The Wolf Demon had marked his victim!
CHAPTER XX.
VIRGINIA’S GUIDE.
Fruitless was the eager search of Murdock and Bob after traces of the lost girl.
Giving it up at last as hopeless, the two returned to Point Pleasant.
Alarmed at the long absence of his daughter and the young stranger, the old General, with several of the best woodmen of the station, had earnestly searched for her.
The party had penetrated into the ravine where Virginia had been captured and the young man wounded.
The keen eyes of the woodmen quickly detected the marks of blood upon the rocks where the stranger had fallen; then they discovered the footprints of the attacking party. These they followed till they led into the broad trail by the river. There the scouts halted, baffled.
“It’s no use, General,” said Jake Jackson, who led the scouts, shaking his head sagely. “The trail ends hyer. Thar’s too many gone along this path for us to pick out our men.”
“What is your opinion of the affair?” asked Treveling, anxiously.