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Chapter XVIII. Concerning The Strength Of Women
There were three things discussed by Lee Haines and Buck Daniels in the
dreary days which followed. The first was to keep on their way across the
mountains and cut themselves away from the sorrow of that cabin. The second
was to strike the trail of Barry and hunt until they found his refuge and
attempt to lead him back to his family. The third was simply to stay on and
where they found the opportunity, help Kate. They discarded the first idea
without much talk; it would be yellow, they decided, and the debt they owed
to the Dan Barry of the old days was too great to be shouldered off so
easily: they cast away the second thought still more quickly, for the trail
which baffled the shrewd sheriff, as they knew, would be too much for them.
It remained to stay with Kate, making excursions through the mountains from
day to day to maintain the pretence of carrying on their own business, and
always at hand in time of need.
It was no easy part to play, for in the house they found Kate more and more
silent, more and more thoughtful, never speaking of her trouble, but behind
her eyes a ghost of waiting that haunted them.
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