"
"All over?" said the colonel. "He couldn't very well be all over at
once, could he? But, come along, and we will see if we can't find
him. Which way did he go?"
"On the upper road," answered Rand; "but we have been all along
that."
"Well, we'll see if we can't pick up his trail," went on the colonel
at once, leading off at a rapid pace. "Did any of you pick it up?"
"There are lots of tracks," replied Rand, "but I did not pick his
out."
"Some who are expert, you know, can read tracks as readily as you
read the paper. These look much alike, but we will follow them up
and see if any diverge or break away from the road."
Walking rapidly along the road the colonel indicated one he thought
might be Pepper's track, which the boys followed, with some success,
after it had been pointed out until, all at once, the marks indicated
that the person had come to a sudden stop and had turned aside.
"He left the road here for some reason," decided the colonel, "or
the one who made the trail did. He went through here, you can see
how these bushes have been thrust aside.
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