"I daresay, señorita; but—"
"Why, that's to keep the Indians off—not to keep us in!"
"But why are they put everywhere except just behind this tent?"
"What do you say?"
"You can see for yourself, Rosario!"
"What do you conclude from this arrangement?"
"To my mind, for some hidden reason, they want to fill us with an idea on which we should be gulled into acting. I am certain of this—that Lieutenant Joe placed the men on the watch himself. It is some trick, in spite, of that wretch, who hates you worse than the captain!"
"You are out of your wits, dear!" responded the Mexican, laughing. "Your reasoning is all askew!"
"Much obliged! Does not the Lieutenant plague you all he can?"
The dark girl approached her lips to the other's quick car, and gently breathed—