-~ To CARIBOO AND BACK }-

and climbed a slanting road which brought them
directly in front of a long low structure that
had a red and white painted sign outside
announcing:

“Hunkydory’s Eating Place—Come in.”

Jacques had already left them to look for
friends and so had two others who had trav-
elled on the raft—a farmer’s boy. and a bank
clerk. But there were seven who stood at the
door of the “Hunkydory,” and four of them
were Mary, Betty, Bully Jim and Arthur.

“What’s the price of dinner?” demanded the
spokesman who was a_ storekeeper from
Niagara.

“Two dollars and a half a head,” was the
staggering reply. ‘And the same for breakfast
and supper!’ The hotel man was very short
and very stout, with a moonshaped face. He
spoke in a squeaky voice and looked at them
with mild disfavor.

“Why man, we haven’t that money. We're
broke. And I’d have you know we’ve come
all the way from Ontario to your diggings, so
you'll not let us starve on your doorstep!”

“As for that,” said the proprietor in his
high drawl, “as good men as you have starved

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