'
Even my deep disgust and disappointment did not prevent me from seeing
the sudden leap of joy in Mrs. Mavor's eyes, but she, with a great
effort, answered quietly--
'Black Rock will be very glad, and some of us very, very glad.'
Nothing could change his mind. There was no one he knew who could take
his place just now, and why should he quit his work? It annoyed me
considerably to feel he was right. Why is it that the right things are
so frequently unpleasant?
And if I had had any doubt about the matter next Sabbath evening would
have removed it. For the men came about him after the service and let
him feel in their own way how much they approved his decision, though
the self-sacrifice involved did not appeal to them. They were too truly
Western to imagine that any inducements the East could offer could
compensate for his loss of the West. It was only fitting that the West
should have the best, and so the miners took almost as a matter of
course, and certainly as their right, that the best man they knew should
stay with them.
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