"I can see it now with the naked eye. It merely says to the first, 'I've seen you, I'm waiting. Go ahead.' Look back to the other crest."
"Two smokes are now going up there."
"They say 'Come.' It's two bands wanting to meet. Now, the other place."
"Three smokes there."
"Three means, 'We come.'"
"Now back to the other."
"Four smokes."
"Which says in good, plain English, 'We are following the enemy.' That settles it. They've found out, some way or other, that we're here, and the two bands mean to meet and capture or destroy us. They never suspected that we could read their writing against the sky. We don't wait until tonight. We leave as soon as we can get our packs on our horses and mules."
"I'd like to make a suggestion first," said the Little Giant with some diffidence.
"What is it?" asked Boyd.