Then he started suddenly.
All that great sea of human creatures that had surrounded him when he went to sleep had vanished!
Not a sheep was to be seen.
Thoroughly alarmed, he turned.
"Sandy!" he called. "Sandy!"
There was no reply.
With growing apprehension he thrust out his hand in the direction where the herder had been lying.
The chill of the cold earth met his touch.
Terrified he sprang to his feet and bent down in the darkness.
There was no one with him in the tent! Sandy and the herd were gone!