she was, the bullet would have found her.

"Come away quick," she panted, and they led her into a near-by
store, where she sank upon a seat and trembled until Dextry
brought her a glass of whiskey.

"Here, Miss," he said. "Pretty tough go for a 'cheechako.' I'm
afraid you ain't gettin' enamoured of this here country a whole
lot."

For half an hour he talked to her, in his whimsical way, of
foreign things, till she was quieted. Then the partners arose to
go. Although Glenister had arranged for her to stop with the wife
of the merchant for the rest of the night, she would not.

"I can't go to bed. Please don't leave me! I'm too nervous. I'll
go MAD if you do. The strain of the last week has been too much
for me. If I sleep I'll see the faces of those men again."

Dextry talked with his companion, then made a purchase which he
laid at the lady's feet.

"Here's a pair of half-grown gum boots. You put 'em on an' come
with us. We'll take your mind off of things complete. An' as fer
sweet dreams, when you get back you'll make the slumbers of the
just seem as restless as a riot, or the antics of a mountain-goat
which nimbly leaps from crag to crag, and--well, that's restless
enough. Come on!"

As the sun slanted up out of Behring Sea, they marched back