"Still I do refuse," was the firm reply.
Kit Carey said no more upon the subject, for he saw that it fretted his host to urge him against his decision to remain.
CHAPTER XIV.
After a very early breakfast Kit Carey mounted his horse, and rode away from the cabin of Vance Bernard.
He had thanked his host and hostess for their kind hospitality, and urged upon Mrs. Bernard to appeal to her husband to at once leave their home for a place of safety.
"Many have done so who could not afford it by any means, for they left their all to destruction, and Mr. Bernard should not risk the lives of those he loves to stay here," said the officer.
And from Mrs. Bernard came the calm rejoinder that they did not care to desert their home, for then all would be destroyed, while they held not the slightest dread of the Sioux.
"Blind fools!" came from between the teeth of the soldier, and in saying farewell to Jennie he again urged the necessity of getting her parents to depart.