He'll be forever spying on us, and if we
find that treasure he'll try to get it away, mark my words."
"The only thing we can do is to watch him, and not let him have any gun
or pistol," said Dick. "He won't dare to leave us, unarmed, especially
if we tell him of all the wild animals that are around."
The subject was discussed for fully an hour, but no satisfactory
conclusion was reached, and presently one after another dropped off to
sleep; the guide being the last to lie down, after fixing the camp-fire
for the night, so that a share of the warmth might drift into the
shelter.
On the following day the sun came up bright and clear. It was still
bitterly cold, and they were loath to leave the vicinity of the
camp-fire. But John Barrow urged that they make good use of the clear
weather, and so they started up the river as soon as they had disposed
of their breakfast of fish and birds.
"To be sure I'll go along, if I can walk," was what Jasper Grinder said
on being questioned, "I wouldn't remain behind alone for a fortune, and
I am sure I can't find the Baxter party now.
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