Give me food," he begged.

Then between mouthfuls he told the story of his capture so far as he knew it, told it to the moment of his reaching the Overland camp.

Hippy said he intended, if possible, to creep in quietly without awakening any one and give the girls a big surprise in the morning, when Elfreda threw a wrench into the machinery, "and tried to wing me," he added amid laughter.
"I could not afford to wait," answered Miss Briggs.
"You sure are some quick on the trigger," declared Hippy.

"The fellow who was with me ducked, and I heard him chuckling and laughing as he sneaked away." "Yes, but, had it not been for me, you might not have been here, Lieutenant Wingate," interjected Emma Dean.
"Eh?
How's that, Emma ?" "Why, I--I con-centrated on you and brought you back," answered Emma solemnly.
"What a pity," murmured Hippy sadly.

"And she so young." "Who was the man who rescued you ?" questioned Grace, after the laugh at Emma's expense had subsided.
"I don't know.