"She and Tonto came into the house."
Wallie had slumped to the floor and sat there completely beaten and wearing a dazed, bewildered expression.
"Now listen to me carefully," the masked man told Yuma. "If the Texas Rangers see me here, with this mask on, they'll ask no end of questions. I don't want that. I want to slip out of this house by the rear stairs. You can turn these men over to the law, and Bryant will tell the entire story."
There was a hammering upon the bedroom door. "The Rangers," said the masked man softly. "Tell them to go back downstairs."
Yuma shouted through the door, "Vamoose, I'll be down tuh meet yuh in a minute!"
"Don't you tell me to vamoose in my own house," a girl's voice retorted.
"Penny!" breathed the big cowboy.
"See if she is at the door alone," the masked man said while he still held the latch of the door.
Penny's voice gave the answer. "Open up, you big galoot. Tonto is here with me! I've got to see that masked man in a hurry!"