So eager were all the members of the party that in spite of their recent
exertions and the loads they were carrying they all began to run. In a
brief time they arrived at the destination they were seeking and as they
swung their packs from their shoulders Grant hastily drew again from his
pocket the map which he had made in his attempt to recall the one which
Simon Moultrie had drawn in the diary that the Go Ahead Boys had found.
CHAPTER XXIII
ON THE RIM
The little assembly crowded closely about Grant and looked with eager
interest at the drawings he had made.
"What does it mean?" inquired Fred, "when it says you have to go a
half-mile northeast?"
"I'm not sure that it says that," replied Grant. "There's simply a mark
here, 1/2 m. N.E."
"Well, any lubber knows that that means a half-mile northeast."
"Not being a 'lubber,'" retorted Grant, "of course I'm not sure. I'm not
very much impressed by a 'lubber's' knowledge anyway."
The Go Ahead Boys laughed at the retort, but their interest in their
immediate problem was too keen to permit other matters to enter their
thoughts.
"Now how do we know that those letters don't refer to the stake itself?"
asked George.
Pages:
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194