"He is a valued friend of mine, and I am anxious to hear all that you can tell me of him. You don't know where he is now?"
"No, miss."
"When did you see him?"
"Nigh on to a year ago."
"That is a long time. You have heard nothing of him since?"
"No, miss. I should say yes," he added, with sudden recollection. "One of our boys saw him some months later, and reported that he was well and prosperin'. I disremember where he was, but somewhere at the mines."
"That is something. Do you think you could find him?"
"I could try, miss,"
"I am going to send out Ben, but he is only a boy. I should like to have you go with him. You know the country, and he does not. Besides, you have seen Mr. Dewey."
"Yes, I should know him ag'in if I met him."