"We likewise also are looking for a lost diary," broke in Zeke.
"It's a nice place to look for that, too," said the man with the scar.
For a moment the two visitors looked keenly at each other while neither spoke.
"I tell you," said Fred excitedly in a whisper to George, "they are both bad men and I wish we were out of this."
CHAPTER XVII
A DEPARTURE BY NIGHT
"If only John and Pete were here," said Fred in a low voice to his companions as they withdrew to the border of the camp.
"But they aren't here," laughed George, "and there isn't any use in wasting any time crying over their absence."
"That's right," joined in Grant. "We're doing everything we can do to find them, and if we don't find them it won't be our fault."