For answer Frank picked up a long knife, severed the captive’s bonds, and taking him by the hand, led him to the edge of the grove, and, pointing to the distant cluster of tents, dimly visible in the faint starlight:
“Go,” he said.
The Indian knelt at his feet, placed his hands above his head, and then was up and away like a flash.
“He’s my friend for life,” said Frank, and went back to his bunk.
In the morning he and Charley started away with Barry Brown, Hale, Jack and Jared Dwight; the stableman directing the course to the spot where Cheeky Charley was holding high carnival.
As they expected, they found everything in full blast, and while everybody was dancing mad, they rushed pell-mell into the squirming pack.
[CHAPTER XXVI.]
PEDRO’S MUSTANG RIDE.
The reader will remember Pedro, the stable-boy, who was sent by Jack to carry the information to Harry Hale that resulted in the fight with the teamsters and their red and white guards.
After performing his errand, Pedro mounted his hardy little mustang and set off for the southwest to visit his parents, whom he had not seen for a year.