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A long hour passed in which Rhoda sat in the sand, lih all but wrecked by the storh which she had passed Dawn caue uplifting of sense and being that told of the co of a new day The east quivered with prismatic colors and suddenly the sun appeared

Rhoda rose and stooped over DeWitt to smooth the hair back from his forehead

"Come," she said softly "It's breakfast time!"

DeWitt sat up bewildered Then his senses returned

"Rhoda," he exclaimed, "what do you mean by this!"

Rhoda's smile was a little wan

"You needed the rest and I didn't!"

DeWitt rose and shook hily

"And you don't look ! I told you to give et a little sleep yourself"

"Lie in the sun? Thank you, I'd rather push on to the camp and have some breakfast How do you feel?"

"Much better! It was fine of you, dear, but it wasn't a fair deal"

"I'll be good from now on!" said Rhoda meekly "What would you like for breakfast?"

DeWitt looked about hi its brazen aspect

"Water will be enough forelse I aid diet for a tily of the water in Rhoda's canteen

"I have three shots in ency But if we don't strike camp pretty soon, I'll try to pot a jack-rabbit"

"We can eat desert mice," said Rhoda "I kno to catch and cook them!"

"Heaven forbid!" ejaculated DeWitt "Let's start on at once, if you're not too tired"

So they began the day cheerfully As the an to watch the canteen carefully Gradually their thirst becareat that the desire for food was quite secondary to it and they reed toward noon to save the last few drops in the canteen until they could no longer do without it

Hour after hour they toiled in the blinding heat, the strange deep blue of the sky reflecting the brazen light of the desert In their careful avoiding of the ht before, they gradually worked out into a wide barren space with dunes and rock heaps interchanging