Fortunately, neither Mrs. Cromwell nor Viola had suffered from the attack.
Long before the crew were able to do anything more darkness set in.
Bob was very impatient to trace up his father, but just now that was impossible.
Anxiously the boy waited for dawn, while his mother wept in silence, thinking of her beloved husband.
Would they save him?
At the first signs of morning Bob was up and ready for the search.
Captain Sumner and Jack were not far behind.
The Dart proceeded slowly toward land.
Satisfied that the savages had left the vicinity, the party went ashore, and once more proceeded toward the cave of ice.
A light snow had fallen, and all former tracks had been obliterated.