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At last I found Jennie, sitting in one of the lodges, while the rest were asleep. Upon her face was a strange look. She neither spoke to me, nor I to her. I cannot understand the girl." "But you will watch her, Amos," said Keith. "She may do the deed when we are off our guard." "Yes, I will go at once, Gikhyi. But I will come back soon, for I have much to tell you about what happened last night."
"All's well, Gikhyi." "Thank God! Thank God! But tell me, Amos, what have you been doing?" "I went to the store when I left you, but it was in darkness. There were voices within, which sounded like Perdue's and Pritchen's. Jennie I did not see; she was not there. I had been waiting only a short time when a man arrived with a dog team. I think he came from Siwash Creek.
"I am never alone, Gikhyi," was all the answer he received, and as he looked into that honest face, and read the man's meaning, he felt rebuked for his own lack of faith. "Very well, Amos; I leave it to you, but you will come to me in the morning, will you not?" "Amos will come," was the brief answer, and at this they left the building. Tired though he was, it was late ere Keith sought any rest.
The catechist was very still, with a far-away look upon his placid face. "Good morning, Amos," said Keith, springing from his cot. "You are early; I didn't hear you come in." "You slept well, Gikhyi," replied the native. "It is good." "Amos," continued the missionary eagerly, as the scenes of the previous evening rushed through his mind, "what of last night? Did you find the girl?"
"Oh, pictures," laughed Constance, taking the sketches from the maiden. "Did you bring them for me?" "Me fetch 'm. Heem tell Jennie come." "Who told you?" "Gikhyi." "What, Mr. Steadman?" "Ah, ah." "Look, father," and Constance crossed the room to where Mr. Radhurst was sitting, a silent witness of it all. "Mr. Steadman sent Jennie here to show us her pictures; how kind of him."
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