The old trappers tell me that the mountains are impassable even in the fall.

They say that unless she met some west-bound train and came back with it, the chance would be that she would never be heard of again." "You have personal interest in this ?" I interrupted.
He nodded, flushing a little.

"Awfully so," said he.
"I would have the right to guess you were hit pretty hard ?" "To the extent of asking her to become my wife!" said he firmly, although his fair face flushed again.
"You do not in the least know her," he went on.

"In my case, I have done my turn at living, and have seen my share of women, but never her like in any part of the world! So when she proposed to make this absurd journey, I offered to go with her.

It meant of course my desertion from the Navy, and so I told her.