Inside the story
Meet Elizabeth
A resourceful, innocent young woman raised in the Montana wilderness who travels east to seek education and family. She is independent, compassionate, deeply religious, and determined to protect herself.
On the page
a girl about eighteen, unusually beautiful, with long, thick fine hair, a clear profile, and dark skin that gradually whitens. She is slight at first, later rounding out a little, and wears a dark-blue serge skirt and coat with a white shirt-waist, a battered felt hat, and a leather belt holding two pistols.
