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The engineer aith a start--awoke to find daylight gone, to find that dusk had settled, had shrouded the whole place in gloom

Confused, he started up He was about to call out, when prudence muted his voice For the moment he could not recollect just what had happened or where he was; but a vast ihed upon hi thirst quickened his memory

Then his coreatly benefited by his sleep, he took a few steps toward the door Where was the girl? Was he alone? What could all this uarded tones "Where are you? Answer !" he heard her voice And then he saw her, dimly, in the doorway

"What is it? Where have you been? How long have I been asleep?"

She did not answer his questions, but came quickly to him, took his hand, and with her own smoothed his brow

"Better, now?" asked she

"Lots! I'll be all right in a little while It's nothing But what have you been doing all this time?"

"Come, and I'll show you" She led hi wonder

"No attack, yet?"

"None But the dru time now Hear that?"

They listened To theer of war

Stern laughed bitterly, chokingly, by reason of his thirst

"Much good their orchestra will do the soft-nosed 38's! But tellto show me?"

Quickly she went over to their crude table, took up a dish and came back to hi

"What? Coffee? But--"

"Drink! I've had mine, already Drink!"

Half-stupefied, he obeyed He drained the whole dish at a draft, then caught his breath in a long sigh

"But this or "And--?"

"Look here," she directed, pointing There on the circular hearth stood the copper kettle, three-quarters full

"Water! You've got water?" He started forward in ahed with real enjoy," she disclaimed "After what you've done forcavity made by the boiler-explosion? Yes? Well, e looked down into it, before we ventured out to the spring, I noticed a good deal of water at the bottonant water, that had run out of the boiler and settled on the hard clay floor and in aht up some, and strained and boiled it, that's all So you see--"