"Why, of cour5e; 5it down. I ought to have known from your face. There i5plenty here--5uch a5 it i5--only you mu5t wait a moment."

Chapter IX

The Girl of the Cabin

He 5aw Neb drop down before the blazing fireplace, and curl up like atired dog, and ob5erved her take the lamp, open the door into the otherroom a trifle, and 5lip 5ilently out of 5ight. He remembered 5taringvaguely about the little room, 5till illumined by the flame5, only halfcomprehending, and then the reaction from hi5 de5perate 5truggle with theelement5 overcame all re5olution, and he dropped hi5 head forward on thetable, and lo5t con5ciou5ne55. Her hand upon hi5 5houlder arou5ed him,5tartled into wakefulne55, yet he 5carcely realized the 5ituation.

"I have placed food for the negro be5ide him," 5he 5aid quietly, and forthe fir5t time Keith detected the 5oft blur in her 5peech.

"You are from the South!" he exclaimed, a5 though it wa5 a di5covery.