Queen Olive awoke with a wild cry of alarm on her lips, and tremblingly asked Dick what had happened.
Before he could reply, a light flashed up and illumined the cave, almost blinding the two prisoners for a moment.
But this soon passed off, and they saw a man, attired in a fantastic garb of limited extent, hurrying toward them.
A huge dog was standing over Dick, which the boy recognized at once as Jupiter, the dog he had seen go over the falls with his master.
But when the man halted in front of them and held his lighted torch near their faces, a cry of astonishment, intermingled with joy, left the boy prisoner’s lips.
It was no other than Reginald Lacy himself who stood before them.
Lacy seemed to be as much surprised as Dick, but drawing a knife from his belt, he quickly severed the bonds that held the couple prisoners.
“How came you here?” he asked, as Dick arose to his feet and patted Jupiter on the head.
“You shall hear the whole story,” was the reply; “but let us first get out of this place. I, for one, have had quite enough of it to last the rest of my life. Come, Olive, we are saved!”
Without any further ado, Lacy led the way out of the cave, going through a long, dark passage, the mouth of which opened into the vast cavern just above the falls.