“I can’t do that.”
“You’re wanted by the law!” Connie accused.
“Do I look like a criminal?” the man countered, a faint smile playing over his lips.
“I believe you’ve been acting a part ever since you came here!” Connie went on indignantly. “That day I found you on the trail—I don’t believe you were sick at all. You pretended you were broke and out of work, but I notice you have plenty of money now.”
“You are very observing,” the man replied very quickly.
“I’ve been very blind.”
“I’ll set your mind at rest upon one point. I am not a fugitive from the law.”
“Then why are you using a name other than your own?”
“I have a very good reason—one which I cannot reveal.”
“For all I know you may be the man who held me up at Eagle Pass,” Connie continued heatedly. “That’s what Blakeman tried to tell me——”