"It is her—my daughter—my long-lost daughter!" and father and child were locked in a loving embrace.
His mind wandered:
"Wife, wife—I am coming—I have found her at last!"
His arms, clasped about the neck of his daughter, slowly relaxed, and with the sacred name of wife upon his lips, the old man's soul went out to meet the loved ones beyond the River of Death.
CHAPTER XIV.
JUST AS EXPECTED.
But little remains for us to tell.
The body of the old trapper was taken to the bottom of the chasm, and buried. After they had returned to the fire—for they all accompanied the old man to his last resting-place—the scout called Snowdrop to him, and said:
"Will you go to the top of the cliff, and bring your father down here? I must see him!"