Belshazzar softly stepped over the leaves, passed around the feet of the girl, and paused beside her, nose to earth, softly sniffing.
In one moment she came swiftly to a sitting posture.
"Oh!" she cried in a spasm of fright.
Belshazzar reached an investigating nose and wagged an eager tail.
"Why you are a nice friendly dog!" said the trembling voice.
He immediately verified the assertion by offering his nose for a kiss.
The girl timidly laid a hand on his head.
"Heaven knows I'm lonely enough to kiss a dog," she said, "but suppose you belong to the man who stole my ginseng, and then ran away so fast he forgot his----his piece he digged with." Belshazzar pressed closer.
"I am just killed, and I don't care whose dog you are," sobbed the girl.
She threw her arms around Belshazzar's neck and laid her white face against his satiny shoulder.

The Harvester could endure no more.

He took a step forward, his face convulsed with pain.
"Please don't!" he begged.

"I took your ginseng.

I'll bring it back to-morrow.