Then seeing that the boy was really in distress, and not in a joking humor, he added, "But let me help you set things to rights, and then I'll see if I can't show you how to get up some sort of a breakfast.

I'm not a regular cook, as perhaps you may guess; but then, again, I am one, in a way, as all we river-traders have to be." "Are you a river-trader ?" asked Winn.
"Yes; and there are three of us.

But I'll tell you all about it, and you shall tell me your story after we've had breakfast." To Winn, the expeditious manner in which his recent culinary disasters were repaired and a simple but well-cooked breakfast was made ready by this stranger was a source of undisguised admiration.

Even coffee, clear and strong, was made in a tin can.

One edge of the can was bent into the form of a rude spout; then it was filled two-thirds with water, and set on the stove.