lowering desire to slec 

 ,, but was too exhaii 

 en at that desperate moment, his regard 

 n,i the little burro asserted itself. He loosened the 

 straps that held the pack, threw the burden off into 

 the snow, and putting his arms around the gentle 

 creature's neck, bade him good-bye and turned him 

 loose. But Maxey refused to move. His master 

 tried to drive him away. It was useless. Too ex- 

 hausted to make further effort, Herbert sank down 

 into the sno his stiffening lips. 



How d not 



- He looaem-d tin- strap* that held the pack.' 

 URAU.V. m MAX K. KLEPPKR. 



had lain dov. nestling close to him. The 



warm body was grateful to him, and he clung to it 



in a bewildered way, scarcely realizing that it was 



moving, that it was on its feet, and that he was 



on its back. For hours after that he had a dim 



isness of being carried, he knew not where. 



nes his fancy led him to believe it was upon 



k of an elephant, through some tiger-haunted 



