Gemma followed her, thinking that Helen seemed rather an old-fashioned and elegant name for this rumpled young mother.

In terms of international commerce an unliquidating favorable trade balance would sound funny. It is not altogether not so in the minds of Alaskan folk.

Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule.

Coordinate term: journalese