“Only to-night.”
“Stoppin’ on the Queen?”
“Yes; with a big Excursion from Boston.”
“Wall, then, your Excursion won’t get away from Juneau before day after to-morrow evenin’, at the arliest.”
“What do you mean? How’s that?” cried both boys at once.
“Somethin’s given aout in the steamer’s machinery. I heard Cap’n Carroll say an hour ago that he must stop here to fix it, and ’twould take two days at least.”
“Then we could go with you. Will you take us?”
“Why, ef your folks is willin’, and you ain’t afraid of a long tramp, an’ wet feet, and mebbe a b’ar or two—an’ musquiters,” he added in a comical tone, “we could fix it so’s to git away arly to-morrow mornin’, camp one night, and be back before noon Thursday, ef nothin’ happened.”
“But we haven’t any guns”—
“Oh! two rifles is all we’d want in this craowd. Thar’s my piece at home, and I’d borrow one somewhars in Juneau.”