CHAPTER XX

IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ALASKA

"Sam, I think we are in for a heavy snow to-day."

"I think so myself, Dick. How much further do we go?"

"About two miles," came from Jack Wumble. "I reckon I got a bit off the trail yesterday, but I know I am right now, boys."

"But where is Tom?" came from Sam.

"He must be right ahead of us--if what we have been told is true," answered his brother.

The conversation recorded above took place just ten days after Dick and Sam arrived in Dawson City. During that time the Rover boys and Jack Wumble had spent two days in buying the necessary outfit, to follow Tom and his strange companion to the wild region in Alaska known as Lion Head. The start had been made, and now the three found themselves on a narrow mountain trail in a country that looked to be utterly uninhabited.

For three days they had been close behind Tom and Ike Furner, this being proven by the remains of campfires and other indications. Once they had met some prospectors returning to the Klondyke and these men had told of passing the pair ahead, and that Furner had said they were bound for a spot not many miles from Lion Head called Twin Rocks.

"I never heard o' Twin Rocks before," said Jack Wumble. "But if it is nigh Lion Head we ought to be able to locate it."

"Provided we don't get snowed in before we reach it," returned Sam.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Do they think it will snow today?
2. where are they?
3. which town?
4. how long did they spend getting their equipment?
5. who were they following?
6. how did they know they were on the right track?
7. where were they going?
8. did they ,meet anyone on the trail?
9. who?
10. where were they going?
11. had they seen Tom and Ike?
12. Where is Twin Rocks?
13. what had happened to Jack the day before?
14. how much further do they plan on traveling today?
15. What might keep them from finding Twin Rocks?
16. who is traveling with Jack Wumble?
17. what is their last name?
18. were there any towns near them on the trail?
1. Yes
2. Alaska
3. Dawson City
4. Two days
5. Tom and Ike Furner
6. Because of remains of campfires and other indications
7. Twin Rocks
8. Yes
9. Prospectors
10. The Klondyke
11. Yes
12. Not many miles from Lion Head
13. He got a bit off the trail
14. About two miles
15. Getting snowed in
16. Dick and Sam
17. Rover
18. No