Finding that they could not draw their chief out, the others whispered among themselves for a while, finally lapsing into silence.
Steadily the two fires, that had so startled them, burned.
Once or twice, some of the bandits thought they beheld figures moving about them.
But the fancied forms disappeared so suddenly that they could not be sure.
"Seems as though it was taking Tony an all-fired long time," growled Wild Bill, glancing about him, uneasily.
But scarcely had the words left his lips than a piercing shriek rent the air.
"That's Tony!" "Suthin's happened to him!" "He's caught!" ejaculated the startled bandits.
With a burst of sulphurous profanity, Jesse slid from his horse.
"Whatever has happened, we must go to him," he snapped. "Frank, you and Sam stay here with the horses. The rest of you come with me. Be lively now!"