“You were most daring, sir.”
The scout smiled quietly, and replied:
“I risk my life every day, general. I rescued Rose Carter and her father. Then I returned to the settlement, and, meeting there Major Belden, begged for a few men to return with me to destroy the outlaws. He refused, and insulted me, and I promptly knocked him down.”
“Served him right,” responded General Canton, whose sympathies had been won by Buffalo Bill’s bearing and statements.
“Thank you, general.”
“This girl, Rose Carter, is free, then?”
“Yes, general; she is now in this fort, whither I brought her, with her father, half an hour since, for we were hotly pursued by the Branded Brotherhood.”
“The deuce you were! Well, I will lead my men at once against them,” said the commandant eagerly.
“Hold, general! I have already seen Captain la Clyde, and, by this time he has a troop ready. It was through his kindness I found you here.