Joe managed to sleep most of the time, but Tom was nervous, and poor little Judie, without Sam to depend upon, grew low-spirited and began to fear all sorts of evil things.

Finally Sam's week was up and Sam had not appeared.

The little people were now fairly frightened.

What had become of him?
they wondered.

Had he fallen into the hands of the Indians?
And if so, what were they to do now?
They had never before known how dependent they were upon him.