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A CHANCE ENCOUNTER.
The black boys went in with them to Pike's store to take back supplies on the pack-horse.

They travelled over the same country that they had seen coming up; the men at the stations greeted them with the same hospitality.

Nothing was said about Considine's good fortune.

It was thought wise to be silent, as he didn't know how soon his wife might hear of it.
They left the gins at the blacks' camp, which they chanced on by a riverside.