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along with Edith and Frank, while they partook of the
meal, continued their inquiries.

“Whereabouts was it, Frank, that you fell in with
the boat?” said Stanley.

“Not more than five miles from the mouth of the
river, at about six this morning. We observed the boat
beset by a pretty solid pack of ice, and you may be
sure we were not a little surprised when we saw the
Union Jack run up to her peak; so I ordered our boat
to be lowered, intending to go to her assistanee. While
the men were doing this, I examined her with the glass,
and then it was that I found, to my amazement and ,
inexpressible joy, that the boat contained Prince, Gas-
pard, and Edith.”

“Ah! Frank,” said Mrs. Stanley, “was it not a
strange providence that you, who were so sad at being
compelled to give up the search, should be the one
appointed to find our beloved child, and bring her back
to us?”

“Nay,” replied Frank, “it was not I who found her.
Let me not rob Dick Prince and Gaspard of the honour
and gratitude which they have nobly won.”

“And what do you think of the non-arrival of
Maximus?” said Stanley, whose feelings were still too
much perturbed to allow him to dwell for more than
a few minutes at a time on any subject. Frank shook
his head.

“T know not what to think,” said he. “As I have
told you already, we left him at Moose Fort with his
recovered bride, and we got the missionary to marry
them there in due form. Next day they started in a
small canoe on their return voyage to Ungava, and the
day following I left for Lake Superior. I fully expected
to find them here on my return.”