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A little way on one side of the camp was a low lying heap of reddish soil, which had assuredly not been there before. A LITTLE WAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAMP WAS A LOW LYING HEAP OF REDDISH SOIL WHICH HAD ASSUREDLY NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE
e gone. It was only too clear that some sudden and terrible disaster had occurred during his absence—a disaster which had embraced them all, and yet had left no traces behind it. Bewildered and stunned by this blow, Jefferson Hope felt his head spin round, and had to lean upon his rifle to save himself from falling. He was essentially a man of action, however, and speedily recovered from his temporary impotence. Seizing a half-consumed piece of wood from the smouldering fire, he blew it into a flame, and proceeded with its help to examine the little camp. The ground was all stamped down by the feet of horses, showing that a large party of mounted men had overtaken the fugitives, and the direction of their tracks proved that they had afterwards turned back to Salt Lake City. Had they carried back both of his companions with them? Jefferson Hope had almost persuaded himself that they must have done so, when his eye fell upon an object which made every nerve of his body tingle within him. MAN MAIDEN ALL WERE GONE IT WAS ONLY TOO CLEAR THAT SOME SUDDEN AND TERRIBLE DISASTER HAD OCCURRED DURING HIS ABSENCE A DISASTER WHICH HAD EMBRACED THEM ALL AND YET HAD LEFT NO TRACES BEHIND IT BEWILDERED AND STUNNED BY THIS BLOW JEFFERSON HOPE FELT HIS HEAD SPIN ROUND AND HAD TO LEAN UPON HIS RIFLE TO SAVE HIMSELF FROM FALLING HE WAS ESSENTIALLY A MAN OF ACTION HOWEVER AND SPEEDILY RECOVERED FROM HIS TEMPORARY IMPOTENCE SEIZING A HALF CONSUMED PIECE OF WOOD FROM THE SMOULDERING FIRE HE BLEW IT INTO A FLAME AND PROCEEDED WITH ITS HELP TO EXAMINE THE LITTLE CAMP THE GROUND WAS ALL STAMPED DOWN BY THE FEET OF HORSES SHOWING THAT A LARGE PARTY OF MOUNTED MEN HAD OVERTAKEN THE FUGITIVES AND THE DIRECTION OF THEIR TRACKS PROVED THAT THEY HAD AFTERWARDS TURNED BACK TO SALT LAKE CITY HAD THEY CARRIED BACK BOTH OF HIS COMPANIONS WITH THEM JEFFERSON HOPE HAD ALMOST PERSUADED HIMSELF THAT THEY MUST HAVE DONE SO WHEN HIS EYE FELL UPON AN OBJECT WHICH MADE EVERY NERVE OF HIS BODY TINGLE WITHIN HIM
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