But we can put John Ball into the canoe and tow him up-stream.

It will be a long wade and hard work, but--" He looked at Wabi in silence, then added, "Do we want John Ball to live, or do we want him to die ?" "If I thought he would live I would wade a thousand miles to save him," rejoined the young Indian.

"It means little to us but work.

We know where the rest of the gold is and can return to it within a few weeks." If there had been a doubt in the boys' minds as to the right course to pursue John Ball settled it himself that very afternoon.

He awakened from an unusually long stupor.