“Yes, there’s gold everywhere. You can go down and pan out gold in the black sands on the beach here. But what’s the use? There is more money to be made in other ways in this country, unless you are lucky enough to strike it rich before you have spent a fortune locating the claim.”
“Where you go?” demanded Anvik.
“North. Northwest from here. We want to get into the wildest of the country and we don’t want to get lost.”
“Me no lose. Mebby me find gold, uh!”
“We are not looking for gold,” replied the Professor.
“We are always looking for gold,” corrected Stacy. “If you know where there is gold you just lead me to it and I’ll be your brother for life.”
“Me show.”
“I take back all I said about this gentleman,” announced Chunky. “If the half that he says is true, he is worth several times the price he asks.”
129“How much does he ask?” inquired Rector.
“I don’t know,” replied the fat boy. “He’s cheap at the price, anyway.”