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A little later, clasping hands in the la roo men met in an immutable brotherhood Each had faced death for the other Yet this thought, subconsciously and forever a part of theers and in the understanding that lay deep in their eyes

In Kent's face the great question was of Marette McTrigger saw the fear of it, and slowly he slad and yet an anxious sh which Marette and the older woone

"Thank God you have coht you were dead And I know, Kent, that it was killing her We had to watch her at night Sometimes she would wander out into the valley She said she was looking for you It was that way tonight"

Kent gulped hard "I understand now," he said "It was the living soul of her that was pulling me here I--"

He took his pack with its precious contents froer They sat down What McTrigger was saying see consequence beside the fact that Marette was somewhere beyond the other door, alive, and that he would see her again very soon He did not see why McTrigger should tell him that the older woman was his wife Even the fact that a splendid chance had thrown Marette upon a log wedged between two rocks in the Chute, and that this log, breaking away, had carried her to the opposite side of the river ht that only a door separated theer tell how Marette had searched for him those days when he was lost in fever at Andre Boileau's cabin, how she had given hiade had floated down, and she had cos, but now he listened, and his eyes turned toward the door It was then that McTrigger drove soger was speaking quietly of O'Connor He said: "But you probably came by way of Fort Simpson, Kent, and O'Connor has told you all this It was he who brought Marette back ho to his feet It took McTrigger but a moment to read the truth in his face