"But do you know where they were going? He wrote father that they would be gone only a month."
"An' he told me the same thing an' here he's been gone, let me see, it must be most three months. He told me thot they were goin' up the Yukon as fer as whar the Koynkuk empties inter it an' thin they were goin' ter follow thot river up a piece, but he didn't say jest how fer."
"How far is the Koynkuk from here?" Bob asked,
"Matter uv 250 or 300 miles more or less."
"And he only expected to take a month for the trip. It seems to me that that wouldn't leave them much time to prospect after they got up there."
"Jest whot I told him, but he said Long said they could do ut in thot time an' he sure did trust thot man worse luck."
"What's the score against Long?" Captain Blake asked.
"I dunno thar's anything agin him thot yer could lay yer finger on, but he's kinder slippery loike an eel an' I niver did cotton ter him. He may be all right, but I'm bettin' he ain't."
"Did they take a good store of supplies with them?" Jack asked.
"'Bout enough fer a month I should say."