The visit of Rod Bunker was the precursor of many friendly exchanges between the two places before the return of the warrior heroes and the wandering girl. The caves were explored by groups from both places, Jim Jack thrusting himself forward as guide on every possible occasion, and explaining how he was the discoverer of the concealed passage from the Glen. He assumed the air of proprietorship, seizing the lantern whenever he could, and showing everybody else into the nooks and corners, together with the spot where the old gin used to sit and smoke. He was the only one who had seen her during the time she had spent there as nurse, and that was a distinction. Jim told how he dashed up to cut her off from the cave, but she had unfortunately eluded him--"vanished like a whiff of her own smoke."
"You vanished, too, Jim," Wonnaminta reminded him, with a sly grin, "when the goanna charged you."
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