Part 12 (1/2)

Both steeds ell trained

Siroc cleared a hedge and wheeling to the right went flying back in the direction he ca soined they had a narrow escape froer at all of being shot fro

”Badly scared,” said Jack

”Oh, Lord, wot cowards!” Tim chuckled

”Ain't they likely to return to the James Boys?” asked the sheriff

”Dot vas reed Fritz ”If dem vas der Chao, don't it?”

Jack peered around

At soht view of both horses plunging into it

”That settles our pursuit of the those trees, and as they seee of the tiht keep a watch upon the woods anyway,” suggested Timberlake

”They are bound to coet upon their track we may yet force them to lead us to the bandits'

rendezvous”

”It won't hurt to follow the plan,” assented Jack; ”for we haven't the remotest idea where to look for the villains”

He thereupon steered the Terror toward the trees, and as Fritz was a good cook and had charge of the culinary arrange their supper ready

It was a waste of tiuard the forest

Several days passed by and nothing was seen of the two h the ti on the other side, rode rapidly away

Jack and his friends had therefore been watching and hunting for ainventor quickly arrived at this conclusion, and on the evening of the third day he said to Tim:

”It's my opinion that there isn't anyone at all in the woods, and I'ive up the watch and ree wi' yer, lad”

”Those felloould not be foolish enough to re”

”If they wuz thar, I' afore this, my hearty I recollect when I wuz in ther navy houz once fooled this way Yer see we'd been chasin' one o' ther eneoon Thar we pounded her with our guns, an' ther crew desarted her, an' went ashore We sunk ther shi+p, an'

mannin' ther boats, we pulled ashore arter ther crew We found ther shore lined with cliffs a thousand feet high Thar wus no coast, that water beatin' up again ther base o' ther cliffs on all but ther seaward side o' ther lagoon There wuz one indentation in the cliffs, covered wi' trees an' bushes, inter which ther hull creent an' hid