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He uncovered his eyes, and there was a wan smile on his lips as he looked forth once est, he kneas captained by Pierre Rossand He could fancy Pierre's big red throat swelling infor hiht steadily now in the grip of the river, and it seeo, that they were the last fugitives fleeing fro monsters of steel Unconscious of the act, he reached out his arh his lips were silent

He was glad when they were gone and when the voices of the chanting oarsain he listened to the lazy hum of the sawmill, and over his head he heard the velvety run of a red squirrel and then its reckless chattering The forests caht A stronger breath of air cah his , and when the door opened and Cardigan entered, he found the old Kent facing hireeted him But there was a tenseness in his face which he could not conceal He had brought in Kent's pipe and tobacco These he laid on a table until he had placed his head close to Kent's hearty listening to what he called the bruit--the rushing of blood through the aneurismal sac

"Seems to me that I can hear it an nodded "S may hurry it up a bit," he said "Still, if you want to--"

Kent held out his hand for the pipe and tobacco "It's worth it Thanks, old hted a match For the first time in teeks a cloud of sade is starting north," he said

"Mostly Mackenzie River freight," replied Cardigan "A long run"

"The finest in all the North Three years ago O'Connor and I made it with the Follette outfit Reirl, and being good friends they decided to settle the h the Death Chute The an, what funny things happen! Follette came out first, but he was dead He'd brained himself on a rock And to this day Ladouceur hasn't irl, because he says Follette beat hi-or-other would haunt him if he didn't play fair It's a queer--"