They obeyed, and Simpson mounted the hill and stood beside Jack.

“Tho’t yer said yer kedn’t see nuthin’?” remarked the former.

“So I did, and you can’t either.”

“Kin, too.”

“Where?”

“Yonder. See thet black speck movin’ ’long toward the east, a hundred yards ter the right?”

“Yes.”

“That’s an Apashe’s top-knot, an’ he’s skulkin’ along an arroyo.”

“Simpson, you always did have sharp eyes.”

The guide received the compliment quietly, and resumed: