You was down ther mine, jist then, so that's the whole o' it up ter date." "Where are they now ?" "In the cabin yonder, sleepin' I reckon." Winston turned hastily toward Brown, his lips quivering, his eyes grown stern.
"Who was it with Mercedes ?" he questioned sharply.

"Did you learn her name ?" "Sh-she told me d-d-down at San Juan," replied Stutter, striving hard to recollect.

"It w-w-was N-N-Nor-vell." With the utterance of the word the young engineer was striding rapidly toward the cabin..