“The more I think about it the more I’m convinced that he’s the boss. It don’t seem reasonable that a man such as you described would be mixed up in this sort of thing in any role except the leading part. Can you imagine an American taking orders from a couple of breeds?”
“Does sound kinder fishy but I’ve known some white men to get pretty low and so have you.”
“That’s true too, but just the same I’ve got a hunch.”
“Well, here’s hoping that we’ll find out some time.”
It took a long time before they could find the next stone which marked the boundary line and when they camped for the night Bob reckoned that they had not made more than five or six miles from where they had eaten dinner. Not a trace of a clue had they discovered and both were a trifle discouraged as they ate their supper.
“Think there’s any need of keeping watch to-night?” Jack asked after he had finished washing the dishes.
“What do you think about it?”
“Unless someone’s been following us I don’t believe there’s any need, and if those fellows are on our trail I don’t think they would have waited this long to nab us.”
“Well, let’s see if we can find a good thick place where no one will be likely to step on us and we’ll take a chance.”
They were not long in finding a place in a thick clump of bushes where one could pass within a foot or two of them and never suspect their presence, and by eight o’clock they were rolled side by side in their blankets.