The Avalanche A Mystery Story Author:Gertrude Atherton THE AVALANCHE CHAPTER I i PRICE RUYLER knew that many secrets bad been inhumed by the earthquake and fire of San Francisco and wondered if his wife's had been one of tbem. After all, she had been born in this city of odd and whispered pasts, and there were moments when his silent mother-in-law suggested a past of her own. That there was a secret... more » of some sort he had been progressively convinced for quite six months. Moreover, he felt equally stire that this impalpable gray cloud had not drifted even transiently between himself and his wife during the first year and a half of their marriage. They had been uncommonly happy; they were happy yet . . . the difference lay not in the quality of Helene's devotion, enhanced always 1
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