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Updated: May 19, 2025
"I know it! I know it!" Weston exclaimed. "It is the highest peak on that ridge between here and the Tasan. The side this way is very steep and rocky, is it not?" "Yes, and the summit is bare. It was there I had a desperate fight with an eagle, killed it, and carried off its eggs, which saved my life. From the high point I caught the first glimpse of the river."
"What was he doing out on the lake?" her father asked. "He got lost in the hills, and nearly died. He drifted down the Tasan River on a raft which he built. He was almost starved to death." "And what was he doing in the hills?" "Prospecting, so he told me. He was with Frontier Samson, and, going after a moose, lost his way." "H'm," Weston grunted. "A trumped-up yarn, no doubt.
A few agreed with Curly that it was strange that the old prospector had not been seen for some time, and that his partner had returned alone. Where was the discovery made? they wanted to know. "Near the Tasan," a man replied. "I've just been to the Recording Office, and found that three double claims have been entered there in the names of Jim Weston, Glen Weston, and Thomas Reynolds.
"Oh, that will be no trouble, as we can easily get it to the Tasan, and from there take it down on The Frontiersman. I have been some distance up the river and know that it can be navigated. We can " Weston never finished his sentence, for the sharp crack of a rifle suddenly split the air, and a bullet, passing through the top of Reynolds' hat, spattered on the rock close to his head.
Sconda at length asked, after they had run out of the sheltered creek into the main body of water. "Up-stream," Glen replied. "Daddy came down the Tasan once on a raft, and he had a hard time getting home. He may be coming that way now, so we may be able to pick him up."
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