Hunting for Hidden Gold (2010)
Hunting for Hidden Gold
“Except for the panting of their horses, not a sound broke the wintry silence of the canyon.
“Could Big Al have rigged some kind of ambush?” Joe asked in a low, worried voice.
“I don’t see how,” Frank murmured, scanning the terrain. “There’s no place for him and his horse to hide.”
The cliff walls on either side were bare and precipitous. With the moon almost directly overhead, the snow-covered floor of the canyon was revealed with brilliant clarity. The narrow riverbanks were barren of brush. A...side from a few scattered rocks —none big enough to afford cover—nothing intervened between the boys and the frozen waterfall.
“Well, he must be here somewhere,” Joe said edgily. “His tracks will give us the answer.”
Frank agreed. The boys dismounted and moved forward cautiously, leading their horses. Moonlight wrapped the scene in eerie loneliness. The boys kept their eyes and ears alert. Gradually they became aware of another sound—the muted roar of falling water, still flowing behind the glacier-like formation.MoreLess
“Could Big Al have rigged some kind of ambush?” Joe asked in a low, worried voice.
“I don’t see how,” Frank murmured, scanning the terrain. “There’s no place for him and his horse to hide.”
The cliff walls on either side were bare and precipitous. With the moon almost directly overhead, the snow-covered floor of the canyon was revealed with brilliant clarity. The narrow riverbanks were barren of brush. A...side from a few scattered rocks —none big enough to afford cover—nothing intervened between the boys and the frozen waterfall.
“Well, he must be here somewhere,” Joe said edgily. “His tracks will give us the answer.”
Frank agreed. The boys dismounted and moved forward cautiously, leading their horses. Moonlight wrapped the scene in eerie loneliness. The boys kept their eyes and ears alert. Gradually they became aware of another sound—the muted roar of falling water, still flowing behind the glacier-like formation.MoreLess
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