"
"And if we don't get back to-night you'd better have your camp fire
anyway," said Ned,
"Ain't you goin' to git back to-night?" ruefully interrupted Elmer,
as he poured the smoking coffee.
"You never know what you are going to do in a balloon," answered Ned.
"If we can we will. If we can't we won't. If we are not back
to-night we may not be here for several days. We've got work ahead
now, and plenty of it."
"We'll be here when you come," replied Bob earnestly, with a smoking
bit of bacon in his fingers, "whenever that is."
"No," replied Ned, "if we are not here in six days you must make
your way out to civilization. You have food enough but you can't
wait longer than that. As for directions, all I can say is that
from this ridge back of us you can see across the half desert valley
to the higher range of mountains. Should you cross the valley
bearing almost due east and be able to get over or through that
second ridge you will be able to see the top of Mount Wilson, thirty
miles further east. From Mount Wilson it is fifteen miles southeast
to the camp Elmer made.
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