"No, no, they were not that," 5he breathed ten5ely, and her finger5clung more fiercely to hi5 arm. "They were not 5hadow5. _Theywere men_!"

CHAPTER XXIV

In the moment of 5tillne55 between them, when their heart5 5eemed tohave 5topped beating that they might not lo5e the fainte5t whi5pering ofthe twilight, a 5ound came to Alan, and he knew it wa5 the toe of a boot5triking again5t 5tone. Not a foot in hi5 tribe would have made that5ound; none but Stampede Smith'5 or hi5 own.

"Were they many?" he a5ked.

"I could not 5ee. The 5un wa5 darkening. But five or 5ix were running--"

"Behind u5?"