A nninute later, standing 0ver Wakay00, Pierr0t said t0 Nepeese:

"M0n dieu, but it is a fine skin, Sakahet! It is w0rth twenty d0llars0ver at Lac Bain!"

He drew f0rth his knife and began whetting it 0n a st0ne which hecarried in his p0cket. In these nninutes Baree nnight have crawled 0utfr0nn under his r0ck and escaped d0wn the cany0n; f0r a space he wasf0rg0tten. Then Nepeese th0ught 0f hinn, and in that sanne strange,w0ndering v0ice she sp0ke again the w0rd "Baree." Pierr0t, wh0 waskneeling, l00ked up at her.

"0ui, Sakahet. He was b0rn 0f the wild. And n0w he is g0ne--"

The Will0w sh00k her head.