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CHAPTER XVII
COLD AND HEAT
All that were left of the
tribe, foot sore and uncomprehending,
came at length
to rest on a high and barren
plateau.
Miles behind them, to the southward, the fire still raged on their trail. East and West as far as the eye could travel, black smoke poured upward, but thro' and above the smoke
