Such was her pride that she would
not ask. So, hour by hour, they rat
tled on behind the panting mulee.
It was near midday when they
stopped at a railway siding for a hur
ried meal and caught a passing train
which bore them still farther into the
wilds. Later came a slower Journey in
native oxcarts, then, at last, just as
the aftennoon sun was preparing 'to
leave them, a halt.
All the day since their battle in the
morning, Fairways had addressed only
the moßt necessary words to Richenda
SHE WATC HED HIM AS lIE MOVEI# IN THAT SLOW, SENTRY-LIKE
STRIDE.
and many of these she had accepted,
tendering no answer in return.
‘Tlease do not unpack more than
you consider necessary.” he told her,
"tomorrow we move again.”
The boys had eroded her tent now.
She turned into it "without a word.
For a long time she sat fully dress
ed upon her camp bedstead, pondering
upon the position in which she found
herself. She had not even so much as
a postage stamp with which to send a I
letter home to her bank to call fur
ther financial aid to her. And, even
had she the stamp, she could not get
the letter posted without some diffi
culty. Assuming this obstacle past,
what address could she give to which j
the reply might be sent? She didn’t
even know where she was! This coun
try. so much wilder than where they
had last camped, seemed very sparsgjy
populated. For miles along the road
they had not passed a single sign of
Kuropean habitation. If any letters
were directed to her. how would she
get them? She simply did not know.
