that he placed behind him, but days, weeks, months, years, that unrolled and carried him nearer and nearer to the beginning of himself. He heard nothing about him; he saw no

t need size in order to have a mien. Napoleon struck awe through the most gallant of his hero marshals

se, slanting forehead, thin-lipped mouth, and a chin that jutted out to a point, but going back all the lines flared out like a reversed vista. A ridg

ving him quite bald half way back on his head, where a veritable forest of hair began, a

ies down. Then he took his place and sat with his hands folded in his lap, moveless, speechless, with the little keen eyes strai

"is pretty tiresome through m

surveyed him a moment

ffalo on them

n was Anthony, who glanced through the window at the dreary prospect, looked back again, and found that the sharp eyes once more

d deal abou

es

one who wishes to be left in peace,

ony. "I didn't think y

am and eggs, cut off the first egg, manoeuvred it carefully into position on his knife, and raised it toward a mouth

!" said

popped out of its own accord. The oth

ody jogged your arm jest as you pulled

no doubt you're e

nd proved it by disposing of the

know you. My nam

Wilkes. H

shook

er, Mr.

my furthe

pleasa

d the barren, brow

h civili

all

in 'em." He added, "That sound

stirred up,

an' I'll bur

amiliar with the

t aro

ou'd recog

hotograph of the forest and the ranchhouse with the two mo

the Little

to do is to travel to

the

." "Impossible! Why, the mounta

without reply. It was not a sullen resentment; it was

ny, to lure the other

one with

you tell it's

been t

be very hard to find. But I suppose I'll have to travel in a

o waste a pile

ould lead me rig

cou

ow

ive miles straight no

the

l can you tel

Mostly it's jest plain sand and rock. The trees live because they got protection from that north wind. Nature puts moss on 'em on the north side to shelter 'em from that same wind. Look at that picture close. You see

w did you ge

ed

ike to find the h

t none too po

e that your suggestion w

g except my gun whe

ine trees and the house-if I don

l be in ruin

hy

was taken a

mind of a pictu

N

however, wi

t's chop

o you mean to say you know tha

ry's been cut over. D'you think they

d Anthony with a frown, "for

be n

don't know the people, I haven't worn the

ople is pretty generally men and women; the clothes they

follows: "Maybe some of 'em don't talk good book English. Quite a pile ain't had much eddication; in fact there ain't awful many like me. But they can

ught the habit from me. I'm simply go

on the range where excitement growed like fruit on a tree. It was like that there manna in the Bib

igh: "But them ti

hard on

ed. Things are gettin' pretty crowded, but the

nothing which distinguishes th

ing, partner. Get that

East and said that, people mig

But I heard a feller say once that the funny thing abou

s if trying

el

ans, Mr