But somehow Ramshaw had destroyed every one's appetite.
"Nonsense!" said Yorke.

"He took food with him.

You forget that." "That looks as if he'd gone off the beaten track somewhere," said Fullerton.
"It does--and Hawk's Pike is as likely a place as any other," said Yorke.
"Whew! there was frost on it the other night," some one said.

"I wish the doctor would let us go out and look for him.

We've a much better chance of finding him than police and guides." Here the signal was given to rise, and every one dispersed.