"
"That's what you may find you are attempting here. Well, we're in
for it now, I suppose, since you are so determined."
"I don't think you will appear involved in the affair at all. In
the morning you give me a sack of grain for my horse and some
provisions for myself, and then bid farewell to Mr. Brown in the
most open and natural manner possible. You may not see me again.
It is possible I may have to borrow a horse of you it my scheme
to-night don't work. It will be returned or paid for very soon."
"Bute has a pony. He brought it with him, and he and Apache Jack
between them manage to keep it. They stable it nights in a little
shed back of their shanty."
"I had discovered this, and hope to take the man away on his pony.
I understand why Bute keeps the animal. He knew that he might have
to travel suddenly and fast."
The next morning Mr. Alford parted with Brandt as had been
arranged, the latter starting ostensibly for the nearest railway
station. All day long the superintendent was nervous and anxious;
but he saw no evidences of suspicion or uneasiness among those in
his employ.
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