"Dis is a funny house. I was never here before. Whose house is it, Malin?"
"A good man lives here. He will take care of us."
"Will he tum soon? I want to see 'im. Maybe he'll take me to my mamma an' papa."
Madeline did not answer. She was thinking of what Dan had told her about the missionary. She had not forgotten him. But why had he not been brought back to the house? she wondered. Where had they taken him? Would he ever return? Had he given his life for the sake of the Indians?
And even as these thoughts filled her mind a knock sounded upon the door. Opening it she saw Dan standing there. She looked keenly into his face. But it told her nothing.
"Ye may come now, miss," he said. "I've done me best; the good Lord'll have to do the rest."