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As the three stood apart they were joined by the undersized Englishman, who touched his hat to them with a show of great respect. "Young gentlemen," he inquired, "h'I suppose, h'of course, you've 'ad a look h'at the anchor h'of Sir Francis Drake's flagship, the time 'e went h'out h'and sank the great Spanish h'Armada?" "Why, no, my friend," replied Dave, looking at the man with interest.
"D'y' see 'im?" he whispered "'E was starin' h'at us from behint them ice-piles. 'E was a Jap. I'll swear it." "Aw, you're seeing Japs to-night," laughed Dave. "Ow is she?" Jarvis asked of a gob whom they met. "Right as they make 'em now. But I'll say it was some job that. The shaft was twisted something awful like a corkscrew.
Far's h'I know, no white man's been there, h'either; leastwise, not in our generation." He studied the charts and made one further observation: "Far's h'I can tell, sir," he smiled, "On-na-tak's h'our only chance. Current sets that way h'at three knots an hour. That means we'll drift there in four or five days. There'll be driftwood on the beach, and, with good luck, we can fix 'er up there.
"Then that 'ud be th' forest by the river. Th' treasure city 'ud be just by the 'arbor h'at th' mouth of th' river, Dave. H'I 'ates t' think 'ow richer we'll be." The old man gripped Dave's hand. As for Dave, he was silent. He was thinking first of the struggle that could not now be far distant. It would be a bitter fight, with odds in favor of the other party.
As the night came on, the two men were forced to move about to keep from freezing. Tip-toeing along, avoiding heavy glass windows, they conversed in low tones. "We've been h'at h'it now goin' h'on twenty-four 'ours," murmured Jarvis. "H'it's two hundred h'an' forty miles, h'an' h'our course u'd be shorter than a reindeer's.
H'and h'if I make bold to say so, h'if you want a mount h'at h'any time, Rawdon shall be h'at your disposal; you did him credit the h'other day with the hounds, h'and I shall never raise h'any h'objection to h'allowing you to ride him! It was certainly a different kind of life to which I returned. The house was full of visitors, and all chance of quiet seemed gone.
Cheap, I think," answered Devonshire. "H'it's a go. We'll 'ave the stuff h'at the h'inn down h'in what's the name of that town?" said the tall one. "Gold City, sir, Gold City!" spoke up the excited host. "Well, Gold City that's the spot. We'll pay the cash there. My banker'll come h'in there to-night h'in the stage."
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