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"And so you really found it?" whispered Evalani, softly.

"Surely! You left it for me, didn't you?"

"Yes. I thought that you would come to look for me."

"Thought!" reproached Dick.

Evalani rubbed her cheek against the coat. "I knew that you would," she said. And then, "But I can't understand. How did you manage to trace me?"

"Oh, as usual," said Dick, "I went after Bert Sands. All of the credit goes to her."

"But how did she know?" questioned Evalani. "How did she ever guess where he would take me?"

"Search me!" said Dick. "Bert seems to have a sort of Cosmic Consciousness; she knows everything."

By this time they had reached the foot of the Pali and Dick, much to his regret, realized that this was a case of both hands to the wheel, and reluctantly he released the now nearly recovered Evalani, who sat up quite brightly and inquired whether he was not at all interested in what her own experience had been; and to his protest that she ought not to talk, only to rest, she replied that it would do her a lot more good to talk it all out to him than to sit still and think about it to herself and get the shivers again. Whereupon Dick told her to go ahead, but that if she started to shivering, he would begin to