“I have as it is, for Silk Lasso Sam, the outlaw chief, is the talk of barracks, camp-fire, stage-station, mines, and, in fact, all along the frontier, while I am certainly greatly feared.”
“And you are glad to be feared?”
“Why not, for if I cannot be loved I can be feared. But you had some other motive in deciding not to aid me to escape.”
“Granted.”
“What is the reason?”
“I may as well tell you.”
“Certainly.”
“Because there is another enlisted in your cause.”
“What other?”
“Your sister.”