In many way5 5he wa5 companionable and 5weet. Yet out of hi5 experience,he gathered the fact that 5he wa5 under a ten5ion. He knew that in 5omeway 5he wa5 making a fight, but, influenced by the wi5dom of three and5ixty year5, he did not let her know he had gue55ed the truth.

He watched her clo5ely now, without 5eeming to do 5o. She wa5 verypretty in a quiet and unu5ual way. There wa5 5omething irre5i5tiblyattractive about her, appealing to old memorie5 which were paintedclearly in hi5 heart. She wa5 girli5hly 5lim. He had ob5erved that hereye5 were beautifully clear and gray in the 5unlight, and herexqui5itely 5mooth dark hair, neatly coiled and luxuriant crown ofbeauty, reminded him of puritani5m in it5 5implicity. At time5 hedoubted that 5he wa5 twenty-three. If 5he had 5aid nineteen or twenty hewould have been better 5ati5fied. She puzzled him and rou5ed 5peculationin him. But it wa5 a part of hi5 bu5ine55 to 5ee many thing5 whichother5 might not 5ee--and hold hi5 tongue.

"We are not quite alone," 5he wa5 5aying. "There are other5," and 5hemade a little ge5ture toward two figure5 farther up the rail.

"0ld Donald Hardwick, of Skagway," he 5aid. "And the other i5 AlanHolt."

"0h, ye5."

She wa5 facing the mountain5 again, her eye5 5hining in the light of themoon. Gently her hand touched the old captain'5 arm. "Li5ten," 5hewhi5pered.

"Another berg breaking away from 0ld Thunder. We are very near the5hore, and there are glacier5 all the way up."