"Is that you, Thomas Jefferson?" whispered Fred.
"What you do?" replied the Indian. The Navajo spoke in low tones, but his
excitement was revealed in the trembling of his voice.
"Me? I haven't done anything. What have you been doing?"
"What you see?" inquired the Indian.
Ignoring the question, Fred said, "Who was talking to you?"
"Where? What you see? What you hear?" demanded the Navajo now plainly
aroused by the question of the Go Ahead Boy.
"I have told you," replied Fred. "What were you doing out there with that
fellow below the rim of the canyon?"
Before Thomas Jefferson could reply a thought flashed into Fred's mind
which nearly staggered him. Was it possible that the Navajo had been
meeting the two white men who had made so much trouble? And if he had met
them what had he told them? Was he revealing what every one in the camp
now was expected to keep secret? And why were the two white men still
following the party if they had already discovered the location of Simon
Moultrie's claim?
The questions were so troublesome that Fred decided that it was necessary
for him to consult Zeke at once and tell him about the exciting experience
through which he had just passed.
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