"Can I do anything for you?" said he.
Leon did not think it would be safe to tell the man that he had concluded to look further for lodgings, so he asked, in reply:
"Can we stay here for a day or two?"
"You're mighty right," was the answer. "You're not from the plains?"
"No, sir; but we're going there."
"Then this is just the place for you. Some of the boys"—here the proprietor jerked his head toward the men standing before the bar—"are getting ready to start, and you can go with them."
The host deposited Leon's baggage behind the bar, and when he came back after Frank's gun and valise, the latter said:
"Can't you show us to our room, and take our luggage up there?"
"I can; but there's all sorts of fellows stop here, and you had better let me take care of your things. I'll be responsible for them."
"But we would like to perform our ablutions," said Frank.