Perhaps--sometime.

So mebbe sometime you--" "Wah--hah--hai-i-e-e-e!" The Sioux had called from without.

Medaine turned.
"When you need me, Ba'tiste," she answered, with a smile that took in also the eager face on the bed, "I'll be glad to help you.

Good-by." That too included Barry, and he answered it with alacrity.

Then for a moment after she had gone, he lay scowling at Ba'tiste, who once more, in a weakened state of merriment, had reeled to the wall, followed as usual by his dog, and leaned there, hugging his sides.