Moultrie entered the gully.
It was manifest that he was no stranger here and as he swiftly advanced,
his followers found difficulty in keeping up with the pace that he set.
For fifteen minutes not a word was spoken although the excitement
increased with every passing minute. Indeed, it was manifest that the
interest of Zeke and the Navajoes was steadily increasing as they moved
farther into the gulch.
Fifteen minutes later the man who had been introduced to the boys as
Moultrie abruptly halted and said, "It is right here."
"What is here?" demanded Grant, who was now the spokesman for the Go Ahead
Boys.
"Simon Moultrie's claim," said the man simply.
"What!" demanded Grant. "Where is it? I don't see it. What have you to do
with it?"
"It's right before you," said the tall man, smiling as he spoke, "and the
reason why I am here is because that claim belongs to me. I am James
Moultrie, Simon's younger brother. After he found this place and filed his
claim he wrote me what he had done and said that he had made his will,
leaving the whole thing to me."
"And who is this man?" demanded Grant, turning to Moultrie's companion.
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