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Callahan and the lineh the timber on

the plateau opposite, but the snow made the work extremely difficult,

and the short day allowed hardly more than a start On the hill

Glover's men advanced barely a hundred feet in three hours: darkness

spread over the range with no sign of the s that none could shake off of what the night's exposure,

even if he were uninjured, ht mean

Supper was served to the men in the relief trains, and outside fires

were forbidden by Glover, who asked that every foot of the track as far

as the gap be patrolled all night

It was nearly ten o'clock when Glover, supperless, reached the car with

his dispositions ht While he talked with the men,

Clerilled a

big porterhouse steak and presently asked hi-table,

where, behind the shaded candles, Gertrude waited

They sat down opposite each other; but not until Glover saw there were