CHAPTER XXVIII.
INDIAN CASUISTRY.
"I should like to know when the horse got away," said Scott, as he and Tom rode on side by side; "then we could calculate how far we should have to go before overtaking him."
"He wouldn't be likely to travel all the time, would he?" asked Tom.
"Probably not. He may have gone only a mile or two. Are your eyes good?"
"Pretty good."
"Look about, then, and see if you can anywhere see anything of the rover."
Scott and Tom, drawing rein, looked searchingly in all directions; but nowhere was the lost animal visible.
"Somebody may have found him," suggested Tom.
"That may be. If so, we have a harder job before us."