THE ORDEAL 



him out, I thought what a prize he 

 would be to any one as her helpmeet 

 for life. Now I know that I love him 

 as I never cared for any man before. 

 And yet " with a fluttering sigh of a 

 laugh " I suppose he would not 

 look at me ! " 



In the meantime, while this con- 

 versation was going on between Mrs. 

 Clay and her daughter, in the neigh- 

 bouring camp Jack Austin and Cal- 

 vert were, by way of smoking to- 

 gether, in the latter's tent. I have 

 never heard who first called them "the 

 Devil" and the "Deep Sea." Though 

 unlike each other in very many 

 ways, they were an unusually good 

 pair of friends. If you fell out with 

 one which was not an easy thing 

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