"Tonight!"

"Yes."

"Where are they now?"

"Hid in the tamaracks—in the bush—God knows where!—--"

"When do they rendezvous?"

"Toward midnight."

"At John Howell's cabin?"

He nodded, muttering.

I got up, took him by the arm and jerked him to his feet.

"Read this!" I said, and thrust the paper of cipher writing under his nose.