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Still, with the horror thick upon her, Joan could not wholly give

up The moment Jiossip of these bandits, she had becoirl

wholly beco passion to save if it

cost her life She lost her fear of Kells, of the others, of all

except Gulden He was not hu with hiht influence the others, but never

Gulden

The torradually she quieted down,

with only a pang and a weight in her breast The past see Only the future, that contained Jim

Cleve, mattered to her She would not have left the clutches of

Kells, if at that oing on to Cabin Gulch And that thought was the last one

in her weary mind as she dropped to sleep