CHAPTER XXVIII

A NEW START

“They have vamoosed all right,” announced Juarez after examining the trail.

“The whole pack of ’em, too,” affirmed Jim.

“Perhaps we can get a view of them,” added Juarez.

“We will hitch our horses here,” remarked Jim, “and try a squint up the trail from that grove yonder.”

This they did, and from their point of vantage they were able to see a part of the trail, two miles distant, where it curved around a shoulder of the mountain.

“Maybe they have got beyond that point,” suggested Jim.