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" I said again, my throat thick. 

Edward was waiting at the bottom of the stairs. I took his outstretched hand but leaned away, scanning 

the little crowd that was waiting to see us off. 

"Dad?" I asked, my eyes searching. 

"Over here," Edward murmured. He pulled me through the guests; they made a pathway for us. We 

found Charlie leaning awkwardly against the wall behind everyone else, looking a little like he was hiding. 

The red rims around his eyes explained why. 

"Oh, Dad!" 

I hugged him around the waist, tears streaming again—I was crying so much tonight. He patted my 

attention.     But he did not go far, for he found to his alarm that when he 

turned   back   again   the   clump   of   mesquite   was   scarcely   distinguishable 

from the rest of the plain.       This settled all question of his going.          Even if 

he reached the train and returned with some one, how would he ever find 

her again in this desolate expanse? 

     He     watched      the   train    slowly    pass--still    mechanically,       almost 

hopelessly, waving his hat as he ran up and down before the mesquite, as