“You saved my life—and at the risk of your own!”
She seemed amused by his agitation and his solemn earnestness.
“I reckon I spoiled his aim,” she said, lightly. “But none of those Dog’s Ear men can shoot worth speaking of; he mightn’t have hit you, after all.”
“It’s wonderful!” he exclaimed.
“What’s wonderful?” she asked.
“Your—your courage, your coolness! You throw yourself between me and a bullet as if it were a mere nothing. I’ve never seen—read—anything like it!”
“No?” she said, much interested by this new specimen of humanity. “Where do you come from?”
“From England,” he said. “I’ve only just come out here.”
“I thought so,” she said, thoughtfully. “What is your name?”