"Grace, my darling!" he cried, taking the girl in his strong grasp and drawing her away.
"Jack! You!" she cried. "Then you are Young Elk?"
"No; he is my friend. He it was who found you here in the village, and told me, and none too soon. I have sought you in many places. The Indian boy who gave your father the letter forged by Walden confessed that the villain had taken you to some tribe far away, and I began my search. I went from tribe to tribe, finding you not, and at last met Young Elk, whose life I saved. He went with me from village to village, making inquiries, and here at last he found you. But what has become of that scoundrel?"
"The strong current must have carried him into yonder cave," said Grace. "The Indians say the stream never issues forth after leaving the light."
"Then the scoundrel has met his just reward for all his crimes," said Jack. "Come, I have found you, and now we will return, never to be parted again."
It is needless to say that Grace's parents were overjoyed at her safe return, and on the appointed day Jack and Grace became man and wife.
FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 4, 1921.