“Then he is back?” the girl flashed.
“Just back.”
“Tell him I want to see him—immediately.”
“I am to take you to him as soon as you are ready to ride.”
“Oh, very well.”
In a very few minutes the young woman was ready. Rosario led her to the cabin in front of which she had seen the old Indian squaw. In it were seated Simon West and Black MacQueen. Both of them rose at her entrance.
“Please take a chair, Miss Lee. We have some business to talk over,” the outlaw suggested.
Melissy looked straight at him, her lips shut tight. “What have you done with Jack Flatray?” she presently demanded. 307
“Left him to find his way back to his friends.”
“You didn’t hurt him ... any more?”