The halfbreed had slipped by the cowboys on his mission to Waneda without being seen by them!
Shortly after this incident a light appeared in one of the rooms.
“Something doing now,” Tex muttered tersely.
A minute later a door opened on their side of the house and to the watchers’ astonishment Waneda, the Spanish girl, appeared carrying a lighted lantern.
“Now, what in thunder is she up to this time of night?” growled Tex, as he gave the recall signal.
The cowboys grouped around him in answer to the signal. Big Joe pushed forward.
“I saw the light and the girl,” he said guardedly, addressing Tex. “What do you suppose it means?”
“I can’t figure it out,” the cowboy replied with a puzzled air. “Unless some one is sick in the house and she’s going to the Post for medicine. Didn’t any one of you hear a noise just before I gave this last signal?”
They all protested that they had not heard a sound or seen anything move during their watch.
“What did you imagine you heard, Tex?” queried Scotty.