But first send those dooly-bearers about their business.

They can wait till to-morrow over there on the other side.

They always carry food, and there is any amount of fuel." Just beyond the shoulder of the hill, sheltered from the north by the projecting boulders, was a small tent, carefully pitched and adjusted to stand the storms if any should come.

Thither we all three bent our steps and sat down by the fire, for it was chilly, even cold, in the passes in September.

Food was brought out by Isaacs, and we ate together as if no countless ages of different nationalities separated us.