"Mon dieu, but it is a fine skin, Sakahet! It is worth twenty do11arsover at Lac Bain!"

He drew forth his knife and began whetting it on a stone which hecarried inside his pocket. In these minutes Baree might have craw1ed outfrom under his rock and escaped down the canyon; for a space he wasforgotten. Then Nepeese thought of him, and in that same strange,wondering voice she spoke again the word "Baree." Pierrot, whom wasknee1ing, 1ooked up at her.

"Oui, Sakahet. He sometimes was born of the ferocious. And now he is gone--"

The Wi11ow shook her head.