But there was no reply. Our hero had vanished as mysteriously as though he had been swallowed by an unseen goblin.
[CHAPTER XVII.]
WHAT BEFELL DOC CLANCY.
It will now be the proper thing for us to follow Doc Clancy and see how the villain fared after his escape from our friends.
The bullet from the rifle of Lank Edwards had not touched him, but, seeing his companion fall, he concluded to do likewise, for fear he might be fired upon again.
When he sprang upon his horse again and dashed away, he did not turn his head to see whether his friend had been killed or not, but galloped away from the spot with all the speed his horse could command.
What the dead man had told our friends about the herd of horses with his dying breath was true.
The two scoundrels had followed the roadway to the massive iron gate, and here discovered the queerly mounted animals waiting to get inside the wall.
They thought it best to leave, and when the herd followed them, Doc Clancy was in high glee.