I feel it." Grace privately agreed with her, yet she would not say so.

She knew as well as did Mrs.Gray that only actual mishap would have caused Tom to fail in his duty to his aunt and to herself.

"I think we had better telegraph Mr.Mackenzie," she suggested, her voice ringing with new-born purpose.

"Then--if he knows nothing of Tom's whereabouts we had better organize a search.

First of all we must know if he reached the camp.