"I looked into his face--an' he stared the other way."
She made a little imploring gesture, but his hand remained on his
hips, and there was no softening of his voice.
"What fetched you here?"
Every word was like a hand that pushed her farther away.
"Are you dumb, Kate? What fetched you here?"
"I have come to bring you home, Dan."
"I'm home now."
"What do you mean?"
"There's the roof of my house," he jerked his hand towards the sky,
"the mountain passes are my doors--an' the earth is my floor."
"No! no! We are waiting for you at the ranch."
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Dan, this wild trail has no end."
"Maybe, but I know that feller can show me the way to Jim Silent, an'
now----"
He turned towards Haines as he spoke, but here a low, venomous snarl
from Black Bart checked his words. Kate saw him stiffen--his lips
parted to a faint smile--his head tilted back a little as if he
listened intently, though she could hear nothing. She was not a yard
from him, and yet she felt a thousand miles away. His head turned full
upon her, and she would never forget the yellow light of his eyes.
"Dan!" she cried, but her voice was no louder than a whisper.
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