"Keep yer head plumb. We're just makin' believe capturin' you and when old sawbones wakes up we'll have you tied so he don't get wise to your little game. See?"
A smile slowly rippled over the face of the little red girl.
"Pale face smart like Indian," she answered, nodding her head vigorously. "Um hurry. Big Bear and braves up yonder. Come for Jess Jame pretty soon."
"Jess?" questioned Tony rising from the medicine man whose arms and hands he had been pinioning. "By the way, where's the chief. He went with you, didn't he?"
Dew Drop shook her head.
"Dew Drop no see um."
"That's funny. Lend a hand here, Texas and let's get this red devil into the cave. No need to blindfold him now—"
"Didn't put out his light, did you Tony?" asked Texas a bit anxiously.
"Kill him? N—a—w. Head's too thick to break if a log fell on it."