8/30 Beyond that there lay a chaos of midnight blackness, and he knew that his eyes were staring into the depths of a great cavern! Gripping the edge of the rock ledge he dragged himself up as both Wabigoon and Mukoki had done, and found his feet upon a soft floor of sand. Suddenly he felt a hand clutch his arm. A half-shout, rising faintly above the wash of the cataract, sounded in his ear. Then, so faintly that at first it appeared no larger than a star, he caught the faint glimmer of a light. |