Chapter 13: The Track in the Forest

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌⁠Their camp was about a mile from the Kootenai River, and close to a stream of depth sufficient to carry a canoe; while, a little way north of their camp, a beautiful spring of clear water gurgled out from under a little bank, and added its portion to the larger stream that flowed eastward to the river.

There was a little peculiarity about the spring, which made it one to remember—or, rather, two to