"Far from it," declared the Professor with emphasis. "If he is the man we think from your description, we should like an opportunity to turn him over to a sheriff."
Dunkan grinned broadly.
"I reckon they're on the right side, fellows," he said, nodding to his companions. "What's he been doing to you?"
"Here is the dinner," answered the Professor. "Suppose we discuss that?"
"Right you are, pardner. Say that coffee does smell good."
"Yes, I poured the water on it," Stacy informed them.
"You can stay here and pour water on our coffee all the time, if you want to," answered Sam.
"No, thank you. I am a lion hunter, not a coffee boy."
"You get away with it in pretty good shape even if you're not a coffee boy," averred Dunkan.
"Oh, there's a lot about Stacy Brown that you will learn before you have known him long," spoke up Ned.