"Must have, but I don't remember that we went very deep."
"Let me have a try," suggested Ted. "I'll soon turn 'em out."
He took the pick from Will and began to dig. He went quite deeply into the ground, and turned it up for some distance in a circle. But there were no nuggets.
"They're—they're gone!" gasped Will at length.
"Somebody's taken them! Morton and his gang!" came from Jed. "He saw where we hid them!"
"He couldn't," insisted Will.
"Are you sure this is the place?" asked Gabe anxiously. "Take a good look, boys."
Much depended on the two young gold-hunters. The men gazed at them anxiously.
"I'm sure that's the rock," said Will. "Aren't you, Jed?"
"It certainly looks like it."