was, the early wanderer looked about as unlike Dick as you could well
imagine.

Was it indeed Dick?




CHAPTER XXII.

THE SILK DRESS-MURDER!


The morning after the interview between Hunston and the widow of
Mathias, that woman was missing from the camp.

No one doubted that she had gone on her errand of vengeance, for
Hunston had told Toro and one or two others of her threats against the
Harkaways; but the question was how and when she did so?

No one knew.

The sentinels who all night long had guarded each known path leading to
or from the bivouac were questioned, but neither of them had seen her
depart.

Toro was rather annoyed at this; not that he had any great objection to
her slaughtering the whole of the Harkaway family, although he
certainly would prefer to perform that task himself. But he could not
help thinking that a secret path might admit foes, as well as permit