“I shan’t mind it. I’ve slept out at the mines many a night.”
“But won’t you find it more comfortable here?”
“Yes; but I don’t want to intrude. You’ve given me a good supper and that is all I can expect.”
“He doesn’t seem much like Hogan,” thought Joe.
“You are welcome to lodge here with me,” he said. “It will cost you nothing and will be more comfortable for you.”
“You don’t know me, Joe,” said the miner. “How do you know but I may get up in the night and rob you?”
“You could, but I don’t think you will,” said Joe. “I am not at all afraid of it. You look like an honest man.”
The miner looked gratified.
“You shan’t repent your confidence, Joe,” he said.
“I’d rather starve than rob a good friend like you. But you mustn’t trust everybody.”