Warner gazed oddly at Jack as he began to adjust the powerful glass.
“Ranier,” he drawled, “doesn’t have a beard, or white hair either.”
Chapter 15
WARM ASHES
For some minutes, Craig Warner studied the ghost town below the Scout camp.
“I don’t see anyone,” he told Jack. “Sure you saw a man?”
“I’m certain.”
“And he had a white beard?”
“Well, I thought so,” Jack replied. “It’s getting dark, though. I suppose I could have been mistaken.”
“It may have been Walz,” the rancher decided, lowering the field glass.
That night, there was little talk over the camp fire. The Scouts were tired, especially Warwick and Willie, and everyone turned in the minute the work was done.