He had his own suspicions of the motive of the march, and they were not agreeable ones.
The men taken into the boat proved to be ignorant, sullen fellows, and so little information of the kind sought was gained from them.
Presently the boat was left behind and the boys, each with a typical Boy Scout camping outfit on his back--the same including provisions--were soon making their way up the slope.
"Jere!" cried Jimmie, throwing himself on the ground after the first steep climb.

"Let's wait for the elevator.

What do you expect to find up here, anyway ?" "We're looking for a place to hide a boy, for a lost mine, and for a Mexican with one leg shorter than the other and a withered right hand," laughed Nestor.

"Move on." "That description listens to me like the Mexican we saw in the restaurant," said Shaw.

"He had a withered right hand.