Here evidently was an indomitable spirit, but how did she get out into the wilderness?
Where did she come from, and why was she alone?
He had heard of the freedom of Western women, but surely such girls as this did not frequent so vast a waste of uninhabited territory as his experience led him to believe this was.

He sat studying her.
The brow was sweet and thoughtful, with a certain keen inquisitiveness about the eyes.

The mouth was firm; yet there were gentle lines of grace about it.

In spite of her coarse, dark calico garb, made in no particular fashion except with an eye to covering with the least possible fuss and trouble, she was graceful.

Every movement was alert and clean-cut.