But of the Sioux Chief there was no sign.

He had utterly vanished.

The black prairie had engulfed him.
But the Police had their own methods.

Within a quarter of an hour half a dozen mounted constables were riding off in different directions to cover the main trails leading to the Indian reserves and to sweep a wide circle about the town.
"They will surely get him," said Dr.Martin confidently.
"Not much chance of it," growled Cameron, to whom with returning consciousness had come the bitter knowledge of the escape of the man he had come to regard as his mortal enemy.

"I had him fast enough," he groaned, "in spite of the best he could do, and I would have choked his life out had it not been for these other devils." "They certainly jumped in savagely," said Martin.