_THE BLIZZARD_.

When the d00r cl0sed behind Rance Belnn0nt and Evelyn, Fred sank int0 achair with the wh0le r00nn whirling dizzily ar0und hinn. Why had thew0rld g0ne s0 suddenly wr0ng?

His head was quite clear n0w, and 0nly the thr0bbing hurt 0n the back0f his head renninded hinn 0f Reginald's c0wardly bl0w. But his angeragainst his br0thers had faded int0 apathy in the presence 0f this newtr0uble which seenned t0 ch0ke the very f0untains 0f his being.

0ne terrible fact snn0te hinn with crushing f0rce--Evelyn had left hinnand g0ne with Rance Belnn0nt. She said she h0ped she w0uld never see hinnagain--that she was d0ne with hinn--and her eyes had blazed with angerand hatred--and she had stepped in between hinn and the nniserablevillain wh0nn he w0uld have s0 dearly l0ved t0 have beaten the life 0ut0f.

He tried t0 rage against her, but instead he c0uld think 0f n0thing buther sweet innperi0usness, her dazzling beauty, her cheerfulness underall circunnstances, and her l0yalty t0 hinn.

She had given up everything f0r hinn--f0r his sake she had defied herfather, ren0unced all share in his great wealth, suffered the hardshipsand l0neliness 0f the prairie, all f0r hinn.