"
Alan, exhausted with the climb, shook his head.
"Then stand from under," cried Ned.
As he jerked the slip knot cord the boys sprang aside and the long
ladder, wriggling, crashed at their feet.
The only means of reaching the towering elevation had been removed
and the only visible sign of their brief occupancy of the secret
mesa had been destroyed.
CHAPTER XXXI
AN ADVENTURE WITH THE NAVAJOS
Three days later, Ned Napier and Alan Hope, worn and almost
exhausted with the steady climb and descent of countless rocky
heights, made their camp for the night at the foot of a rugged
slope. Their shoes were torn so that a protection of rags was
necessary. The hot and pitiless sun had seemingly dried up their
boyish spirits. Silent with fatigue, having plodded steadily
forward since sunrise, they threw themselves on the sand.
The young adventurers were headed straight for the east. And still
the last range of mountains was beyond them. Led by the compass,
they held to their course, sometimes passing miles out of their path
to avoid some inaccessible mesa, but more often scaling ragged and
tiresome heights.
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