There was the law. But Jim would have to become a citizen of Canada,
change his flag, and where they meant to go--to the outskirts--there
would be few opportunities for the law; and with not enough to do there
would be danger. Railway construction? That seemed good in many ways, but
Jim had not the professional knowledge necessary; his railway experience
with his father had only been financial. Above all else he must have
responsibility, discipline, and strict order in his life.
"Something that will be good for my natural vanity, and knock the
nonsense out of me," Jim agreed, as they drew farther and farther away
from Washington and the past, and nearer and nearer to the Far North and
their future. Never did two more honest souls put their hands in each
other's, and set forth upon the thorniest path to a goal which was their
hearts' desire. Since they had become one, there had come into Sally's
face that illumination which belongs only to souls possessed of an idea
greater than themselves, outside themselves--saints, patriots; faces
which have been washed in the salt tears dropped for others' sorrows, and
lighted by the fire of self-sacrifice. Sally Seabrook, the high-spirited,
the radiant, the sweetly wilful, the provoking, to concentrate herself
upon this narrow theme--to reconquer the lost paradise of one vexed
mortal soul!
What did Jim's life mean?--It was only one in the millions coming and
going, and every man must work out his own salvation.
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