROUBLES AND SEARCHING VAINLY FOR SOME WAY OUT OF THEM THAT MORNING HAD SHOWN THE FIGURE TOO UPON THE WALL OF HIS HOUSE AND THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE THE LAST OF THE ALLOTTED TIME
ne hope in life now, and that was for the arrival of the young hunter from Nevada. Twenty had changed to fifteen and fifteen to ten, but there was no news of the absentee. One by one the numbers dwindled down, and still there came no sign of him. Whenever a horseman clattered down the road, or a driver shouted at his team, the old farmer hurried to the gate thinking that help had arrived at last. At last, when he saw five give way to four and that again to three, he lost heart, and abandoned all hope of escape. Single-handed, and with his limited knowledge of the mountains which surrounded the settlement, he knew that he was powerless. The more-frequented roads were strictly watched and guarded, and none could pass along them without an order from the Council. Turn which way he would, there appeared to be no avoiding the blow which hung over him. Yet the old man never wavered in his resolution to part with life itself before he consented to what he regarded as his daughter’s dishonour. NTED CREATURE HE HAD BUT ONE HOPE IN LIFE NOW AND THAT WAS FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE YOUNG HUNTER FROM NEVADA TWENTY HAD CHANGED FROM FIFTEEN AND FIFTEEN TO TEN BUT THERE WAS NO NEWS OF THE ABSENTEE ONE BY ONE THE NUMBERS DWINDLED DOWN AND THERE CAME NO SIGN OF HIM WHENEVER A HORSEMAN CLATTERED DOWN THE ROAD OR A DRIVER SHOUTED AT HIS TEAM THE OLD FARMER HURRIED TO THE GATE THINKING THAT HELP HAD ARRIVED AT LAST AT LAST WHEN HE SAW FIVE GIVE WAY TO FOUR AND THAT AGAIN TO THREE HE LOST HEART AND ABANDONED ALL HOPE OF ESCAPE SINGLE HANDED AND WITH HIS LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOUNTAINS WHICH SURROUNDED THE SETTLEMENT HE KNEW THAT HE WAS POWERLESS THE MORE FREQUENTED ROADS WERE STRICTLY WATCHED AND GUARDED AND NONE COULD PASS ALONG THEM WITHOUT AN ORDER FROM THE COUNCIL TURN WHICH WAY HE WOULD THERE APPEARED TO BE NO AVOIDING THE BLOW WHICH HUNG OVER HIM YET THE OLD MAN NEVER WAVERED IN HIS RESOLUTION TO PART WITH LIFE ITSELF BEFORE HE CONSENTED TO WHAT HE REGARDED AS HIS DAUGHTER'S DISHONOR
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