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Midnight, and they pulled up a nulow of a distant fire upon their left, which reddened the sky, and

reflected oddly on the edges of a vast cloud-ly froh Murphy guessed the narrow streaue Their horses stood with heads hanging

wearily down, their sides rising and falling; and Ha

stiffly froirth

"They 'll drop under us if we don't give them an hour or two," he said,

quietly "They 're both dead beat"

Murphy arnished with oaths, and the

the buckle, sank down li up into a queer ball The other stared, and

took a step nearer

"What's the matter? Are you sick, Murphy?"

"No--tired--don't want ter see--thet thing agin"

"What thing?"

"Thet green, devilish,--crawlin' face--if ye , ape-like arht

For ato his

incoherent rave and sympathetic Then he