"It's no use; she's gone and that is all there is to it. Poor girl!"
With a sinking heart he set off to return to the spot from whence he had come. He advanced a dozen steps, then halted and stared about him.
Suddenly an awful truth burst upon him. He was lost among the brush!
CHAPTER XIX.
NELLIE MEETS VORLANGE.
What had that awful cry heard by Dick meant?
To learn the particulars, we must go back to the time when Nellie Winthrop started to escape from the cave in the cliff.
The heart of the poor girl almost stopped beating as she saw Pawnee Brown face about, ready to defend both her and himself from any enemy who might appear to help Yellow Elk.
Urged by the great scout, she set off on a hasty run for the mouth of the cave.