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Alcatraz

CHAPTER III
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The crying of a child could not have affected her so deeply.
The circle was too thick to be penetrated, it seemed, but as she drew closer an opening appeared and she easily sifted through to the front line of the circle.

It was not the first time she had found that the way of women is made easy in the West.

Just as she reached her place a horse scudded away from the far end of the field with a rider yelling; the swaying head and shoulders back.

He seemed to be shrinking from such speed, but as a matter of fact he was poised and balanced nicely for any chance whirl.

When it had gained full speed the broncho pitched high in the air, snapped its head and heels close together, and came down stiff-legged.


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