“It undoubtedly does,” replied the guide. “Well, there may be something in it for Ike Izard and myself, after all. Now, then, what are we going to do?”
“I don’t leave here till I know what has become of Miss Eglinton,” said Dick, decidedly.
“Let me see,” said Dr. Dan. “I know that name. She must be the daughter of Colonel Eglinton, who owns a big gold mine back here in the mountains over toward the Black Hills.”
“No doubt of it, from what I heard that fellow Mudd say,” replied Dick. “But let’s think what we had better do.”
Doctor Dan gave one of his short laughs. “If you want to find her I can tell you how,” he said.
“Tell it, then, for gracious sake!” cried Charley.
“Mount that horse, turn his head toward the canyon and give him free rein. I’ll bet you what you like he’ll take you straight to the place where they halted. If you knew these mustangs of ours as well as I do you would say the same thing.”
“It’s a splendid idea and we’ll try it right now!” cried Dick. “Shall we pack the canoe on behind the saddle?”
“I think we had better. It may hold three but it will never hold four in case we find the girl. I can work my way back to camp through the canyons all right, don’t you be afraid of that.”
Doctor Dan then caught the horse, which Dick mounted, after the canoe had been folded up and placed behind the saddle.