"The first we've seen and we can't take a shot at them.

They must know it or they wouldn't sit there so quiet and easy." A half hour later, Ned saw something move among the trees at the nearest point of the forest.

It looked like a shadow and was gone in an instant.

But his heart leaped.

He felt sure that it was a Lipan, and told Obed of his suspicion.
"Of course you're right," said the Maine man.