human
I reckon you are not the only tired boy in this camp to-night, and Bud spread out his blanket on the ground by the side of Thure's and stretched himself out on it.
gpt
Every bone and muscle in my body has been just a-teasing me for the last two hours to let up and give them a rest. Well, we got here anyhow; and I guess we can now make Sacramento City all right to-morrow night. Say, and he sat up on his blanket with a jerk at the thought that had suddenly come to him,
human
You are right, and Thure sat up quickly.
gpt
But I can't see just how they could know that we have the map. They certainly didn't wait for introductions when we charged down upon them; and I don't believe they followed us home--they were too scart, the cowards! But, as Kit Carson says: 'The time to be cautious is before the Indians get your scalp--not afterwards.' I reckon that means that we've got to keep guard to-night; and I don't believe I ever felt more sleepy, and Thure sighed.
human
But, if Brokennose and Pockface should happen to be on our trail, they couldn't ask for anything better than to get us two here alone and asleep to-night. They sure would have the skin map in the morning, and, probably, our horses and supplies, and, possibly, our lives. Say, but I just would like to meet them two cowards when I am awake!
gpt
Well, I should not be surprised if we had that pleasure before long, and Bud's face hardened.
human
If the old miner told them of the Cave of Gold and the skin map, and he said he did, they sure will be on the lookout for the party with the map; and it wouldn't take much inquiring for them to find out that it was us that brought the dead miner home; and then, I reckon, it won't take them two minutes to guess what started us so sudden-like for the mines. I sure hope they won't find us until we get to our dads and Rex and Dill and Hammer Jones. I'd feel safe enough then. You see, we are guarding not only our lives, but also the Cave of Gold; and the finding of that cave means a lot to all of us.
gpt
It sure does, Thure agreed.
human
Luck has been against both of our dads lately; and, well, we've just got to find that Cave of Gold; and we are going to find it, in spite of all the broken noses and pockmarked faces in the world. But, it won't do to sit here talking all night. We must get all the sleep we can. Who will stand guard first?
gpt
I will, Bud answered, picking up his rifle and rising;
human
All right, and Thure began rolling himself up in his blanket.
gpt
Wake me in about two hours, and I'll stand guard the rest of the night. We want to be on our way as soon as it is light enough to see. Good night,