When they had come within fifty yards of the place where the boys were standing, Fred excitedly seized George by his arm and said, "Do you see who those two men are?"
"Who are they?" asked George.
"They are the same two white men that came into our camp over on the canyon."
"Is that so, Zeke?" demanded George in surprise as he turned to the guide.
"Yes," answered Zeke sharply. "Now see if you can keep from talking too much."
In a brief time the two white men advanced to the camp. From their actions it was apparent that they had not been aware of the presence of the young prospectors. Their surprise consequently was as great as that of the Go Ahead Boys.
When they entered the camp the long, livid scar on the cheek of the smaller man convinced the boys that their visitors were indeed the same men who previously had come to their camp and to whose actions they had attributed the loss of the diary of Simon Moultrie, as well as the strange disappearance of the second boat.
The visitors were the first to speak as the taller man said, "What are you folks doing here?"
"Just now we're doing nothin'," replied Zeke brusquely. "Can't you see?"
"That's about the same job we've got," laughed the man with the scar.