18/39 They think, perhaps, they are strong enough to annihilate the rangers." "Maybe they are, unless the rangers are warned. We ought to move at once." "But the fog is too thick. We could not tell which way we were going. We must not lose the trail of the Great Bear and Black Rifle, and, if the fog lifts, we can regain it in the morning, going ahead of the war band." "And then the warriors may pursue us." "What does it matter, if we keep well ahead of them and overtake the Great Bear and Black Rifle, who are surely going toward the rangers? |