"Are you going west?" asked Jack.
"Same train you take, I guess," replied Cal.
"Gentlemen," said Mr. Lillis, "I regret you leave so soon. I would like to entertain you if you care to stay over. If not now, at some future time; and, Mr. Wagner, you have done me a great favor. My poor old mother can live the rest of her life peacefully. Good-bye! good-bye!"
As the train pulled out of the station on the way to Denver the principal topic of conversation was the remarkable coincidence of the rencounter of Jack and Cal, emphasized by the more remarkable meeting of Cal and Bert Lillis.
"Well, that beats me," said Cal.
"I've got another surprise in Denver for you," said Jack.
"Will it beat this one?"
"Wait until you see our old friend, Chiquita."
"Chiquita, the injun gal?" asked Cal, inquiringly.
"Yes, Yamanatz's daughter."