They were moving fast, too.
Jean watched them out of sight, then turned his horse downhill again, and rode on his quest.

A number of horsemen like that was a very unusual sight around Grass Valley at any time.

What then did it portend now?
Jean experienced a little shock of uneasy dread that was a new sensation for him.

Brooding over this he proceeded on his way, at length to turn into the draw where the camp of the sheep-herders was located.

Upon coming in sight of it he heard a hoarse shout.