She put her hand over her eyes, then removed it wearily.

A lump came in Simeon's throat.

If he might only help her; if SOME ONE might help her in her lonely misery.
And then, from where he stood in the shadow of the Chicago gentleman's hedge, he saw a figure step from the shadows fifty feet farther on.
It was Captain Solomon Berry.

He walked to the middle of the road and halted, looking in at Olive.

Phinney's heart gave a jump.