“No,” she told him, the fire in her eyes increasing. “You know what I have sworn to do?” Her voice trembled.
“Hand me over to the hangman, or kill me yourself.” He laughed. “It isn’t a nice resolve for a woman to make.”
“If I had known you were going on this stage!” she panted.
“Ah! My dear girl, in that you have a lot of company. A great many people would have been glad to know that I was going on this stage.”
“They said you had left Blossom Range.”
“Of course, I wanted them to think that. I could have stayed longer, but I didn’t care to.”
“I know why.”
“Perhaps you can guess.”
“You knew that Buffalo Bill would get you, sooner or later.”
“Well, Cody can make himself very unpleasant, you know. He is out of town this morning; and I was told that he was out along the trail looking for me. He left Wild Bill in the town, though, to keep watch there. I saw Hickok in the street; but I’m sure he didn’t recognize me, any more than you did.”