And the dog! What part had he taken?
And after that--long days of maddening loneliness, days of starvation and of thirst, until he, too, doubled himself up on the floor and died.

It was a terrible, a thrilling picture that burned in Roderick's brain.

But why had they quarreled?
What cause had there been for that sanguinary night duel?
Instinctively Rod accepted it as having occurred at night, for the door had been locked, the window barred.

Just then he would have given a good deal to have had the mystery solved.
At the top of the hill Rod awoke to present realities.

Wabi, who had harnessed himself to the toboggan, was in high spirits.
"That cabin is a dandy!" he exclaimed as Rod joined him.