"I ought to have thought of it, but I did see a movement among the bushes in time! I cannot see their faces or the boat, either, but I know it is Garay and the slaver." "I have no weapon," said Robert.

"It did not occur to me that I would need one." "I have a pistol in my tunic.

I always carry one when I am in the white man's country.

It is wise." "Under the circumstances, I think we'd better slip away and leave the spy and the slaver to enjoy the river as they please, for to-night at least." He was about to rise, but Tayoga pulled him down a second time and a report heavier than the first came from the far shore.

Another bullet passed over their heads and struck with a sough in the trunk of a big tree beyond them.
"That was from a rifle.