"I deny the jurisdiction of the tribunal," I said.
"Your denial goes for nothing," he said. "Do not enter it upon the record, doctor. Will you say what brought you into these mountains?"
"As I have told you several times," I said, "I belong to a hunting-party, and was lost. I did not know I was near Fort Defiance, nor had I ever heard of such a place."
"Let that be entered upon the record, doctor," said the colonel.
"I have it all," said the doctor.
"Crothers," said the colonel, "put upon the table the sketch which I found the prisoner making this morning."
Crothers obeyed.
"What do you call that?" said the colonel to me.
"I would call that," I replied, "a pretty bad picture of Fort Defiance."
My tone was light, and, as usual, my levity seemed to displease the colonel very much. He warned me for the third time that I was injuring my chances, but I was not impressed.