“Ain’t yer goin’ ter skeer ’em, Massa Buf’ler Bill?” asked the guide.
“You mean by playing ghosts, Bill?”
“Yes, sah.”
“There’s safety in numbers, and I don’t think they would scare so much as we would wish them to.”
“Jist try it, sah.”
“We will try it when a plan I have fails, when we have to do so.”
“Yes, sah.”
“Night is not very far off, none of the Indians will be coming up here at this hour, and we can follow down the range until we get opposite to where their ponies are.
“From there we can see where the guards are, and how many if, indeed, they have any watching their ponies.