After a time he succeeded in obtaining from his wife an account of the Indian’s application, and the revenge which followed her refusal to supply him with money.
“Oh, I wish I had given him what he asked! I would{179} rather give all I had, than lose my little darling. But I knew you did not want me to give money to strangers,” sobbed Mrs. Taylor.
“You did right, Emma. Whatever the consequences, you did right. But that is not the question now. We must immediately go in search of our lost child. Julius, call Abner.”
Abner was at the barn, having just returned from the fields. He came back with Julius.
“Abner,” said Mr. Taylor, after briefly explaining the case, “we will divide. You go in one direction, and I in another. Have you got a gun?”
“Yes, Mr. Taylor.”
“Take it; you may need it. I have another.”
“Have you got one for me?” asked Julius.
“Do you know how to fire a gun?”
“Yes, sir; Abner showed me last week.”