"Oh! that's a way we have."
CHAPTER II.
A RECOGNITION—THE WOODSMAN'S DISCLOSURES—A CHANCE AFTER ALL—THE BIVOUAC—DESMOND'S DISCOVERY—SAVAGES GALORE.
The coffee was soon prepared and Brooks produced some dried meat and a few crackers, and the three men, so strangely met, sat down to enjoy their meal. The woodsman was offered the first cup of coffee, and as he drank it down, all hot and steaming, he smacked his lips and exclaimed:
"Well, that was good; that cup of coffee makes us friends. I may do you a good turn."
"Good enough; we are ready for a good turn. We've had rather hard luck so far."
"So you are after a mine, eh?"
"Yes."
"You are regular prospectors?"
"Yes."