“I see,” said Joe.
“I shall probably go out to the mines and take a general survey of the country; but, as you see, I do not go out to obtain employment.”
“It must be jolly not to have to work,” said Joe, “but to have plenty of money to pay your expenses.”
“Well, I suppose it is convenient. I believe you haven’t a large cash surplus?”
“I have a dollar.”
“You’ve got some pluck to travel so far away from home with such a slender capital, by Jove!”
“I don’t know that it’s pluck. It’s necessity.”
“Something of both, perhaps. Don’t you feel afraid of what may happen?”
“No,” said Joe. “California is a new country, and there must be plenty of work. Now, I am willing to work and I don’t believe I shall starve.”
“That’s the way to feel, Joe. At the worst, you have me to fall back upon. I won’t see you suffer.”