He distinctly heard their voices, and he knew that Arthur Vane was with them.
"Do you think they will get away, Joaquin ?" he heard the traitor ask.
"That's hard to tell," was the reply.

"It depends a good deal upon how long they have been gone.

If they get back to the settlement, you had better keep away from there." "That's so," said Archie, to himself.
"They'll never reach the settlement if I can help it," declared Arthur.
"If I get my eyes on one of them, I bet he don't escape.

I'll take him prisoner." Perhaps we shall find that Arthur did "get his eyes on one of them," and we shall see how he kept his promise.
The party went entirely around the glade, passing directly beneath Archie, who held himself in readiness to continue his flight, should they begin to ascend the cliff, and finally one of them called out: "They're not here, Pierre." "Mount, then, every one of you," exclaimed the chief.

"When you reach the end of the pass, scatter out and search the mountains, thoroughly.
Antoine, we have to thank you for the loss of a fortune, you idiot." Archie heard the Ranchero mutter an angry reply, and then came the tramping of horses as the band rode from the glade.