But to their alarm, when they peered about them, after recognizing the place, they failed to see Herbert.
“Something must have alarmed him,” said Strubell; “but I hope it was nothing serious.”
“We’ll soon know,” said Lattin, who moved hastily back to where the horses had been placed. He was away but a moment when he came back.
“The ponies are all there but his; he’s gone.”
CHAPTER XXX.
A FIGURE IN THE DARKNESS.
FOR the first time since joining the Texans in the pursuit of Bell Rickard and his captive, Herbert Watrous found himself entirely alone. He was lying on his face in the grass, at the top of the elevation, peering out in the night, and watching and listening for signs of friends and enemies.