"We watched the tents every second." "And yet the boys got away without being seen," said the lieutenant, angrily.
"I don't see how they did it," was the abashed reply.
"I have little doubt that they have been carried away by the men who captured Fremont," Nestor said, gravely.

"Still, it may be that they have only wandered off in search of the boy.

It is a serious situation." "The mountain is swarming with men," the lieutenant said.

"The only wonder is that we have not been attacked.

I fear that the boys have been captured, even if they only wandered away to look for their friend." Nestor walked restlessly about the little camp for a moment and then looked into the two tents, as if expecting to find some one there.
"Where is Shaw ?" he asked, then, alarm in his voice.