"Yes, I can understand that, father; but how am I to go?"
"I will rig you up for the work, and you will have no difficulty in getting into the line of the hostiles."
"And then?"
"You are to see the Red Hatchet and claim your sister, as he supposes her to be."
"Yes."
"But you are to arrange with him, if he is willing to give her up, so that it appears as though you rescued her from him."
"I understand."
"If he refuses to give her up——"
"Yes, father."