Accordingly Jack selected the most likely trail.
He then sent the Terror flying off after it, and she sped along until the afternoon set in before they finally sighted the man they were after.
Then they saw that he was Frank James.
CHAPTER X.
FRANK JAMES' ESCAPE.
Frank James was mounted upon his horse Jim Malone, and had paused on the crest of a hill from whence he gazed back at the bottom traversed by the Terror.
He saw the stage, and realized at once that it had followed his particular trail to the exclusion of the rest of the band.
It was clear enough to him that he could not outstrip the Terror in a running race, and would therefore be obliged to retain his liberty by resorting to strategy.
What course he could follow would depend entirely upon circumstances, but he turned over fifty plans in his mind.
Jack was a league from the man when he recognized him, but he had a powerful field glass, which plainly showed him every feature of Frank James' face.