thoughts went out to those who were upon the stormy seas, and so they
heartily sang the beautiful hymn wherein is the expressive prayer:

"O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea."

Three Boys in the Wild North Land--by Egerton Ryerson Young

CHAPTER TWELVE.

NOVEL FISHING--GUNS AND GAFF HOOKS--FRANK'S PLUNGE--LIGHT-HEARTED SAM
AND HIS STORY--STRANGE BATTLE--PUGNACIOUS JACK FISH.

The boys were quite fascinated by the wonderful story, which is
undoubtedly true, of the silver cave. Their imaginations were fired,
and they longed to start off to find those treasures of silver that in
that hidden cave somewhere in the foothills of the northern Rockies are
still hidden away from man's curious, greedy gaze. Uncertain as are the
whereabouts of Captain Kidd's long-sought-for treasures is the locality
of the cave of silver.

Long years ago Apetak, the old Indian, died and carried with him to the
grave the knowledge of its whereabouts, and old Mr Ross, honourable man
that he was, made no attempt to find it; neither did he state his
impressions as to its locality beyond what is mentioned in his recital
of the story. But it shows how a good Providence has his treasures of
wealth for the generations to come. By and by, when it is needed, it
will be found and utilised, as will the vast resources of other mineral
wealth which this great new country has in reserve when the supplies in
older lands begin to be exhausted.

However, in a few short days the story of the silver cave was less and
less talked about, and the lads with Indian attendants were more or less
busily employed in various undertakings.

Sam, who was an enthusiastic fly fisherman, was quite amazed and
disappointed on finding that there was so little of his favourite kind
of fishing in this part of the country. However, although there was a
lack of success in that kind of fishing, there were many other methods
that were very successful. One plan that very much interested them was
fishing with a net attached to the small end of a pole. This they used
in the water, in the same method in which they had been accustomed to
catch moths and butterflies, with their lighter and frailer nets. They
felt quite elated when a large whitefish or lively trout was brought up
in the almost invisible net.

One day Mr Ross organised a fishing excursion for them, and equipped
three canoes, with a couple of Indians in each to paddle them. He
pl