The whole party then strolled home to breakfast at the little hotel.
Buffalo Bill and Mainwaring walked together, arm in arm.
The young rancher tried to find out what had induced his friend to apologize to Ketchum, but the border king dodged the subject.
“I wonder what made the fellow spare me when he had me at his mercy,” the young fellow said, as they walked onto the front veranda of the saloon.
“I wonder!” Cody echoed, smiling inwardly.
“I suppose it must have been because there was some slight streak of decency in his nature, after all—though I confess it seems hard to believe,” said Mainwaring.
“Yes, it does seem hard to believe when you know the man,” Cody remarked, smiling now openly, somewhat to the surprise of his friend.
As they sat down to breakfast with the Doyles, May remarked brightly:
“You two were out early this morning, were you not?”