This done he skirted around to the opposite side, and entered in a manner which would have done credit to an Indian.
"Now you've got a chance to tie up your leg as it ought to be," he said. "Shall I take that handkerchief off?"
"I don't think it will pay to disturb it, my boy. The flow of blood has been stopped, and might start again if the compress was removed. Besides there is no water with which to wash it."
"How long are you counting on staying around here?"
"Until you can get to the town, and send some one back to help me in. I couldn't crawl that far in a month."
"Then the sooner I go the better," and Jet rose to his feet, despite the fatigue which almost overpowered him.
"Wait a while. In the first place, you need rest, and secondly, those men will soon come back to find you, after which a hunt is certain to be made for both of us. Hold on until we see what they are going to do, in order to the better decide upon our own course of action."
Jet was not sorry to sit down again, although, in view of the desperate situation, he knew he could afford to halt but a short time.
"Do you think you can make another round trip to-day?" Harvey asked after a short pause.
"It has got to be done, so there's no use in thinking anything about it. What troubles me is how you are going to get along without food or water while I am gone."