"That fellow can do a good deal to help me, and since he lives around here, Bob won't recognize me so quick, because he'll be apt to take me for one of the natives."
Jet's guide returned in a very short time.
He brought with him several fishing-lines, an old muzzle-loading gun, some cooking utensils, and a small bundle of provisions.
"Now, you've got to buy a lot of grub, an' then we'll have so much to carry that a team will be needed to haul 'em. I know where we can get a boat."
"I'll stay here while you pick out as much as we'll need; but don't spend more'n ten dollars."
"Ten dollars! Why, half of that'll be enough."
"Go ahead, an' call me when you've found out how much the bill is."
"Why don't you come, too?"
"I didn't know but I might see a friend, an' I want to kinder watch out for a while."
The boy hurried away, and returned half an hour later.