"It is a young and beautiful girl, and why is she here with those strange men? Who is she, and what is this mystery? I must solve it."
He noted that the single fire was just around a bend of the cañon, and that the men were camped below her.
"This looks as though she was a prisoner. But how did they find this spot, and how dare they venture down that dangerous trail?
"Well, Andrew Seldon the real did it, I did it, Lucas Langley also, and Buffalo Bill and the comrade with him were two more to make the venture, so why not these men?
"But why are they masked, and what does it mean that they have that young girl in their midst? Beyond doubt she is a captive, and yet I dare not communicate with her. It would betray my presence and I would lose all, perhaps my life.
"They do not know of my presence here in the Grand Cañon, and they will hardly find our camp, at least as long as they find gold where they are. Well, I will return to my home and tell Langley of my strange discovery."
After so musing, and gazing the while at the girl, Andrew Seldon was about to leave his position, when he saw a horseman ride into the lower camp. The horse seemed to have been hard ridden, for he came in with lowered head, and that the newcomer was in authority there was shown by the men rising as he approached the fire, while one of them took care of his horse.
"I will see what this arrival means," muttered Andrew Seldon, and he kept his position among the rocks.