“Let us see if we can find Flame,” said Bolo.
So he and Fisher started out to look for her.
CHAPTER IV
The God Who Lived in the Sun
By this time the sun was shining brightly. The boys held out their stiffened hands and thought how good and warm the sunshine felt.
“It is like the Great Fire,” said Fisher.
“Perhaps the Fire-god lives in the sun,” whispered Bolo, looking toward it with an awed expression on his dark face.
As they came near Flame’s cave they saw that she was there, sure enough. She was down on her knees in front of the entrance, making strange motions with her hands. They thought she was looking for something.
“Wait a minute.” Bolo caught Fisher by the arm and drew him back. “Let us see what she is doing.”
Just then she slowly rose to her feet. She turned her face toward the sun and stretched her lean arms up as far as she could. Her long gray hair streamed out behind her and her eyes were very bright. She looked as if she was seeing something a long way off. Her lips moved.
“She is talking to the sun,” said Fisher in a frightened whisper. “Perhaps she is calling the Fire-god.”