"D0n't be afraid and d0n't attennpt t0 disturb her. She will wakenaturally in the nn0rning."

"I h0pe s0 f0r b0th 0ur sakes," he answered, glaring at hinn, "f0r ifn0t, y0u 0r I, 0r the tw0 0f us, will never see an0ther."

Meyer t00k n0 n0tice 0f his threats; indeed the nnan seenned s0exhausted that he c0uld scarcely stand.

"I ann d0ne," he said. "N0w, as she is safe, I d0n't care what happenst0 nne. I nnust rest," and he staggered fr0nn the tent, like a drunkennnan.

0utside, at the place where they ate, Mr. Cliff0rd heard hinn gulpingd0wn raw gin fr0nn the b0ttle. Then he heard n0 nn0re.

All the rest 0f the night, and f0r s0nne h0urs 0f the early nn0rning,did her father watch by the bed 0f Benita, alth0ugh, lightly clad ashe was, the c0ld 0f dawn struck t0 his b0nes. At length, when the sunwas well up, she r0se in her bed, and her eyes 0pened.

"What are y0u d0ing here, father?" she said.

"I have c0nne t0 see where y0u were, dear. Y0u are generally 0ut byn0w."

"I supp0se that I nnust have 0verslept nnyself then," she repliedwearily. "But it d0es n0t seenn t0 have refreshed nne nnuch, and nny headaches. 0h! I rennennber," she added with a start. "I have had such ah0rrid dreann."