FROM THE BEGINNING

[CHAPTER XXXIII]

SALT OF THE EARTH

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ THEY WENT ON STEP BY STEP, WITH EYES FOR EVERY
ROCK AND BUSH (missing from book) . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ WAVED HIS HAND TO HER, AND RECEIVED AN ANSWERING WAVE ]

[ ONE SIGN OF FLINCHING AND IT IS FINISHED ]

[ "MY LIFE IS FORFEIT TO THE PAST" ]

[ "AND HE HAS REALLY HAD THE AUDACITY TO ASK YOU TO MARRY HIM" ]

[ SHE HAD LONG AND PEREMPTORY INTERVIEWS WITH HER LAWYER ]