He had done his work, and the
thirst for vengeance was gone. Greevy he had hated, but this man had been
with him in many a winter's hunt. His brain could hardly grasp the
tragedy--it had all been too sudden.
Suddenly he stooped down. "Sinnet," he said, "ef there was a woman in it,
that makes all the difference. Sinnet, of--"
But Sinnet was gone upon a long trail that led into an illimitable
wilderness. With a moan the old man ran to the ledge of rock. Greevy and
his girl were below.
"When there's a woman in it--!" he said, in a voice of helplessness and
misery, and watched Em'ly till she disappeared from view. Then he turned,
and, lifting up in his arms the man he had killed, carried him into the
deeper woods.
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By Gilbert Parker
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