'Yes, Abe Dalton.'
She laughed, and he started.
'Abe Dalton!' she exclaimed. 'No! what has he to do with you? My people can guard you from him. It is not Dalton; it is—' she hesitated.
'Name him,' said Jim.
'Rodney Shaw!' she said.
He caught her by the wrist. He had met with treachery in black blood before, and he half mistrusted her.
'What do you mean?'
She looked frightened.
His grip tightened.
'What do you mean?' he asked again.