"We will move on," announced the guardian. "Keep within calling
distance. Harriet will take the trail from the camp; the others will
spread out on either side."
Harriet Burrell started a little in advance of the others, beginning at
the point where she had seen Janus disappear. For a time it was
somewhat difficult to follow the trail, because of the trampling the
bushes had had on the evening before. However, after a short time the
trail stretched away, clear to the eyes of an experienced woodsman.
There were broken bushes here and there; that was all, though enough
for one who knew how to use her eyes.
"I have found the trail," called Harriet; "it is turning to the east."
This she knew was to enable the pursued to make better time in getting
away. After a short distance the trail turned upward, then led to the
east again. Bushes were getting more scarce. Only occasional clumps
of them were to be found, making the work of following the trail much
more difficult.
Two hours of climbing, with frequent periods of hunting for the trail
that had lost itself, brought them to the end of their resources.
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