"We found the cabin unoccupied, and took the liberty of using it," Will answered in a conciliatory tone.
"Oh, it's all right!" returned the other. "That's the way I took possession of the place! I found the cabin deserted and just moved in."
"We can vacate if necessary," Will suggested.
"Oh, there's room enough for all of us, I take it!" answered the stranger. "My name is Cameron, and I spend only a day or two here occasionally. I was hoping when I saw your light that you were having a midnight supper. How about something to eat?"
"There's plenty in the cabin!" George replied. "We can give you either fish or bear steak for supper."
"Then I'm glad to find you here!" laughed the other, "for I've been traveling all day and I'm as hungry as a wolf!"
The visitor threw himself into a chair and began a careful survey of the interior, far more searching than the one made from the doorway.
"My name is Cameron, as I said before," he said, "and I'm prospecting for gold."
"Prospecting for gold on a glacier?" asked Will.
"Young man," Cameron replied, "there is plenty of gold in this vicinity. The ice brought it here. I'm being laughed at by my friends," he continued, "because I'm searching for the mother lode. But, all the same, I've every prospect of discovering it!"