As you know, I am visiting Dearborn upon a special mission." "Ah, true," and I could feel the trace of relief in his voice as he instantly recalled my story.

"You also sought a girl in this wilderness,--may I ask, have you yet found trace of her ?" I heard Mademoiselle move quickly.
"A girl ?" she asked in surprise.

"Here, at Dearborn ?" "She was at Dearborn until very lately, but they tell me now I must seek for her at the Kinzie house.

It was for the purpose of marking its position from the Fort that I came up here." For a moment no one of our voices broke the strained silence.

I was troubled by this knowledge of a pre-arranged meeting between these two, yet felt it was nothing with which I had a right to interfere.