"What heem do up here, eh?"
"He came up here from Nome some months ago on a prospecting trip."
"He no geet back?"
"No."
"What heem look like?"
"It will probably seem strange to you, but the fact is we have never seen him," Bob replied and went on to tell how it had all come about.
"Dat bon story," the man said when he had finished. "You say dat man's name what come wid heem ees Long, eh?"
"That's it. Have you seen them?"
The man slowly shook his head. "Non, me no see them."
A little later he joined the others at cards and the three friends were left alone at the farther side of the room where they could converse in low tones without danger of being overheard.