The Go Ahead Boys and Simon's Mine

had left their companions. Their two companions already were there and th

related the story of their gruesome discovery in the sh

e to seek for the lost mine was to be highly commended. Again and again the diary was inspected and the

t the idea that any discovery worth while would follow their attem

e, "whether you found the bo

sturdily, "if we can only find the place he spok

ev'rybody in this part o' th' coun

n't know where Two Crow Tree is nor just where Tom's Thumb i

find 'em, I guess," a

at we're looking for isn't somebody who can fin

t," said Pete. "We'll find the

was on the sloping side of the towering border. A natural pathway lead to the p

ed swiftly down the canyon. The sublime sight of the Grand Canyon was before them, a

iew by the centuries of action of the mighty river were marvelously tinted. Indeed, George declared that the blues, the grays, and reds and mauves were only less impressive than the overw

nd again the boys had marked the shadows formed every morning and evening and they

laces a mile deep and in certain places a score of miles from s

reen and the Grand Rivers. The former rising in Northern Utah, traverses also a

Ten million cascade brooks unite to form a hundred rivers. Beside that, catarac

in its depth than the Himalayas in their height. It is true that the Grand Canyon

rs. Packs were to be seen which had been brought into camp on the backs of the various members of the party. Each pack contained about sixty pounds of food and materials

he Indian boy who had accompanied them as far as the border, turned back to the place from which they had come. It was not be

themselves on the ground near

," suggested Fred, "but I'm wondering now if we w

nded Grant, sitt

im whether he didn't think we would need mor

hat place Simon Moultrie told about. If we don't get some trace of it within a few days I'm not i

the supreme wisdom of Soc. What do you say abo

that I don't know anything

you think?" p

an we have. What does Zeke s

in for them, but the probabilities are that we shall be back long before any such lack come

on the ground where our real search begins I'm of the opinion that we

s he spoke to two men who could be seen coming down the natural approach to the camp. "Where did they come from? Who are t

at once turned and keenly watched the approaching men. Both were walking, although

ers approached the camp and im

e men before," whisp

" inqui

the aisle from us. I'm sure they are the same men for I neve

long livid scar, extending almost entirely across his left cheek, was visible on the face of the younger man. His compa

w both those fellows on the car

lled the man

you," ret

n a gully which we can't very well get across where we are. We saw the smoke of your fire a

nner was quiet and there was nothing to belie the ap

eans convinced that their unbidden visit

certain places still flashed between the mountains and tinged the

on or company. Suspicious though the boys certainly were they did not offer any protest and in response to their invitation to s

e. Not long before this time they had come from Tombstone to search for a mine of whose

up here had struck it rich, but that he died or at least hadn't been heard from since the report started. The Indians say that he was looking for his min

die of?" in

comes out alive, or if he does happen to succeed in that,

ind the place?" inqui

is any such place we

rence to the discovery of a mine which soon had been lost. The statement too that the orig

n of the Go Ahead Boys was the statement of an old prospector who very li