"We can leave some o' you here and the rest o' us
can strike out across the country for more supplies. It won't be so hard
comin' back as it will be goin'. We'll get some burros to carry the stuff
back for us and then they can go back with the drivers."
"If we don't do that what else can we do?" inquired Grant.
"Some of us can go down the river in the boat and then strike out for
Thorn's Gulch while the others are coming overland."
"It will take two days to do that," said Fred ruefully.
"And the other will take four and maybe five," retorted Zeke.
A marked difference of opinion appeared in the company, but at last it was
decided that Pete and John should go for additional supplies while all the
other members of the party were to remain where they then were.
Sharp directions were given by the departing Pete that no one should leave
the camp during his absence.
The Go Ahead Boys promised faithfully to follow his suggestion and within
an hour Pete, who was nearly as tall as John, and his companion had
disappeared from sight.
A renewed search for evidences of the men who had taken the boats was
made, and Zeke and Fred even went down the stream a mile vainly hoping
that they might find the boat stranded somewhere in the region.
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