"Whose is it ?" "That is the one your black fellow rode, sir," Sergeant O'Connor said.
"Jim, where are you ?" Reuben called, but no reply came.
"What has become of him, I wonder ?" Reuben said.

"Has anyone seen him, since we rode up ?" "He jumped off, the instant we came here," one of the policemen replied; "and said to me, 'Look after captain horse,' and I haven't seen anything of him since." "There has been somebody here, sir," another policeman said, coming up.

"Here's the remains of a fire, behind this bush." "Yes," Mr.Blount said, examining them, and pulling out a brand that was still glowing.

"Do you see, a lot of sand has been thrown over it.

Whoever was here must have seen us coming, and tried to extinguish the fire when they caught sight of us." "That is most unfortunate," Reuben said.