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30 JOSE. CHAPTER III. AN OVERLAND EXPEDITION. It was a strange feeling that rested upon the young German on his return to St. Louis. His busi- ness was ended, and he could have leisurely set out for the Kast and thence embarked for Kurope; but when he thought of resuming his duties in the office of his hum-drum life and its eternal routine; the strict domestic regulations that governed his habits in the house of the senior member of the firm, which had been his home since his earliest connection with the house, he was assailed by a repugnance which he soughtin vain to overcome. Yet he had always been a pattern of industry and trustworthi- ness; the interests of his house had been the sole object of his ambition, the position he had gradually attained and the implicit confidence of his employer, which he had by small degrees succeeded in win- ning, had constituted his sole pride. There were moments when this contrast between the past and the present came lucidly before his eyes; on such occasions he would press his hand against his brow and murmur: “Tamill. I can never go home in this state!” He would interroyate himself what had so changed his thoughts and inclinations, and experience a vague dissatisfaction that formed a glaring contrast to the firm direction of his former motives—g feel]- ing he could neither define nor remedy. Many times he thought of his adventure and his mysteri- ous protegee—the first three nights aboard the vessel. Gomichbooks (E(0)