Sunrise bent and regarded the fire closely. Then he thrust his hand into it, and laughed.
“Food will not recover it now,” he said, “for it is dead, and that is the end of One Eye.”
CHAPTER XIX
THE COURTING OF DAWN
When Sunrise got back to his cave, he found She Wolf sitting alone by the fire.
“Where is Dawn?” he said, for She Wolf was not first in his affections.
“She has gone to fish thro’ the ice,” said She Wolf, “and she will return soon.”
“I have just found One Eye dead in his cave,” said Sunrise.
“It is well,” said She Wolf, “for now there is one less mouth to feed.”