He lacked finesse, and now he spoke boldly and to the point, the honest candor of his gray eyes shining full on the girl.
"I saw you from the hotel window to-night," he began, "and something in your face led me to believe that you were in trouble.

That is why I have ventured to be so bold.

I am the engineer in charge of the new Hudson Bay Railroad, just on my way to Le Pas from Chicago.

I'm a stranger in town.

I've never been in this--this place before.