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He called on John Ferrier that night, and many times again, until his face was a familiar one at the farm house. John, cooped up in the valley, and absorbed in his work, had had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twelve years. All this Jefferson Hope was able to tell him, and in a style which interested Lucy as well as her father. HE CALLED ON JOHN FERRIER THAT NIGHT AND MANY TIMES AGAIN UNTIL HIS FACE WAS A FAMILIAR ONE AT THE FARMHOUSE JOHN COOPED UP IN THE VALLEY AND ABSORBED IN HIS WORK HAD HAD LITTLE CHANCE OF LEARNING THE NEWS OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD DURING THE LAST TWELVE YEARS ALL THIS JEFFERSON HOPE WAS ABLE TO TELL HIM AND IN A STYLE WHICH INTERESTED LUCY AS WELL AS HER FATHER
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. 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 love which had sprung up in his heart was not the sudden, changeable fancy of a boy, but rather the wild, fierce passion of a man of strong will and imperious temper. He had been accustomed to succeed in all that he undertook. He swore in his heart that he would not fail in this if human effort and human perseverance could render him successful.  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 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 LOVE WHICH HAD SPRUNG UP IN HIS HEART WAS NOT THE SUDDEN CHANGEABLE FANCY OF A BOY BUT RATHER THE WILD FIERCE PASSION OF A MAN OF STRONG WILL AND IMPERIOUS TEMPER HE HAD BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO SUCCEED IN ALL THAT HE UNDERTOOK HE SWORE IN HIS HEART THAT HE WOULD NOT FAIL IN THIS IF HUMAN EFFORT AND HUMAN PERSEVERANCE COULD RENDER HIM SUCCESSFUL
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