At that moment, however, the Navajo again turned to the young campers and
said, "I'll go to find out where Zeke and the two men went. If I go you
three boys must stay here until I come back."
"But suppose you don't come back?" suggested Fred.
"I shall come," said the Navajo confidently.
"But suppose you don't?" said Fred again.
"If I do not come by to-morrow morning," explained Thomas Jefferson, "then
you will know that something has happened to me and you will go back if
you can find your way."
"Not much!" declared Fred. "If you don't come we shall try to find out
what has happened to you."
"No. No," said Thomas Jefferson abruptly. "But I shall come back."
"You're not going until after breakfast," suggested Grant quickly as the
Indian apparently was about to depart.
"I will get breakfast when I come back," said Thomas Jefferson
laconically.
Without any further conversation he at once departed, closely following
the footprints of the three whom he believed had gone before him.
"Well, what's to be done now?" inquired George after the three Go Ahead
Boys had remained silent while they watched the departing Navajo as long
as he remained within sight.
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