ly ten o'clock before the sentry to the south reported the
probable approach of Uraso. Harry leaped out from the circle, and
followed the sentry. It was, indeed, Uraso who had been reporter.

"Tell me all about it," he requested, and Harry, with a voice full of
pathos, told him how it happened. When he had finished, Uraso said:

"I was told by my father that somewhere here in the seas was an island
where were found most terrible people, who killed every one they
captured. I hope this is not the place." And Uraso did not say this to
excite Harry's fears, but, like many natives, he was frank, and open in
his speech.

"I hope there will be no trouble," was Harry's response.

"We need not worry about George," added Uraso. "The way that he was
taken shows that they are taking him to the Chief. A boy like George
would be likely to interest the Chief, at first for a time, and time is
all we want."

"I am glad you have the same opinion as John," answered Harry.

John, Muro and Uraso held a conference that night. As a result Harry was
comforted to know and feel that George was safe, and that within a day
or two at most, they would be able to come up with the tribe.

The entire party now numbered thirty-five, all well armed. In the
morning, as soon as it was light enough to see they were up, and after a
quick breakfast Muro directed them along the trail made the night
before, and the spot where Muro found the trace was reached about nine
o'clock.

John and his party now spread out so as to take in a wide expanse, and
they marched toward the east for fully two hours. Sometimes all traces
would be lost, and then there would be a halt and a search, and the
native wit of the scouts was generally acute enough to recover the
trail.

During these periodical searches, one of the men bounded forward with a
cry, as he held up a hand in which something was swinging.

As usual Harry was there like a shot. "That is George's chain," he cried
out.

"Where did you find this?" asked John.

The scout rushed over to the place, and all followed. The ground about
plainly showed the evidences of the struggle where George's captors
fought for the possession of the watch.

The trail was beginning to get warm. It was readily followed for several
miles, and then disappeared, but after patient hunting it came to light,
and shortly after noon the spot was reached where the Chief came on the
scene, and the appearance of the ground indicated t