Chapter 11 THE SHEEP HERDER'S CABIN

When, in the delirium of fever, Jim Barlow strayed from his room at San Leon, the one idea in his mind was that the mountains called him. One distant peak, in especial, seemed imbued with life, using human speech and gesture-warning him to come, and come at once, lest some terrible thing befall him. He must obey! He must-he must!

He set off at a