“How did you make out?”
“I found the cave where he was staying and had a talk with him.”
“What!” exclaimed the amazed Harvey; “do you tell me that?”
“I suppose it is hardly fair to say I had a talk with him, being that I did all the talking and he hadn’t a word to reply.”
“Why not?”
“Fact is I didn’t lay eyes on him; he kept out of sight.”
Thereupon the elder related his experience after the two had parted company. There was no doubt that he had come upon the temporary dwelling of the missing Bohunkus, but the fellow eluded him.
“We’ll have him yet,” added Dick, “and if I feel then as I do now, I’ll teach him a lesson he won’t forget if he lives a thousand years.”
“Perhaps he deserves it, though I don’t blame him as much as you do.”
“I am speaking for myself, and I’ll drop a hint to you that it won’t be prudent to interfere. I may be in a different mood when I reach him.”