"What's the meaning of all this?" demanded Fred again. "I don't see what that fellow is doing back here and I don't understand why Zeke appears to be so friendly with him. You don't suppose," he added cautiously, "that the guide has decided to go in with the other fellows, do you?"
"Don't you remember what Zeke told you a good many times?" spoke up Grant sharply. "He said that children should be seen and not heard."
Fred's face was expressive of his anger, but he wisely did not respond to the suggestion of his friend.
It was not long before Zeke and the two newcomers entered the camp where breakfast was hastily prepared for the Indian and his companion.
"Zeke," spoke up John, "we don't understand what's going on. What does all this mean?"
"What does all what mean?" retorted Zeke blankly.
"You know just as well as I do. What is this man doing here in our camp again?"
"You'll have to ask him."
"Well, I don't want to ask him. I don't want anything to do with him. He stole Simon Moultrie's diary, he smashed one of our boats, he took one of our packs and no one knows how much more damage he has done. I don't think he ought to be here."
"You might tell him so," suggested Zeke, smiling slightly as he spoke.