“She is really, then, the sister of that outlaw?”
“Oh, yes; as there are no others in the secret I can tell you now that the miner, Deadshot Dean, told me as much.”
“Well, she is a brave, noble girl; but here she comes.”
The coach rolled by just then, and both Surgeon Powell and Buffalo Bill raised their hats, a salutation which Ruth returned with a very gracious bow. They watched the coach until it left the stockade through the gateway, and then Buffalo Bill said:
“Doc?”
“Yes, Bill.”
“I am on the trail of knowledge.”
“Well?”
“I wish to see what she is going to do?”
“Miss Arden?”