The engineer called his name, but there came no response other than the rapidly retreating sound of the Northerner's moccasined feet.

With a grumble of vexation he sank back on his pillows.
The fresh excitement had set his head in a whirl again and a feverish heat mounted into his face.

For a long time he lay with his eyes closed, trying to clear for himself the mystery of the preceding night.

The one thought which obsessed him was that he had been duped.

His lovely acquaintance of the preceding evening had ensnared him completely with her gentle smile and her winsome mouth, and he gritted his teeth grimly as he reflected how easy he had been.