It must have been about midnight when Nestor was awakened by hearing voices in the room next to his. At first he paid no attention to them, for he was sleepy. But he sat up suddenly when he heard some one say:
“They’re on the trail of a rich gold mine. I know, for I heard the old man talking about it.”
“Are you sure, Bill?” asked a second voice, which Nestor recognized as Noddy’s.
“Sure as I am that my name is Berry,” was the reply.
“Then, count me in on the game,” said a third man, whom the miner had no difficulty in knowing was Pud Stoneham. “I’ve got money. We’ll go in this together and win out. I owe that miner something for insulting me, an’ I’ll pay him back, too!”
[CHAPTER XIV.]
NODDY STEALS A MARCH.
Nestor sat up in bed, listening with all his might. But though he could hear a murmur of voices in the next room, and though he was certain Noddy and his companions were plotting against him and his friends, the miner could hear nothing more definite.