Up there--" and he pointed still farther into the north--"I know of a hundred men between the Athabasca and the bay who would kill you for what you have said.

And it is not for Jean Croisset to listen to it here.

I will kill you unless you take it back!" "God!" breathed Howland.

He looked straight into Croisset's face.

"I'm glad--it's so--Jean," he added slowly.