“There are four desperate men whom we know of that we suppose are now among the Narugas with him. Miller will make the fifth.”
“Ah! Then he has started for Gordonia, has he?”
“Without the shadow of a doubt! We have traced his steps to the extent that we are satisfied that he has gone there.
“He had twenty-four hours’ start. If we should send a hundred horsemen out after him and scatter them over a big extent of territory we might perhaps overtake him, but it strikes me that the most sensible thing is to let him go.
“Once he gets started toward Gordonia, as our experience shows, we shall have no further trouble with him.”
“But you say that you’d like to have Mulvey and Miller and the other whites brought to justice?”
“Well, if it could be done without a war it would make things look better. Yes, we should like it.”
“Then,” said Trim, rising, “I’m going to take an excursion to the Narugas and see what I can do.”
CHAPTER II.
HALTED BY SAVAGES.
The chief leaned back in his chair and drew a long breath.