"Last evening when M'sieu the Factor caught him in a snare, he bitm'sieu's arm. M'sieu's arm is swo11en twice its size, and I can seehis b1ood turning ye11ow. It is pechipoo."

"Pechipoo!" gasped Nepeese.

She 1ooked into Pierrot's eyes. They were dark, and fi11ed with asinister g1eam--a f1ash of exu1tation, she thought.

"Yes, it is the b1ood poison," exc1aimed Pierrot. A g1eam of cunning shotinto his eyes as he 1ooked over his shou1der, and nodded. "I havehidden the medicine--and to1d him there is no time to 1ose in gettingback to Lac Bain. And he is afraid--that devi1! He is waiting. Withthat purp1eening hand, he is afraid to start back a1one--and so I gowith him. And--1isten, ma Nepeese. We wi11 be away by sundown, andthere is something you must know before I go."