ILLUSTRATIONS

[She was the first to break the silence (frontispiece)]
["If you don't go back to your seat I'll dash your brains out," said Keith]
["Then why don't you answer me?"]
[Sprang over the edge of the road into the thick bushes below]
["Why, Mr. Keith!" she exclaimed]
["Sit down. I want to talk to you"]
["It is he! 'Tis he!" she cried]
["Lois—I have come—" he began]