Elmer and Bob had waited and watched for ten days, using their
stores sparingly and ready always for the return of Ned and Alan.
Two days they had seen the Cibola a speck in the sky far to the
west, and had watched it from the little waterfall on the edge of
the plateau. Then it disappeared and they never saw it again. This
was three days after the boys departed from Camp Eagle.
Husbanding their provisions as well as they could, they at last
decided to start on their return to the outside world.
This was two days before. The tent and the heavier articles were
hidden in a cache. Their food had been reduced to a meager
quantity. They had two pounds of bacon, six pounds of flour, two
ounces of tea and a little over a pound of beans. In addition they
had a half dozen bouillon tablets, a little salt, pepper and sugar,
and a complete and unopened medicine packet in which were quinine,
adhesive plaster, cotton, bandages, morphine, and other needed and
compact drugs. With this light pack each boy had a rifle and a
revolver, a few cooking utensils and a blanket.
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