“There’s no doubt of that; I sent word to Shagbark, our guide, who would do it without any such request from me.”
“Shagbark, eh? So he’s your guide; well, there isn’t a better one in the West than he; that’s what Kit Carson has said many a time and he knows. See here, my young friend, what’s the use of your staying in that saddle? Your pony doesn’t go any farther.”
“But I should like to do so.”
“Tom Harper is here to take the place of any chap that gets knocked out.”
“Why not let me complete the run?”
The three men looked in one another’s faces and smiled significantly.
“Do you really want to try it?”
“Nothing can suit me better.”
“You have never been over the route.”