perfidious. Indeed, they are confessedly the banditti of

the hills, and respect neither friend nor foe, but rob all

who come in their way.

Dick reached the spot where the Indian had disappeared

in less than a minute, but no savage was to be

seen. Thinking he had crept ahead, he ran on a few

yards farther, and darted about hither and thither,

while his eye glanced from side to side. Suddenly a

shout in the camp attracted his attention, and looking

back he beheld the savage on Charlie's back turning to