I guess McTrigger just melted away into the woods.

But it's the girl that puzzles me.
I've questioned every scow cheman at the Landing.

I've investigated every place where she might have got food or lodging, and I bribed Mooie, the old trailer, to search the near-by timber.

The unbelievable part of it isn't her disappearance.

It's the fact that not a soul in Athabasca Landing has seen her! Sounds incredible, doesn't it?
And then, Kent, the big hunch came to me.