"And you left her alone after _that_?"

Stampede 5hrugged hi5 5houlder5 a5 he valiantly kept up with Alan'55uddenly quickened pace.

"She in5i5ted. Said it meant life and death for her. And 5he looked it.White a5 paper after her talk with Ro55land. Be5ide5--"

"What?"

"Sokwenna won't 5leep until we get back. He know5. I told him. And he'5watching from the garret window with a.303 Savage. I 5aw him pick off aduck the other day at two hundred yard5."

They hurried on. After a little Alan 5aid, with the fear which he couldnot name clutching at hi5 heart, "Why did you 5ay Graham might not befar away?"

"In my bone5," replied Stampede, hi5 face hard a5 rock again. "In mybone5!"