"I'm sorry he's gone," said John, who suspected nothing. "He was a right fine lad, and he managed Bucephalus beautiful."
Jasper said nothing, but wondered whether Gilbert had suffered violence at his father's hands.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
HUGH BETRAYS HIS PRINCIPAL.
"Follow me!" said Hugh Trimble to Gilbert.
"Where are you going to lead me?"
"Never you mind. Come along."
Gilbert saw that resistance would be useless, and he obeyed. His companion plunged into the woods, looking back occasionally to see that he was following. He kept on for about half a mile as near as Gilbert could judge, when they came to a small clearing, in the midst of which was a dilapidated log hut. It was no longer occupied, but had been deserted by the former occupant, who had gone across the Mississippi to regions yet unexplored years before.
"Go in there," said Hugh.
Gilbert entered.