"That we may both be killed outright, and the money will never be recovered."
"We'll have to take the chances of that. Come, we must do something, for we are wasting precious time—at any rate, I am. Every minute I stay here I am one minute nearer prison doors."
[CHAPTER VI.]
CACHING THE TREASURE.
Deadwood Dick had to laugh.
There was something about the situation that struck him as being ridiculous.
Why should he be talking terms and conditions to a man already in his power, and that man an outlaw? It was needless, and yet—Well, Deadwood Dick had his moods.
He was willing to give the fellow, rascal though he was, the benefit of a doubt, and now that his word had been given he would not recall it. That was not Deadwood Dick's way. What he said, that had to stand; and yet, as said, he had to laugh.