"How easy it is to pass judgment on people, and how often we misjudge them!" "And knowin' he didn't take un, and after I'd tried to kill he," went on Eli contritely, "he were wonderful good to me, havin' me bide to supper and givin' me deer's meat." "I'm rememberin'," broke in Jamie, "that the men were talkin' o' somethin' they were takin' from the ship, and fearin' the lumber boss would find out about un.

'Twere the money they means." There was a howl of arriving dogs outside, and Jamie rushed to the door to meet David and Andy and Margaret, and, to his unbounded delight, Thomas and Indian Jake.
While Thomas was being overwhelmed by Jamie, Indian Jake with a broad grin extended his hand to Eli.
"How do, Eli ?" "How do, Jake ?" Eli took Indian Jake's hand.

"I got the silver back, Jake, and you never took un.

I'm wonderful sorry the way I done." "I've got your ca'tridges here, Eli," grinned Indian Jake.

"You can have un back now." "But didn't Andy have grit, now!" Jamie's voice rose above the babel.
"Didn't he have grit to go out in the night when 'twas _that_ nasty! And a stout heart, too, like a man! Andy's a wonderful fine scout, whatever!" And so ended the mystery of the shooting and the robbery of Lem Horn, and so the guilty were discovered and punished, as in some manner and at some time all wrong-doers are discovered and punished.