“Ah! is she interesting herself in me to the extent of helping me escape?”
“You know that she is.”
“May I ask how you got your information?”
“Well, I regard your sister as remarkable for a woman as you for a man.”
“Well?”
“She came here for one purpose, and that was to save you. I saw it in her face, though others only read that she had come to comfort you in your last hour. Convinced that you are in safe hands, I shall make no other effort, and I am here to tell you so. I have enjoyed my talk with you, so now will say good-by, for I do not wish to attract attention to Miss Carr by my long stay, and I am masquerading as that young lady, you know. Good-by.”
Drawing her veil over her face, Nina de Sutro turned to go when the outlaw said sternly:
“Hold!”
CHAPTER XVIII.
RETURN OF THE SCOUTS.
Buffalo Bill and Surgeon Powell were riding slowly upon the trail back to the fort. They had left Pocket City early that morning, after passing another night there, and had ridden slowly along homeward, for the fort is the home of the soldier and the scout.