We've got to keep this crowd quiet.

The boys can't be far off." Devine agreed with his last statement.

The moonlight was bright enough for one to travel by, at least in the brulee, and he was sufficiently acquainted with western human nature to feel certain that every man in the settlement would have started when he heard of their discovery, and, what was more to the purpose, would not waste a moment on the journey.

Men going up to a new gold strike do not, as a rule, trouble themselves about want of sleep or weariness.

On the other hand, he did not think they could possibly arrive before morning, which meant that he must keep the jumpers talking for several hours.