Then the river covered him up." He stopped short and stared at Mary with squinted eyes.
"D'you mean to tell me that you had the nerve to come all the way up the Old Crow by yourself ?" "Every inch of the way." Jack leaned forward, sneering, savage.
"Then I suppose you put the hitch that's on that pack outside ?" "No." Jack was dumbfounded.
"Then you admit--" "That first night when I went to sleep I felt as if there were something near me.

When I woke up there was a bright fire burning in front of me and the pack had been lashed and placed on one of the horses.

At first I thought that it was Dick, who had come back.

But Dick didn't appear all day.

The next night--" "Wait!" said Jack.
"This is gettin' sort of creepy.