“We may as well push on, but it will be best to keep a good lookout on all sides.”
“Trust me for that. I’ve got a good pair of eyes, and I won’t run afoul of them if I can help it.”
“Have you any objection to my company?” asked Dr. Spooner.
“Not a mite. I shall be glad to have you hitch horses with our’n. Can you fight?”
“I have done it before now.”
“Then, if we are attacked, you will stand by us?”
“You may rely upon me.”
“Then you are welcome. By the way, doctor, I ain’t curious, that is, not uncommon curious, but I do wonder why you, a doctor, are roamin’ round in these diggin’s?”
“You think I would be better off attending my patients at home, I suppose?”
“Just so.”