"Neither am I, Tom. But what to do next I really don't know."
CHAPTER XXIV
AT THE SWAMP
"Where are they? Didn't you catch up to them? Who fired those shots?"
It was Sam who shouted the words, as he came up on a run, followed by the aged negro.
"They got away," answered Dick, bitterly. "We were just a minute too late!"
"Can't you go after them?"
"Not on horseback, Sam."