His case was unusual, and it furnished an example of what was possible in that wild country.

Clark had a son who was honest and a wife whom he dearly loved, both of whom had been utterly ignorant of the other and wicked side of life.

I told this last story deliberately, yet with some misgivings.

I wanted to see--I convinced myself it was needful for me to see--if Miss Sampson had any suspicion of her father.

To look into her face then was no easy task.