Buffalo Bill had to give the fellow credit for having divined his purpose; but the girl turned scornfully from the squaw-man.
“Pa-e-has-ka is not two-faced. He is not a turncoat,” she said sneeringly. “The White Antelope will believe that the Long Hair will return alone.”
Buffalo Bill at that completely abandoned the “mental reservation” clause.
“Bet your life he will!” he exclaimed. “I’ll come back as I promise, girl.”
“Then let Pa-e-has-ka go.”
But as she spoke the command, Boyd Bennett once more sprang forward. He covered the scout with his rifle and cried:
“I am the medicine chief of the Sioux, and I say the paleface dog shall not go!”
Then in English he declared:
“Your hour has come, Buffalo Bill. You die here and now!”