Although Reynolds was much interested in the scenery and in listening to the philosophy of the old prospector, yet his mind turned continually to Glen, for it was by that name he now thought of her.  He knew that she was on the train, for he had seen her as she stepped aboard but a few minutes before it left the coast.  She had passed close to where he was standing, carrying a grip in her hand.  He had caught sight of the leather tag fastened to the handle of the grip, and had strained his eyes in a futile effort to read the name written thereon.  He was determined in some manner to find out what that name was, as he feared lest he should lose her altogether when the journey by rail was ended.  He must have something more definite than the one word Glen.

This opportunity was afforded him when he entered the principal hotel of the little town of Whitehorse at the terminus of the railway.  It was just across the street from the station, and when he arrived at the office she was there before him, and about to enter her name in the hotel register.  He stood by her side and watched her write.  It was a firm sun-browned hand that held the pen, and she wrote in a rapid business-like way.  “Glen Weston” were the only words Reynolds saw there as he wrote his own name a minute later below hers.  She had not even mentioned where she was from—­that space was left blank.  He also noticed that the hotel clerk seemed to know who she was, for he was more affable to her than to anyone else.  She asked him if her father had yet arrived, and she appeared disappointed when he answered in the negative.

The name “Glen Weston” kept running through Reynolds’ mind all that evening.  He liked it, and it suited her admirably, so he thought.  But who was she, and where was she going?  That was what he wished to know.

The town of Whitehorse was of considerable interest to Reynolds as he strolled that evening through its various streets.  It was a surprise to him as well, for he had not expected to find such a settled community.  He had imagined that all such towns in the north were wild and almost lawless places, abounding in desperate characters, ready to shoot on the slightest provocation.  But here all was order, and it was little different from one of the many small conventional towns in Eastern Canada.  There were several up-to-date stores, a large post office, bank, churches, and comfortable dwelling houses, though many of the latter were built of logs.  The Royal Northwest Mounted Police had their large barracks at the rear of the town under the brow of a high hill, where all day long the flag of the clustered crosses floated from its tall white staff in the centre of the square.

It was the time of year when the light of day reaches far into the night, and deep darkness is unknown.  The sun merely dips for a few hours below the mountain Crests, and skims along the horizon, thus illuminating the western sky, and holding back the heavy draperies of night.  The light on the far-off ranges and the glory of the distant heavens fascinated Reynolds.  He had beheld many beautiful sunsets, but never such a one as this, and his entire soul was stirred within him.