By Jove! Well, it turned out that she had been stopping in the back country for a month, at a house somewhere up the river, with her father.

Her father had gone down to Ottawa a week before, and was expected back on this day.

She had come out to meet him, and had lost her way.

She had been out for hours, and was completely bewildered.

She was also frightened at the fires, which now seemed to be all around us.