"_You_ haven't been lost, but it
wasn't any fault of yours. It was simply your good luck."
"I'm not denying that," said Grant. "I am quite sure I should have been
lost if I had been where you were. All I'm saying is that we aren't going
to lose any more."
"Well, what _are_ we going to do?" asked George.
"We've got to decide what we'll do first," said Grant. "What do you
think?" he added, turning to the guide as he spoke.
Zeke had been silent throughout the conversation. It was plain that he was
perplexed and perhaps downcast at the outcome of their first attempt.
However, the expression of his face was unchanged when he said, "I've
decided one thing and that is that you boys are going to stay right here
and watch a little while."
"'Watch'?" repeated Grant. "What do you mean? What are we going to watch?"
"You're going to be on the lookout," was all that Zeke was willing to
explain. "There's going to be some things goin' on around here worth
seein', in my opinion," he added, "but I don't know just what and I'm not
sure just where. I do know though the first thing that's going to be
done."
"What's that?" inquired Grant.
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