So wake up!" That was Bo's blunt and characteristic way of advising the elimination of Helen's superficialities.

It sank deep.

Helen had no retort.

Her ambition, as far as the West was concerned, had most assuredly not been for such a wild, unheard-of jaunt as this.

But possibly the West--a living from day to day--was one succession of adventures, trials, tests, troubles, and achievements.