A look of amusement came to his face as he gazed at the features of the other, now obviously agitated, and not a little flushed.
"I had not known that your sister--" he began.

His hand thus forced, the other was obliged to reply: "No, the daughter of an old friend of mine, you see--we are _en voyage_ together for the western country.

It has simply been my fortune to travel in company with the lady.

I present you, my dear sir, to Miss Barren.
My dear Miss Barren, this is State Senator Warville Dunwody, of Missouri.

We are of opposite camps in politics." The tall man bowed still more deeply.