"After we fill up," Frank said, busy with a whole pie, "we'll
get our flashlights and see what's in those other rooms. Say,"
he added, turning to Nestor "what's the matter of bringing Fremont
here---when we get him?"
"I'll bet these rooms are ten thousand years old," said Peter.
After the repast was over Nestor drew Frank aside, while the
others were searching their outfits for the electric torches,
and asked:
"You remember what I said about there being three men in the
Cameron suite the night of the tragedy?"
"Of course," was the reply. "Got something new on the subject?
I guess you have that matter on your mind day and night."
"I have," was the reply. "I'm always thinking about it. Well,
I now believe that there were four men there, but I can't think
what the fourth man wanted."
CHAPTER XVIII.
FREMONT AND THE RENEGADE.
While the boys were discussing the situation in the outer
chamber of what appeared to be a subterranean, prehistoric
temple, or at least an ancient habitation or place of
shelter, George Fremont was moving down the slope of the
mountain at a slow pace, the outlaws showing signs of
exhaustion.
The big Englishman, known as "Big Bob" by the messenger
who had identified the boy for him, had ordered the
boy's bonds removed, and so he was scrambling along
in comparative comfort, the way being quite free of
dangerous cliffs and fissures.
Occasionally Big Bob approached him with some question
connected with the night of the tragedy, but at first
Fremont refused to talk on the subject, well knowing
that the big fellow would only criticize what he said.
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