ran out to the wagon. I expect she meant
that for you and your grandmother, as much
as for me, so I'm particular to tell you. This
house had always been a refuge to her.

"Well, in a few days we had a letter say-
ing she got to Denver safe, and he was there
to meet her. They were to be married in a
few days. He was trying to get his promotion
before he married, she said. I didn't like
that, but I said nothing. The next week Yulka
got a postal card, saying she was 'well and
happy.' After that we heard nothing. A
month went by, and old Mrs. Shimerda be-
gan to get fretful. Ambrosch was as sulky
with me as if I'd picked out the man and
arranged the match.

"One night brother William came in and
said that on his way back from the fields he
had passed a livery team from town, driving
fast out the west road. There was a trunk
on the front seat with the driver, and an-
other behind. In the back seat there was a
woman all bundled up; but for all her veils,
he thought 't was Antonia Shimerda, or An-
tonia Donovan, as her name ought now to be.

"The next morning I got brother to drive
me over. I can walk still, but my feet ain't

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