"Did you ever see Tom's Thumb?"
"If I did I didn't know it by that name," said Zeke. "What do you boys
think we had better look for?"
"I say a rock shaped like a man's thumb," said Fred.
"I don't," spoke up John. "What I would look for would be a place in the
mountains ahead."
"I suggest a formation in the rim of the Gulch," said George.
"What do you say?" demanded Zeke as he turned to Grant.
For some reason the guide manifested greater confidence in the judgment of
Grant than in the opinions of the other boys.
"It seems to me," said Grant slowly, "that I should be on the lookout for
all of them. I'm inclined to think, however, that if you find it, it's
likely to be something in the shape of the ground that makes one think of
a man's thumb."
"Don't none of you boys stir from this tree," ordered Zeke abruptly. "Jeff
and I will go ahead and--"
"For a time you'll be the Go Ahead Boys," laughed Fred.
"I don't care much 'bout what you call us, but if we can get there you'll
hear from us before a great while."
The interest of the Go Ahead Boys was still keen after the departure of
the guide and the Indian.
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