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He had left the Teche behind him on the east. And now a day breaks whose sunset finds him beyond the Vermilion River. He cannot go aside to the ex-governor's, over yonder on the right. He is making haste. This day his journey will end. His heart is light; he has thought out the whole matter now; he makes no doubt any longer that the story told him is true.

At the farther end a turn almost at right angles to the left takes you through a great gate and across the railway, then along a ruined hedge of roses, and presently into the oak-grove of the old ex-governor's homestead. This was their walk. By the time they reached the stile, Claude had learned that his friend was at the head of his line, and yet had determined to abandon that line for another

Maryland had before this finished his colloquy with the ex-Governor's lady and departed. Rollo now took his place and talked to Mrs. Powder, while for a few minutes Annabella used her eyes, as much as she could, and Miss Phinny ceased to use her tongue. Wych Hazel never knew by what instinct she worked her way through that first bit of time.

'I wouldn't conclude upon it, Hazel, said another lady. 'A man that had got a habit of command by being one's guardian, you know, wouldn't leave it off easy. Would he, Mrs. Powder? 'Are we to congratulate you, my dear? asked the ex-Governor's lady, with a civil smile, and an eye to the answer. 'Really, ma'am, I see no present occasion? said Hazel, with more truth than coolness.

Now I oversee the Diamond Dot, Jim's place down in the Pan Handle, which is full stocked an' runnin' easy with the ex-governor's backin', an' also the ol' Colonel Scott ranch which Bill and Jessamie fell heir to.

A governor of Alaska once said to me: "The preservation of the game of Alaska should be left to the people of Alaska. It is their game; and they will preserve it all right!" The answer? Not by a long shot! Only three things were wrong with the ex-governor's view: 1. The game of Alaska does not belong to the people who live in Alaska with the intent to get out to-morrow!