"I have not forgotten."

"He is waiting."

"Yes. Day by day I have put off the thought of the inevitable reckoning. It is another reason why presently I must hurry away."

"A singular trio of suitors!" sighed the rain. "A prince—an Indian warrior—and a spy!"

"Not that!" cried the girl's heart. "No, no—not that!"

"You breathed it but a minute ago!"

"I know—"

"And of the three, Sho-caw, bright copper though he is, is perhaps braver—"

"No!"

"Taller—"