"When I found the cloth on the thorns I knelt and looked for a trail.

It's hard ground mostly, but I thought I might find the trace of a footstep somewhere.

I found several, and not one of them was made by the flat, broad shoe that mountain women wear.

I found small rounded heel prints which the shoes worn by city women make." "If any city woman is on this mountain she's a long way from home," said Warner.
"But I'm quite sure of what I say, sir," said the sergeant.
"And so am I," said Shepard, who had been listening with the keenest attention.

"Will you mind letting me lead the way for a little while, sir ?" "Go ahead, of course," said Dick.