"You went by her, didn't you?"
Tad colored.
"I guess so. But it was different in my case."
"Ah, that's it. It's different with them, too. If it wasn't, we would have found them long before this."
"Then you are going to give it up? Is that what you mean?"
"Don't see as there is anything else we can do. If we don't come across them this afternoon, we won't at all. See, there's the Ruby Mountain already."
"The Ruby Mountain! I've heard of that. What a peculiar formation it is. Almost blood red in spots. What is it—isn't there some superstition about the rock?"
"Well, you might call it that. There are those who declare they have seen strange lights appear on the face of the rock after dark."
"Have you?" queried Tad.
"Well, that's another story," laughed the leader.