human
Have you seen a small motor boat run by two men around here lately?
gpt
What sort of men?
human
Roughly dressed.
gpt
That isn't much of a description, was the retort.
human
A lot of the fishermen dress roughly, but they're all right. But we do have some fellows up here who aren't what I'd call first-class.
gpt
What do you mean?
human
Well, I mean there's a bunch camping on one of the islands here. Somebody said they were returned miners from the Klondike, but I don't know that I believe that.
gpt
Why, those may be the very men we mean! cried the lawyer.
human
One of them claims, or is said to have been, in the Alaskan gold regions. In fact this young man's father is, or was, a Klondike miner, went on Mr. Howbridge, indicating Neale.
gpt
Maybe these men could tell us something about him. Did you ever hear any of them mention a Mr. O'Neil?
human
Can't say I did, he answered.
gpt
I don't have much to do with those men. They're too rough for me. They may be the ones you mean, and they may not.
human
But we'll pay a visit to that island, decided the lawyer, when its location had been established.
gpt
We may get some news of your father in that way.
human
I hope so,