“Yes, the Gambler Guide, whom our captain was taking to Texas.”
“Thet were ther man; has he passed in yit?”
“No, he escaped from us, when we were near Santa Fe.”
“Escaped!”
“The Gambler Guide free?”
“Kent King not dead?”
Such were the expressions that ran round the crowd, after a general exclamation of surprise that followed the Texan’s announcement.
“Yer say he escaped, an’ from you?”
“He certainly did.”