“You hired Jake Coville, didn’t you?”
“What do you say, folks?” questioned Lieutenant Wingate, ignoring Badger’s remark, and turning to the Overlanders.
“I think we will leave the decision to you and Tom,” answered Grace, glancing at her companions who nodded their assent.
“What do you say, Tom?”
“I agree, Hippy.”
“We will take you, Badger—take you on a week’s trial, if that suits you,” announced Hippy.
“I reckon it’ll have to. Where you goin’?”
“You are the guide. That is for you to suggest,” spoke up Captain Gray.
“The usual, I suppose,” nodded Badger.
“No. Not the usual,” interjected Grace. “We wish to see what the ordinary tourist doesn’t see.”