Moreover, the last stones of the dam had been laid; it stood completed; and the men who had been engaged there moved down to add their strength to the north camp.
One day toward noon Lee entered his office and to his amazement found Ruth seated there, glancing over an old magazine and toasting her feet at the stove.

The furs he had given her reposed on his desk, where she had laid them aside.

At his entrance she sprang up, uttered a delighted exclamation, and rushing forward clasped her arms about his neck and kissed him.
"Lee, how good it seems to see you!" she said.

"After so long! And I can't thank you enough for those darling furs! I've thought of you so much, working up here in the cold and alone with just men.

My, your face is like ice! Come to the fire.