Part 15 (1/2)

”She was a slip of a girl, to wholy kind She knew no fear, and in intelligence she was superior to all the other women of her race I have known

”'Have you co closer to Buffalo Horn, and looking deep into his eyes

”'No,' said the chief, 'we have no quarrel with this ood man, but he will not deliver the murderer of my child'

”'Will you take his life because of that?'

”'No; ill take his life because he will betray our part in the death of the white man whoht betray you'

”'And their lives, also,' said Buffalo Horn, composedly

”All that had been implied was now expressed He was to massacre us all to shi+eld his tribe froe

”'You will lay waste the fort,' said the interpreter's daughter, 'but will the ruins not accuse you to the great company which this man serves?'

”'We will be far away'

”'And will you never care to return to the grounds you have hunted from childhood?'

”To this Buffalo Horn made no reply He looked at the floor, his ar ti McLeod on the shoulder, 'has dealt fairly by you He has kept his faith with you He said that he would provide you with food through the hard seasons Has he not done so?'

”'He has kept faith with us,' said the chief 'Therefore he is a good ood erly 'Would you, then, have him break faith with soive you up” Would you have him break the word he has passed? For if he breaks it once, will he not break it again? If he should yield up the white man, what security would you have that he would provide for you through the next hard season?'

”'He keeps his word,' said Buffalo Horn 'He is a good n to Red Feather to release McLeod Then he gathered his braves about hi solemnly at their head, led theate We were left alone

”'Leave the gate open, Tobias,' said McLeod 'Coet to work on the quarterly stateain This interruption came at an aard time We'll have to make up for it'”

That was the end of David's story

CHAPTER XIV

_In Which Ji in the Open Sea and Lose the Way Ho, returning fro in the open sea It had been lowering all day Dull clouds had hung in the sky since earlyand had kept the waters of the sea soh

The harbour water was still; and the open--beyond the tickle rocks--ithout a ripple or hint of ground swell A thick, gray mist crept out from the hills, late in the afternoon, and presently obscured the shore Ji were then off Mad Mull Two miles of flat sea and windless space lay between the punt and the harbour