“We ought to try to catch him before he has a chance of branching off.”
“That’s what I am thinking. The trouble is my horse is a pretty fast stepper, although he is rather tired just now.”
On and on they went through the darkness.
Presently Hicks drew up rather suddenly, and pointed to one side of the road.
“There is a cow-path in here,” he said. “He might have gone this way.”
“And he did,” said Bob.
“How do you know?”
“There is your horse and carriage standing in the bushes.”
CHAPTER XX
BOB IN THE WOODS
The young photographer was right. There, scarcely ten yards away, were the horse and the wagon.