They had never appeared at Fort Smith.

And now--I have come up to hunt for them myself.

Perhaps, in your future wanderings, you may be of some assistance to me.

That is why I have told you this--with the hope that you will help me, if you can." With a flash of his old, quick coolness the doctor turned to one of Pierre Thoreau's bunks.
"Now," he said, with a strained laugh, "I'll follow your suggestion and go to bed.

Goodnight.".