15/24 He didn't know where it lay, but the fret for travel was on him, and so he drifted and sang, as he had drifted and sung from the foot of Lake Le Barge." "That was four years ago," mused Gale, "and he never found his 'New Country,' did he ?" "No. We tied him down and choked it out of him," Necia laughed. "Dear, funny old Poleon--he loves me like a brother." The man opened his lips, then closed them, as if on second thought, and rose to his feet, for, coming towards them up the trail from the barracks, he beheld a trim, blue-coated figure. He peered at the approaching officer a moment, set his jaw more firmly, and disappeared into the store. "It's like getting settled to keep house." "Are you lazy ?" inquired the girl. |