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Heart’s Desire

CHAPTER II
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Moreover, as to the Littlest Girl, all Heart's Desire puffed out its chest.

Once more, indeed, the camp was entitled to hold up its head.

There were Women in the town! _Ergo_ Home; _ergo_ Civilization; _ergo_ Society; and ergo all the rest.

Heretofore Heart's Desire had wilfully been but an unorganized section of savagery; but your Anglo Saxon, craving ever savagery, has no sooner found it than he seeks to civilize it; there being for him in his aeon of the world no real content or peace.
"I reckon the old man is goin' to take a look at the post-office to see how he likes the place," said Curly, reflectively, as he gazed after the gentleman whom he had frankly elected as his father-in-law.

"He'll get it, all right.


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