"He came from the west," was the reply. "I plumped into him not far from one of the little rivulets which joins Copper river not very far away."
"There!" said Sandy. "Now I guess we've got something tangible".
Chapter XIII
THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAIL
When Will and Sandy entered the cabin with Ed Hannon, Cameron sprang up to meet them. There was a show of excitement in his manner as he exclaimed:
"So you found the lost boy, did you?"
"No," Will replied, "this is not the lost boy, but it is a lost boy!"
"Where did you come from?" asked Cameron hastily, regarding Ed with a pair of bold, black eyes. "How long have you been in this district?"
"I came from Katalla today," answered the boy.