“He went on East on the regular coach.”
“And Bonnie Belle?”
“She took the upper branch trail via Omaha.”
“East?”
“Yes.”
This answer caused Buffalo Bill to ponder deeply.
Bonnie Belle surely started East. Why then did she leave Deadshot Dean at the Overland junction and take the upper trail which led her through Chicago? Why did she turn back unless she had received some word from the fort, where her brother was a prisoner?
Texas Jack, he recalled, had gone off on a special mission, which had not been reported to him. He would inquire if Texas Jack had been to Pocket City. So he asked Sandy if he had seen Texas Jack.
“Oh, yes.”
“Where?”