And up to this moment, nobody had said a word, and no sound of the capture had reached the ears of the men in the ravine.
CHAPTER VI.
PATSY IS FORCED TO SLEEP.
When they had him bound to their satisfaction, Patsy’s captors laid him on his back and looked him over.
He saw, too late, how it had happened.
Close to the rock was a thick bunch of bushes.
His judgment had been perfect, for it had taken him to the exact spot where there was an easy way down to the gulch.
It was the way these men always took to get there.
But, unluckily for the detective, they had posted sentinels at that spot.