Allen and the boy exchanged glances; in the eyes of both, the idiot and the clever, there was a gentle caressive look as they stole with unnecessary care out of the cave.

That caressive pressure on his legs was all he could feel, and the voice in his brain drowned out all other sounds, and his body obeyed him reluctantly-but somehow he gave one heave of tremendous effort and swung Smith.

It lay loose and light about his neck ... and it was moving gently, very gently, with a soft, caressive pressure that sent little thrills of delight through every nerve and fiber of him, a per-ilous delight-beyond physical pleasure, deeper than joy of the mind.