And that was absolutely all.
Rumours were thick, promising clews were discovered, new trails taken up, but nothing transpired to bring the pursuers and pursued any closer together.

Then, after ten days of strain, public interest began to flag.
It was believed that Dyke had succeeded in getting away.

If this was true, he had gone to the southward, after gaining the mountains, and it would be his intention to work out of the range somewhere near the southern part of the San Joaquin, near Bakersfield.

Thus, the sheriffs, marshals, and deputies decided.

They had hunted too many criminals in these mountains before not to know the usual courses taken.