the three partners-第35章
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〃Yes;〃 said Demorest; 〃but what has that to do with it?〃
〃Nothing; I reckon;〃 said Jack; with a slight shrug of his
shoulders; 〃only Mrs。 Horncastle was the mother of the boy that's
lying there。〃
。 。 。 。 。 。
Two years later as Demorest and Stacy sat before the fire in the
old cabin on Marshall's claimnow legally their ownthey looked
from the door beyond the great bulk of Black Spur to the pallid
snow…line of the Sierras; still as remote and unchanged to them as
when they had gazed upon it from Heavy Tree Hill。 And; for the
matter of that; they themselves seemed to have been left so
unchanged that even now; as in the old days; it was Barker's voice
as he greeted them from the darkening trail that alone broke their
reverie。
〃Well;〃 said Demorest cheerfully; 〃your usual luck; Barker boy!〃
for they already saw in his face the happy light they had once seen
there on an eventful night seven years ago。
〃I'm to be married to Mrs。 Horncastle next month;〃 he said
breathlessly; 〃and little Sta loves her already as if she was his
own mother。 Wish me joy。〃
A slight shadow passed over Stacy's face; but his hand was the
first to grasp Barker's; and his voice the first to say 〃Amen!〃
End