He wanted the girl to be happy, and had thought it best for her that she should give up the attempt to find the lode.

Now he must readjust his views, and it was hard to see what place there would be for him in her affairs if she became the owner of a rich mining claim.
Next morning they made a difficult portage to another lake, and launching the canoes at noon found the wind blowing fresh.

The lake was wide, and when by and by an angry sea got up Thirlwell reluctantly steered for the shelter of a rocky point.

They had covered very little ground since they started, and there was only another day of the fortnight left.

After supper some of the men went fishing, and Drummond set off alone along the beach, while Agatha and Thirlwell sat among the rocks where the pungent wood-smoke drifted past and kept the mosquitoes off.