"There were two men camping down there a bit, but they left yesterday."
"When did they come?"
"Three or four days ago."
"Do you know where they went?"
Jet fervently wished he did; but he simply answered "no."
The visitor appeared deeply interested in these men; but his host showed such a disinclination to talk that he finally relapsed into silence.
Jet soon fell asleep, and was so tired that he did not awaken again until an hour or more after sunrise.
To his delight the stranger was no longer, there.
He glanced around leisurely, and to his surprise found that more than the man had disappeared.
The boat, his gun, the store of provisions, and even the pot and frying-pan had taken their departure.