“Certainly, I will have him sent to your quarters, so that you can question him, and at your own pleasure you can send for the officer of the day to escort you to the outlaw’s cabin.”
“I will see the courier upon my return home, sir,” was the answer, and Nina de Sutro half an hour after saw Texas Jack enter the gate and walk rapidly toward the quarters of Lieutenant-Colonel De Sutro.
She met the scout at the door, for she knew him well, and he bowed courteously and said:
“I have orders to report to you here, Miss De Sutro.”
“Ah! it was you then, Texas Jack, who took the letter to Pocket City?”
“Yes, miss, I was the courier, for although it was to have been sent by a cowboy it was decided that it would be best to have me go.”
“And you found the one to whom it was addressed at Pocket City?”
“No, miss, she had started East in the coach that morning, and so I rode on and overtook her.”
“And her answer?”
“Was: