Before he will ever pull a pistol on you ag'in, he says he will blow his own brains out; and he will, or I will for him." She looked capable of it as she stood with glowing eyes and after a moment held out her hand.

She appeared about to speak, but reflected and turned away.
When the girl left Keith's room a few moments later, she carried a large bundle under her arm, and that night the stage stopped in the darkness at a little shanty at the far end of the fast-growing street, and Keith descended painfully and went into the house.

Whilst the stage waited, old Tim attempted to do something to the lamp on that side, and in turning it down he put it out.

Just then Keith, with his arm in a sling and wrapped in a heavy coat, came out, and was helped by old Tim up to the seat beside him.

The stage arrived somewhat ahead of time at the point which the railroad had now reached, and old Tim, without waiting for daylight, took the trouble to hire a buggy and send the wounded man on, declaring that it was important that he should get to a hospital as soon as possible.
Amusements were scarce in Gumbolt, and Ferdy Wickersham had been there only a day or two when, under Mr.Plume's guidance, he sought the entertainment of Terpsichore's Hall.