Then he made a little gesture as one who abandons a struggle.
"I guess that takes me.

What do you want ?" he said.
"Nothing very much in the meanwhile.

They'll start you rock-drilling at the Tyee, but it's quite likely I'll send you up into the ranges prospecting by and by.

Still, I don't want any of the folks down here to know you're with me, and you'll start out by the railroad trail to-morrow, and wait at the lake until I come up with you.

There's somebody coming now!" Damer moved abruptly, for there was a step on the stairway, and as he reached the verandah a man brushed past him.