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Rh the white man's countenance as each thought flitted across it. Grey saw that he was trying to read his feelings, and at length he thus broke silence:—"Mr. Grey, to-day we can walk, and may yet not die, but drink water; to-morrow you and I will be two dead men if we walk not now, for we shall then be weak and unable. The others sit down too much; they are weak, and cannot walk; if we remain with them we shall all die, but we two are still strong, let us walk. There lies the sea, to that the streams run. It is long since we have crossed a river, go quickly, and before the next sun gets up, we shall cross another running water." He paused for a minute, looking steadfastly at his master, and then added:—"You must leave the others; for I know not where they are, and we shall die in trying to find them."

Grey now knew that he was playing him false. "Do you see the sun, Kaiber, and where it now stands?" he replied to him. "Yes," was his answer. "Then, if you have not led me to the party before that sun falls behind the hills, I will shoot you; as it begins to sink, you die." He said these words, looking at him steadily in the face, and with the full intention of putting his threat into execution. The native saw this, and yet strove to appear unconcerned, and with a forced laugh said, "You are playing: from daylight until now, you and I have walked; we have wasted our strength now in looking for water for the others. But a short time, and we shall be dead; and you say, search for men whom I cannot find; you tell me look, and I know not where to look." Grey now lost all patience with him, and replied, "Kaiber, deceive as you will, you cannot