"Thanks, thanks, good sir," cried Dick. "Had we
not best turn back and follow them at once?"
"Nay, friend, not quite so fast," replied Cameron,
pointing to his people. "These must be provided for
first, but I shall be ready before the sun goes down.
And now, as I presume you don't bivouac in the snow,
will you kindly conduct us to your encampment, if it be
not far hence?"
Although burning with impatience to fly to the rescue
of his friends, Dick felt constrained to comply with so