My! but it must be fine to be so strong." After supper Cabot, who generally acted as spokesman, again addressed himself to their guest, saying: "If you don't mind, sir, we'd like to have you know just what sort of a predicament we've got into, and ask your advice as to how we can get out of it." With this preamble Cabot explained the whole situation, and ended by saying: "Now you know just how we are fixed, and if you can guide us to the nearest Mission Station or, if you haven't time to go with us, if you will give us directions how to find it--we shall be under a greater obligation to you than ever." For a minute the stranger looked thoughtful but made no sign.

Then, dipping his finger in a bowl of water, he wrote on the table the single word: "To-morrow." Having thus dismissed the subject for the present, he stretched his huge frame on a transom and almost instantly fell asleep.
Our tired lads were not long in following his example, and, though several times during the alight one or the other of them got up to replenish the fire, they always found their guest quietly sleeping.
But when they both awoke late the following morning and looked for him he had disappeared..