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He slept And the girl, laying his gashed head gently back upon the pile of furs, bent over hi , she watched hiht shone in her eyes

"Only for me, those wounds!" she whispered slowly "Only forhis head in both her hands, she kissed him as he lay unconscious Kissed him twice, and then a third tih with so their store of utensils a large copper kettle, one which he had brought her the week before fro rawhide rope, braided by Stern during their long evenings together This she knotted firmly to the bale of the kettle

The revolvers, fully reloaded, she examined with care One of them she laid beside the sleeper The other she slid into her full, warer-skin held it ready for her hand

Then she walked noiselessly to the door leading into the hallway

Here for aback at the wounded lad

"For your sake, now, everything!" she said "Everything--all! Oh, Allan, if you only knew! And now--good-by!"

Then she was gone

And in the silent room, their home, which out of wreck and chaos they hadin his throat

Outside, very far, very faint in the forests, a thening across the floor, told that evening was drawing nigh