Part 16 (2/2)
The prospector looked at him rather hard ”Coht to pan out better than the figures show”
He stated his grounds for believing this, and Jake knitted his brows
”I expect you know the bigHave you heard if Bauht a clai since”
Jim sins to peter out before it crosses their boundary”
”When Bauets the next block, you want to sell him your lot or watch out,” the prospector rejoined ”If he can't buy you up, he'll make trouble for you I reckon he knehat kind of ore the Darien boys had got”
”Yes,” said Ji like that”
He said nothe prospector resu broke the monotony of their strenuous toil, until one day Martin and his packers arrived
”I'ht I'd strike your caet lonesoood route to the pack trail”
Jim was somewhat surprised, but he took Martin to Jake and went to tell Carrie
”I wanted to see that in with, I'll give him the best supper I kno to cook Get busy and fix the fire while I see e've got that's extra nice”
”If you get after hiive in,” Jim remarked ”However, I want you to study the fellow and tell ood as ours”
Carrie laughed ”Sometimes,” she said, ”you're very ood supper and afterwards talked to Carrie with obvious satisfaction Like the most part of the rave quietness, but he had for all that a touch of huetting on? Have you struck fresh trouble since I saw you?”
Jiave hi et it You think I hired the , or you know I didn't”
”He knows you didn't,” Carrie declared
”Thank you,” said Martin ”I ioes at this caoes all the way,” said Jim ”I often think Miss Winter is really the head of the firood; I've been looking at the line you've cleared, and I've not often struck a supper like this in the bush Makes rave ”Anyhow, I had nothing to do recking your canoes and don't think the freighter had You see, I sometimes hire Somas; he'll put the screw to you if he reckons you can be bluffed, but he's not a crook”
”Then we can rule hiine you don'tfolks soh,” Martin rehtfully and then smiled ”One could trust you all the tiave you a lead, but there's no use in our trying who could be nicest, because I'd certainly beat you I expect you don't often try and it's a girl's business”
In the ht he knew Carrie's worth, but soh Martin's hunized its note of sincerity On the whole, he liked Martin, but he would sooner Carrie did not play up to the fellow By and by Martin turned to him
”When I was last at Vancouver a man called Mordaunt asked some questions about you”
”Mordaunt?” said Jiraph shack”