Doctor Joe and Eli ran in turns by the side of the komatik, while the dogs trotted briskly.
"What's that, now ?" asked Eli, pointing to a black object far out on the white field of ice, as they approached The Jug.
"I can't make out," said Doctor Joe after a long scrutiny.
"We'll see," and Eli turned the dogs toward the object.
"It looks like a flatsled," said Doctor Joe as they approached.
"'Tis a flatsled," said Eli.

"'Tis the men ran away from the lumber camp." A gruesome sight met them as Eli brought the dogs to a stop.

Huddled close and lying by the side of the toboggan, partially covered by drift, were the stiff-frozen bodies of two men.
"They were lost in the storm," said Eli presently.

"They must have been wanderin' about till the frost got the best of un." Doctor Joe and Eli lifted the remains to the komatik, attaching the toboggan to trail behind, and with their ghastly burden they turned in at The Jug.
Jamie and Peter, vastly concerned for Andy's safety, met them, and were as vastly relieved when they learned that Andy would be not much the worse for his experience, and that the lumber boss would live.
The two bodies were carried into the wood-shed and laid side by side upon the floor, to remain there until evening, when Doctor Joe and Eli would return them to Grampus River for burial.

It was then that Jamie looked for the first time upon the upturned dead faces, and as he did so he exclaimed, with horror: "They's the men! They's the men that had the cache and tied me up!" "They've been hard men in life and probably done much evil in their day, but they're past it now and we'll treat their remains gently and humanly," said Doctor Joe as he covered their faces with a cloth.
Then they undid the flatsled and carried the contents into the cabin, where the things would be safe from the dogs.