They took him into the house which Waldhorn had just now left.
[Illustration: "Get a board, or something, boys"] It was the turn of dawn now.

The soft light of day was filtering through the air from somewhere up above, somewhere beyond the edge of the canyon.
"Better tell those women to stay away," said Flaherty to the young lieutenant.

The latter met Annie Squires at the door of her house, ejaculating, demanding, questioning, weeping, all at once.

It was with difficulty that she was induced to obey the general orders of getting inside and keeping quiet.
Other men came now, telling of the discovery of the dead Chinaman near the lighting station.

The bits of information were pieced together hurriedly, this and that to the other.
Doctor Barnes had seen the light's play on the sky, had heard echoes in the mountains.