"The thing's been kind of floating in my mind all day, but I couldn't get it fixed.

Then I saw that gap and knew I'd got what I'd been feeling for." "What did your father say ?" "The Indian camp he sent Strange to was in thin bush, close under the broken range, on the north side." Thirlwell turned to Agatha.

"Then we oughtn't to have much trouble in locating the ore.

We know where the factory stood, and if we can find the thin bush, I can follow the line your father took." Agatha's eyes shone and her color came and went, but with an effort she preserved her calm.
"After all, the bush may have grown." "I think not," said Thirlwell.

"It's probably rocky ground where the trees are small." "But how was it my father did not see the gap ?" "That is easily accounted for.