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CHAPTER XVI JOHN GALE'S HOUR
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It was a heathenish time of night to arouse the girl, thought Burrell, as he left the barracks, but he must allay1 these fears that were besetting2 him, he must see Necia at once. The low, drifting clouds obscured what star-glow there was in the heavens, and he stepped back to light a lantern. By its light he looked at his watch and exclaimed, then held it to his ear. Five hours had passed since he left Gale3's house. Well, the call was urgent, and Necia would understand his anxiety.
A few moments later he stood above the squaw, who crouched4 on the trader's doorstep, wailing5 her death song into the night. He could not check her; she paid no heed6 to him, but only rocked and moaned and chanted that strange, weird7 song which somehow gave strength to his fears.
"What's wrong; where is Necia? Where is she?" he demanded, and at last seized her roughly, facing her to the light, but Alluna only blinked owlishly at his lantern and shook her head.
"Gone away," she finally informed him, and began to weave again in her despair, but he held her fiercely.
"Where has she gone? When did she go?" He shook her to quicken her reply.
"I don' know. I don' know. Long time she's gone now." She trailed off into Indian words he could not comprehend, so he pushed past her into the house to see for himself, and without knocking flung Necia's door open and stepped into her chamber8. Before he had swept the unfamiliar9 room with his eyes he knew that she had indeed gone, and gone hurriedly, for the signs of
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