“Here’s a surprise-party!” he muttered. “You must have come a-smokin’ to be waiting here like this.”
“I did. I was afraid the colonel would send some one after me.”
“That was sure a good guess. He sent two men after ye, but they gave up and went back. What’re you intendin’ to do, Miss Dauntless?”
“Ride with you.”
“By all the rules o’ the game, I reckon I ought to send ye back.”
“You can’t.”
“Why not?”
“Because I won’t go.”
“That’s you, an’ right spunky, I must say; but look! D’you understand that we’re in hostile country?”