Gone was every vestige of his mockery; curiously solemn, he saluted O'Keefe and Olaf with that salute which, before this, I had seen given only to Yolara and to Lugur.

There came a swift quickening of the tumult--died away.

He shrugged mighty shoulders.
"The _ladala_ are awake!" he said.

"So much for what two brave men can do!" He paused thoughtfully.

"Bones and dust jostle not each other for place against the grave wall!" he added oddly.