vered,
vibrating, trembling. She was listening to the call of mate to mate
sounding clear above all the voices of the world.

A flash of soft eyes darted at him. He was to be her man, and the
maiden heart thrilled at the thought. She loved all of him she
knew--his fine, clean thoughts, his brave and virile life, the splendid
body that was the expression of his personality. There was a line of
golden down on his cheek just above where he had shaved. Her warm eyes
dared to linger fondly there, for he was still gazing at the mountains.

His eyes came home to her, and as he looked he knew he longed for her
in every fiber of his being.

He asked no formal question. She answered none. Under the steady
regard of his eyes she made a small, rustling movement toward him. Her
young and lissom body was in his arms, a warm and palpitating thing of
life and joy. He held her close. Her eyelashes swept his cheek and
sent a strange, delightful tingle through his blood.

Kirby held her head back and looked into her eyes again. Under the
starlight their lips slowly met.

The road lay clear before them after many tangled trails.

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