Abans que albegés, el jutge Thatcher i el grapat de cercadors que eren amb ell foren descoberts dins la cova, per la pista de fil d'empalomar que havien anat deixant al darrera, i hom els assabenta de les grans noves.
Before day-dawn, Judge Thatcher and the handful of searchers with him were tracked out, in the cave, by the twine clews they had strung behind them, and informed of the great news.