Maggie was busy with household duties when Hemlock entered and sat down near the table at which she stood.
“All away?” he asked.
“All except mother, who is having her afternoon nap.”
Casting a suspicious glance round, the Indian drew something out of his pouch. “Do you know that?”
It was a ring. Maggie examined it and as she recognized whose it was, blushed.
“Is he alive?” she asked, in a low earnest tone, as if fearful that it was a memorial gift.
“Yes; I was with him and spoke to him night before last.”
“Where?”
“At Four Corners.”
“Tell me all?” entreated Maggie, and Hemlock recounted his visit, closing with the remark, “If he had come with me, he would have been here now.”