Then his brow furrowed.

"You say you slipped and fell just as you were beginning to see daylight ?" "Yes.

It looked like it was reflected from below, somewyes." Fairchild nodded.
"Is n't there quite a spring right by Crazy Laura's house ?" "Yes; it keeps going all year; there 's a current and it don't freeze up.

It comes out like it was a waterfall--and there 's a roaring noise be'ind it." "Then that's the explanation.

You followed the fissure until it joined the natural tunnel that the spring has made through the hills.