"For the love of heaven, Diana, where did you folks meet?"
"You begin, Enoch," said Diana quietly.
At the use of the Secretary's name, Frank glanced at Diana quickly,
then turned back to Enoch.
"Well, Frank, I was on a speaking trip, and the pressure of things got
so bad that I decided to slip away from everybody and give myself a
trip to the Canyon. That was about a month ago. I outfitted at a
little village on the railroad, and shortly after that I joined some
miners who were going up to the Canyon to placer prospect. We had been
at the Canyon several days when Jonas and Diana and Na-che found us.
Diana stayed a day or so, then Jonas and I went with a Geological
Survey crew for a boating trip down the river. We had sundry
adventures, finally landing at Grant's Ferry, our leader, Milton, with
a broken leg. Here we found Diana and Na-che. Jonas and I left the
others and came on here because I want to go down the trail with you.
That, in brief, is my story."
"Devilish brief!" snorted Frank. "Thank you for nothing! Diana,
suppose you pad the skeleton a little."
"Yes, I will, Dad, if you'll let Enoch go to his room and get into some
dry clothes. I told Na-che to help herself for him from your supply.
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