“Good-bye!” said the woman. But it was not a challenge. It was a prayer.

THE END


Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below:

Page 5. The touch of content ==> The touch of [contempt]

Page 35. it drives about the open ==>  [its] drives about the open

Page 47. what it it, Mack ==> what [is] it, Mack

Page 133. Your heard about the fire ==> [You] heard about the fire

Page 266. strength was was equally slow ==> strength [was] equally slow