"Oh, that's it, then," answered McGraw in a relieved tone. "Let's go to the station and find out what time we can get a train."
And no more thought was given to Dan and Sam until the boatswain's mate found them missing at rollcall back in Cairo that evening.
"Did they come back with you?" the mate questioned.
"No, sir," replied Spunk McGraw. "I think they were going back to the place where we change cars by way of the camels."
"They may have been held up on that camel ride, sir," spoke up one of the men, "but they may be on the train following. You can't keep Davis and Hickey in one place against their will for very long."
A ripple of laughter ran along the line at this, but when the next train came wheezing in with no Battleship Boys, the mate looked grave.
"It is my opinion that those men are lost in the Pyramid," he announced with solemn emphasis. "I want ten men to go back with me to find them. The rest of you will leave for Suez under McGraw's command on the midnight train."
Within half an hour he had procured an automobile and two Pyramid guides, and with his detail of jackies had departed for the Pyramids.
Back in the Pyramid the Battleship Boys were still lost and in utter darkness.
"What's the matter with our following the passageway back to the King's Chamber?" asked Sam Hickey.