"How did you fellows get here ?" "By following the signs in the stones," Frank replied.
Then Jimmie turned to Peter, also panting from his climb.
"Where's the drum you went after," he demanded, tauntingly.
"I got lost on the way down," Peter explained.

"I didn't think I'd ever see or hear a drum again.

Then I came upon Frank.

He was lost, too.

I was on my way down to the camp, and he was on his way up to the camp, and we met half a mile to the south of the camp, both trudging along like fools." The situation was explained in a few words.