“Yes.”

“I should think that would be dangerous?”

“It has its drawbacks—a hunter of road agents may get a bullet from one of them at any time.”

He said it lightly, yet he meant it; the calling was peculiarly dangerous. He preferred other work, and even scouting for Indians in a hostile Indian country he considered far less perilous.

When the breakfast was ended, she went to the door again and looked up and down the trail.

“Your friends are coming!” she announced.

Buffalo Bill stepped quickly to the door.

Pawnee Bill and Nick Nomad were approaching on horseback, from the direction of Glendive, a town situated beyond Crystal Spring.

CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE MUSTANG CATCHERS.

Bruce Clayton, the lover and promised husband of pretty Lena Forest, appeared at the cabin while Pawnee Bill and Nomad were greeting the famous scout.