“Does he know you yet?” he asked.
“No; he arrived at the wrong time. The trial has brought in so many strangers that it is pretty hard work telling who from which.”
“He must have been sent here by Washington authorities. How did they git wise?”
“Somebody has leaked to make political capital.”
“What’s goin’ to be done?”
“If we could get Buffalo Bill out of the way without direct suspicion, we would be safe for a long time—but how to get rid of him is the problem.”
“Couldn’t we get him outside on some pretext and have him ambushed by Indians?”
“Dave and I planned that, but Sitting Bull has raked in our renegades and taken them down the Yellowstone.”
“What rooms do Cody and his men have at the hotel?”
“The big one in the north wing.”