"I have."
"Please tell me what it is."
"As you have some motive above curiosity in asking, I will do so, Harding," and Buffalo Bill told the whole story of Sergeant Weston's escape from execution, and the finding of a body in his uniform upon the desert, and burying it. But he added:
"I confess, Harding, after a talk with Doctor Dick upon the subject, I was led to doubt to a certain degree the death of the sergeant, and even followed a trail which I supposed was his."
"With what result, sir?"
"That we found the trail led to a mine which had caved in and crushed the cabin home of those who dwelt there!"
"When was this, sir?"
"Do you mind giving me the date?"
Buffalo Bill took a note-book from his pocket and gave the exact date.