Fifteen minutes later the man who had been introduced to the boys as Moultrie abruptly halted and said, "It is right here."
"What is here?" demanded Grant, who was now the spokesman for the Go Ahead Boys.
"Simon Moultrie's claim," said the man simply.
"What!" demanded Grant. "Where is it? I don't see it. What have you to do with it?"
"It's right before you," said the tall man, smiling as he spoke, "and the reason why I am here is because that claim belongs to me. I am James Moultrie, Simon's younger brother. After he found this place and filed his claim he wrote me what he had done and said that he had made his will, leaving the whole thing to me."
"And who is this man?" demanded Grant, turning to Moultrie's companion.
"His name is Pratt. Didn't Zeke introduce him?"
"Yes," answered Grant. "I know who he is but what is he?"
"He's a prospector who has been working around here not far from my brother more or less for five years. My brother was almost insane and Pratt knew it. He tried to keep a little watch over him, but Sime wouldn't have him around. He was about here, however, when my brother died and he helped me locate the claim."
"Were you the man who took our diary?" spoke up John.