And he asked, "Where is
Amuk Toolik?"
Stampede hung his head and blushed like a boy.
"You'll have to ask _her_, Alan."
And a little later Alan put the question to Mary.
She, too, blushed, and in her eyes was a mysterious radiance that
puzzled him.
"You must wait," she said.
Beyond that she would say no word, though he pulled her head down, and
with his hands in her soft, smooth hair threatened to hold her until she
told him the secret. Her answer was a satisfied little sigh, and she
nestled her pink face against his neck, and whispered that she was
content to accept the punishment. So where Amuk Toolik had gone, and
what he was doing, still remained a mystery.
A little later he knew he had guessed the truth.
"I don't need a doctor," he said, "but it was mighty thoughtful of you
to send Amuk Toolik for one." Then he caught himself suddenly. "What a
senseless fool I am! Of course there are others who need a doctor more
than I do."
Mary nodded. "But I was thinking chiefly of you when I sent Amuk Toolik
to Tanana. He is riding Kauk, and should return almost any time now."
And she turned her face away so that he could see only the pink tip
of her ear.
"Very soon I will be on my feet and ready for travel," he said. "Then we
will start for the States, as we planned.
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