"Were you alone with Yellow Elk?"
"I was for a time. But a white man came to my aid and the two had a fight."
"Who was the white man?"
Before she gave the matter a second thought, Nellie answered:
"Mr. Pawnee Brown."
"Ha!" Vorlange's eyes gleamed, and the girl felt certain she had made a mistake.
"Where is Pawnee Brown now?"
"I left him in the cave with the Indian. I expected him to follow me."
"I see. And what may your name be?"
The man's words were fair enough, but Nellie did not like his manner at all, so she turned upon him coldly.