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As the two members of the British Col- umbia Police lay under their blankets, Guess it'll do us all good to their voices could be heard from the adjoining room, and, against the rather thin curtain, shadows were thrown by the light of the Coleman lamp. Slim could be heard going out at the back door, his purpose evidently being to bring in the morning’s requirement of fuel from the little woodshed. Slim ap- parently bunked somewhere in the kitchen. Dalgleish was quickly asleep, but Con- stable Greene turned about restlessly. From the shadows on the curtain and the sounds in the next room, he gathered that Dave Protheroe lost no time in getting off his clothes and tumbling into bed. Jean Proth- eroe, womanlike, was much slower. Young Greene soon could hear Dave Protheroe’s heavy measured breathing. Then he no- ticed the light being lowered to a peep. As he strained his ears, he could hear Jean Protheroe come over to the bedside and listen, then tip-toe out into the kitchen. SURPRISE FOR CONSTABLE His curiosity aroused, Greene rose quiet- ly, slipped his arms through the sleeves of his moose-skin coat, pulled on his fur cap and his mitts, and quietly went out the front door, excusing himself with the idea that he would have a look at the dogs, but knowing full well that that was not his real reason. He did visit the dogs and found all well there. He walked round to the rear of the cabin. The soft gurgling laugh of Jean Protheroe struck his ears. As he listened there followed the sound of good-natured remonstrances. Then suddenly he came upon Jean Protheroe and Slim, standing just inside the woodshed. Jean was tightly en- folded in the arms of Slim. Her own arms were about Slim’s neck; her lips were firmly on his. This, at least, thought Greene, was no one-sided affair as the other had seemed to be with Dave on his arrival. The two broke apart as Greene came on them. 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