I haven't told the others, but I believe that great cavern holds something for us besides gold!" The smile left the girl's face.

Her eyes were soft and eager.
"You believe that--Dolores--" "I don't know what to believe.

But--we'll find something there!" For an hour Rod and Minnetaki talked of John Ball and of the strange things he said in his delirium.

Then the girl rejoined Mrs.Drew and the princess mother, while Rod went in search of Mukoki and Wabigoon.
That night the big event happened.

George Newsome, the factor, gave a reluctant consent which meant that Wabi's sister and Maballa would accompany the adventurers on their next journey into the untraveled solitudes of Hudson Bay.
For a week John Ball hovered between life and death.