CHAPTER XV.
Ten days after that night when he had gone into the mystery-room at the Chateau, David and Father Roland clasped hands in a final farewell at White Porcupine House, on the Cochrane River, 270 miles from God's Lake.
It was something more than a hand-shake.

The Missioner made no effort to speak in these last moments.

His team was ready for the return drive and he had drawn his travelling hood close about his face.

In his own heart he believed that David would never return.

He would go back to civilization, probably next autumn, and in time he would forget.