"Can't pass here," added the sentinel decidedly.
"Where is Captain Truman?" asked Deck.
"I don't know no more'n the dead."
At this moment a trooper rode up, and recognized the messenger.
"All right, Deck; you can pass, but the other man cannot," said the cavalryman, when he had stated his business.
Deck thought the captain had adopted some singular strategy.
CHAPTER XXXV
SURROUNDED AND TOTALLY DEFEATED