had uttered them. He fell to reading accounts of the big prize-fight which was to take place in San Francisco that evening. He revelled in the descr

ison book several good wagers on the result. He intimated that he had reason to believe that the favorite would lose. Harrison soon placed three thousand dolla

scibility. Every girl whose occupation in life is the study of men recognizes these symptoms and knows how to treat them. Barbara had dealt with many men afflicted in this manner, and the flutter of anticipation that came with his urgent plea t

ing the pique that possessed her. It was naturally impossible for him to share all his secrets with her, that is why he did not tell her that Grant & Ripley had called him up to report the receipt of a telegram from Swearengen Jones, in which the g

ed expect me to spend a million for newspapers, cigarette

accounts of your dinner, and this is

he's ambiguous in his compliment

r. Brewster. In the west the old g

ate an answer from me. Have yo

ng the arrival of a messenger-boy, and Brewster was blandly assuring Me

, Octobe

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arded as the best grazing country in the world, but we don't eat th

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for Miss Drew's home he received

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e level of the sea. I suppose that'

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fully, when he had come down from the height of his exasperat

e had been annoyance there was now a feeling of serenity. For a moment the silence was fraught with p

ld not have endured the suspense any longer. Barbara, I've spent three or four sleepless nights on your account. Will

begged, purposely dense, and wi

told you before. That's why I haven't slept. The fear that you may not care for me h

not what he said, but the way he said it. A wave of exultation swept over her, tingling through every nerve. Under the spell her resolution to dally lightly with his emotion suffered a check that almost brought ignominious surrender. Both of her hands were clasped in his when he exultingly resumed the charge against her heart, but she was rapidly regai

," she said, "but I'm wondering whe

," he said, tenderly, "but I think we know e

't you give me time to convince myself that I love you as you would l

yself," he

ntrition. "I do care for you, Monty, but don't you see it's no lit

eans more to you. You are the woman and you are the one whose happiness should be considered. I can live only in the hope

d, earnestly, and it was with difficulty that she

to make you love me

be worth th

hat chance,"

ardently as she had expected and desired, and, try as she would, she could

made a beginning. His position was now clear. Besides l

g he met Harrison, who was

u get that ti

tip?" fro

prize-

ll and something c

e result?" he asked,

knocked him out in the fift