"Where's my girl ?" The gambler chuckled; an agony seized him till he hiccoughed and strangled; then, as the spell passed, he laughed again.
"She's got you in her head, like the mother had, but I'll drive it out; I'll treat her like I did her--" Gale uttered a terrible cry and moved upon him, but Burrell shouldered the trader aside, himself possessed by a cold fury that intensified his strength tenfold.
"Stop it, Gale! Let me attend to this.

I'll make him tell!" "Oh, will you ?" mocked the girl's father.
"Where is she ?" "None of your damned business." Again he was seized with a paroxysm that left him shivering and his lips colorless.

The blankets were soaked and soggy with blood, and his feet rested in a red pool.
"Ben Stark," said the tortured lover, "you're a sick man, and you'll be gone in half an hour at this rate.

Won't you do one decent thing before you die ?" "Bah! I'm all right." "I'll get you a doctor if you'll tell us where she is.

If you don't--I'll--let you die.