. When a man's a man : a novel . and totake the road that appealed to him the least. As one enlist-ing to fight in a just and worthy cause might pause a mo-ment, before taking the oath of service, to regret the ease andfreedom he was about to surrender, so this man paused on thesummit of the Divide. Slowly, at last, in weariness of body and spirit, hestumbled a few feet aside from the road, and, sinking down?ttpon a convenient rock, gave himself again to the contempla-tion of that scene which lay before him. And there was thatin his movement now that seemed to tell of one who, in thegrip of so
. When a man's a man : a novel . and totake the road that appealed to him the least. As one enlist-ing to fight in a just and worthy cause might pause a mo-ment, before taking the oath of service, to regret the ease andfreedom he was about to surrender, so this man paused on thesummit of the Divide. Slowly, at last, in weariness of body and spirit, hestumbled a few feet aside from the road, and, sinking down?ttpon a convenient rock, gave himself again to the contempla-tion of that scene which lay before him. And there was thatin his movement now that seemed to tell of one who, in thegrip of some bitter and disappointing experience, was yetbeing forced by something deep in his being to reach out inthe strength of his manhood to take that which he had beendenied. Again the mans untrained eyes had failed to note thatwhich would have first attracted the attention of one schooledin the land that lay about him. He had not seen a tiny mov-ing speck on the road over which he had passed. A horsemaiiWas riding toward him. 22.
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