"I think you have told us about how he
was hiding in a cave and how he watched a spider that kept on trying to
swing himself across a corner. I believe that he failed a good many times
but finally succeeded."
"Good for you, String," laughed Grant. "I wasn't quite sure that you got
the point."
"I get the point, all right," retorted John, "when you're able to make it
plain. All the same," he added, "what are we going to do next?"
"I'm not so sure," said Grant slowly. "Probably we'll have to stay here a
few weeks and keep on trying to find the right spot."
"What are you talking about?" demanded Fred blankly. "I wouldn't stay here
a few weeks for all the money there is in every mine in Arizona!"
"This is the time and this is the place when the majority have got to
rule," said Grant quietly.
"If the majority want to stay here and look a little longer for Simon
Moultrie's claim then I guess the others will have to stay too. There's
going to be no journeying across the desert or back up the gulch and the
canyon by any party of one or two. We've had enough Go Ahead Boys get
lost."
"Don't be so proud," retorted Fred.
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