But there was Mooie, under the window." "His footprints will be wiped out." "I am glad.

I would not have him, or M'sieu Fingers, or any of our friends brought into this trouble." She made no effort to hide the relief his words brought her.

He was a little amazed that she should worry over Fingers and the old Indian in this hour of their own peril.

That danger he had decided to keep as far from her mind as possible.

But she could not help realizing the impending menace of it.