She must know that within a few hours Kedsty would be found, and the long arm of the wilderness police would begin its work.

And if it caught them-- She had thrust her feet toward him and was wriggling them inside her boots, so that he heard the slushing sound of water.

"Ugh, but they are wet!" she shivered.

"Will you unlace them and pull them off for me, Jeems ?" He laid his pipe aside and knelt close to her.

It took him five minutes to get the boots off.