"Which way did my hoss go?"
Harriet did not know. Her head had been in such a whirl at the time she had parted company with the animal, that she had lost all sense of direction. Miss Elting said the animal had started back toward Jamesburg.
"Then I must git back to the burg and find him," declared Jasper.
"He ithn't going to leave uth here in the woodth, ith he?" wailed Grace.
"Don't worry," replied the guardian. "Jasper, how far are we from town?"
"Nigh onto fifteen mile."
"Then we should be about five miles from the camp?"
He nodded.
"What do you propose to do with us in the meantime?" demanded Miss Elting.
"You kin wait here till I git another hoss and come back."