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The Shepherd of the Hills

CHAPTER XXVI
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With me, you will very soon be at home there; as much at home as you are here.

Come, dear, let me answer for you." The girl lifted her face to his; "Oh, if you only could!" But, even as she spoke, there came to her the memory of that ride home from the party at Ford's, when her pony had crowded close to the big white faced sorrel.

It was Brownie this time who was pulled sharply aside.

The almost involuntary act brought a quick flush to the young man's cheek, and he promptly reined his own horse to the right, thus placing the full width of the road between them.

So they went down the hill into the valley, where Fall Creek tumbled and laughed on its rocky way.
A thread of blue smoke, curling lazily up from the old stack, and the sound of a hammer, told them that some one was at the mill.
Sammy was caught by a sudden impulse.


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