“Thar’s nobody hereabouts, pard. What will ye do?”
Frank answered in the same manner:
“Let us try that path down which the greaser came this afternoon.”
“Where is it?”
Then Frank remembered that the trapper had not been present at the time.
“All right,” he returned, “I’ll show you the way.”
“Lead on!”
Frank now skillfully led the way across the pass.
So silently and effectively did he do it, in the intense gloom that it was clearly demonstrated to Beaver Bill that the young inventor knew his business well.
The trapper from that moment reposed full confidence in his companion.