“I’ll go it alone with my pards.”
“What? A girl and a boy? Think again, Cody.”
“I don’t need to, captain. If you knew the girl and the boy as well as I do——”
“You’ve got a head of your own, and a way of your own about doing things,” laughed Markham. “Do as you please. You’re welcome to any Pimas I leave, even if you don’t want the troopers. Adios, and good luck. Hope you find Nomad.”
Without waiting longer, Markham hurried out of the cabin, flung himself into the saddle, gave orders relative to sending a courier after the Bowie ambulance, then galloped away up the cañon at the head of his troop.
CHAPTER XXIV.
OFF FOR TONIO PASS.
“Tired out, Dell?” asked Buffalo Bill, whirling on the girl as soon as Markham and his detachment had ridden away.
“Did you ever know me to be that?” the girl countered.