“Jist as easy as rollin’ off a log,” said Bob.
“What is?” questioned Murdock.
“The reason why they didn’t find him.”
“Is there a reason?”
“Of course,” replied Bob, confidently. “Didn’t you tumble him over just before nightfall?”
“Yes.”
“Well, do you s’pose the wolves would let him lay there all night? No, sir.”
“The wolves, possibly, may have made away with the body, but yet the bones would remain,” Murdock said, thoughtfully.
“Why, no,” said Bob, “the wolves would naturally drag the body off into the woods and the bones would be left thar!”
Murdock breathed easier after this possible solution of the mystery. He had had a dreadful suspicion that he might see again in the flesh the man whose life he had tried to take.