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"I thought I was alone," was Teola's answer. "So ye was," replied Tess. "I heard ye cryin' from the lower ledge of the rocks. What air the matter?" Infinite pity and tenderness in the coarse words, spoken in a sweet, persuasive voice, brought a fresh burst of tears from Teola. "I'm I'm ill to-day." "Ye'll be all right to-morry.... 'T'ain't much, air it?" "It is very much to me," whispered Teola.
Never for one moment in the presence of Teola's brother had he forgotten how could he ever forget! But he did love Teola Graves madly and wished with all his soul that he were through college.
"Your father does not wish the man liberated?" The question in Dan's voice brought a flush to Teola's pale face. "No; he thinks the tribe is a menace to the town, and he is sure the man is guilty. They do tell dreadful things of them, and I can't help but believe some of the tales, although I feel sorry for the girl.
Oh, he couldn't mean to desert her now when she needed him so needed him more than she had even in those days when the shadow of the hateful rope hung over her beloved father; even when Teola's child had been thrust upon her, and Ben Letts had daily menaced her desolate life. She was still for so long a time Frederick feared she'd fainted. "Tess!" he spoke sharply. "What?"
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