. Two boys in Wyoming : a tale of adventure . Concealing himself as well as hecould, he raised the glass to his eyes andspent several minutes in studying the wildcountry spread below him, He was lookingin the direction of the break in the canyon,beyond which, as will be remembered, wasthe plateau where the ponies had been left tocrop the grass while their masters were en-gaged elsewhere. Jack did not attempt to survey the samefield, but kept his gaze upon Hazletine. Hecould see that he directed his attention towarda particular point, as if he had either discov-ered something or expected to do
. Two boys in Wyoming : a tale of adventure . Concealing himself as well as hecould, he raised the glass to his eyes andspent several minutes in studying the wildcountry spread below him, He was lookingin the direction of the break in the canyon,beyond which, as will be remembered, wasthe plateau where the ponies had been left tocrop the grass while their masters were en-gaged elsewhere. Jack did not attempt to survey the samefield, but kept his gaze upon Hazletine. Hecould see that he directed his attention towarda particular point, as if he had either discov-ered something or expected to do so. Thestudy continued only a few minues, when hecame back and handed the glass to the youth,with the remark: Im going to try it agin. I wont expectto see YOU till to-morrer morning. V O The lad bade him good-by, and he took hisdeparture; but instead of descending themountain toward the point that had interestedhim, he followed the opposite course, as if heintended to push through to the other side ofthe Wind River range. This was so trans-. .1 He was looking in the direction of the break in the canyon. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDT1LD1N FOUNDATIONSR L WATCHING AND WATCHED. 301 parent a subterfuge that it did not deceiveJack. He has discovered something,3 was hisconclusion; he doesnt choose to tell me,and it makes little difference. I wonderwhether he believes I intend to idle my timetill night and then go back to headquartersand wait for him? If he thinks so, he makesa mistake. Waiting until sure his friend was beyondsight, Jack carefully picked his way to therock from which Hank had made the observa-tion that decided his line of action. Thebetter to screen himself the youth lay downon his face, as when peering over the ridgeinto the valley where the antelope were graz-ing, and held the glass to his eyes. Thus looking out, he saw the plateau inthe distance, seemingly but a few rods in ex-tent. Only one of the ponies was visible,and he resembled a small dog, stan
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