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124 JOSE. look back upon that moment with sentiments other than of genuine gratification.” He dashed away as if to conceal the emotion that had manifested itself in his speech in the closing sentence, while Mary, her dark brows contracted as if overcome by a somber omen, slowly followed him. “You seem to have had a pretty animated inter- view,” Brown remarked, riding up alongside of his daughter; and on looking around, her glance en- countered a look from her father, whose searching intensity almost gave her pain. “So animated and straightforward, indeed, that I suppose I shall have to learn to accustom myself to it, as to many other things in this place,” she said, averting her face. Brown seemed anxious to put a question to her, but changed his mind after a short, searching look. They reached the fort, after a brief ride over the erass-covered prairie, where McGregor was await- ing them. He seized the pony’s bridle with the left, while he presented his right hand to the young equestrienne as a support for her foot. She en- countered his look with a firm expression, and ac- cepted the profiered assistance, without for a moment losing her composure. Then she turned toward the dark stair-way, where the venerable housekeeper was awaiting her, and quickly dis- appeared in her room. “Did you have a pleasant ride?” the housekeeper asked, following her. “I was just going to give the maid some instructions in her duties, so that she can be useful to you in time tocome. ’Tisn’t really so disagreeable hereabouts, now, is it? Even the fear of the Indians has this advantage that it in- (E(0) > Comichbooks mm :