I want to be a fine lady, and go outside and live like other girls.

It's--the only chance--I ever had--and I'll never have another.

Oh, it means so much to me; it means life, future, everything! Why, it means heaven to a girl like me!" Her eyes were wet with the sudden dashing of her hopes, and her chin quivered in a sweet, girlish way that made the youth almost surrender on the instant.

But she turned to the window and gazed out over the river, continuing, after a moment's pause: "Please don't--mind me--but you can't understand what a difference this would make to me." "We couldn't possibly overtake them if we tried," he said, as if willing to treat with his conscience.
"No, but we could beat them in.

I know where Lee is working, for I went up last winter with Constantine and his dog-team, over a short cut by way of Black Bear Creek.