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"We're going the e ca, for Joan had been sure that Bannack lay in the

opposite direction Certainly this fact was not reassuring to her

Perhaps the road turned soon

Meanwhile the light brightened, the day broke, and the sun reddened

the valley Then it was as light inside the coach as outside Joan

ers The

only one who noticed her was the young man, and he, after a stare

and a half-smile, lapsed into abstraction He looked troubled, and

there was about him no evidence of prosperity Ji coat, and occasionally he spoke of

soe rolled

on rapidly, seeined she recognized the brushy ravine out of which Jesse

Smith had led that day when Kells's party caht so, too, for he gripped her hand unusually

hard Beyond that point Joan began to breathe more easily There

seemed no valid reason nohy every mile should not separate them

farther from the bandits, and she experienced relief

Then the ti so She wanted to talk to Jiers Jim himself appeared