it, but I'm going to get back those films that we went to such trouble, and so much danger, to snap."
"But how are you going to do it?" asked Joe.
"Start in pursuit!" cried his chum with energy. "Come on, Hank, you can follow an Indian trail; can't you?"
"I sure can, when it's as broad as the one they'll be likely to leave. But not now."
"Why not?" asked Blake.
For answer the cowboy guide waved his hand toward the darkness all about. There seemed to be a haze over the sky, obscuring the stars
"It would be worse than useless to start out on the chase now," said Hank. "We can't do anything until morning."
"But they'll be too far away then," objected Blake. "And, while it might do little harm if they opened those film boxes in the darkness, it sure would spoil every picture we took to have them exposed in daylight. Let's go now!" and he started toward the animals.
"No," and Hank shook his head. "I don't think you need worry about not catching those fellers in daylight," he went on. "They won't go far before stopping to eat the stuff they took from us. Then they'll have a sleep and start on the trail by daylight. We can do the same, and I think