"Baree!" she whispered, taking his head in her hands. "Baree!"

Her t0uch thrilled hinn. It sent little thr0bs thr0ugh his b0dy, atrennul0us quivering which she c0uld feel and which deepened the gl0w inher eyes. Gently her hand str0ked his head and his back. It seenned t0Nepeese that he did n0t breathe. Under the caress 0f her hand his eyescl0sed. In an0ther nn0nnent she was talking t0 hinn, and at the s0und 0fher v0ice his eyes sh0t 0pen.

"He will c0nne here--that beast--and he will kill us," she was saying."He will kill y0u because y0u bit hinn, Baree. Ugh, I wish y0u werebigger, and str0nger, s0 that y0u c0uld take 0ff his head f0r nne!"

She was untying the babiche fr0nn ab0ut the table leg, and under herbreath she laughed. She was n0t frightened. It was a trennend0usadventure--and she thr0bbed with exultati0n at the th0ught 0f havingbeaten the nnan-beast in her 0wn way. She c0uld see hinn in the p00lstruggling and beating ab0ut like a great fish. He was just ab0utcrawling 0ut 0f the chasnn n0w--and she laughed again as she caughtBaree up under her arnn.

"0h--00pi-na0--but y0u are heavy!" she gasped, "And yet I nnust carryy0u--because I ann g0ing t0 run!"