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"Better luck than I dreamed of," he thought. "I shall take them
both; but I now shall have to borrow a horse of Alford;" and he
glided away, secured an animal from the stable, and tied it near
his own. In a short time he was back at his post of observation.
It had now become evident that no one even imagined that there was
danger while such a storm was raging. The howling wind would drown
all ordinary noises; and Brandt determined that the two men in the
shanty should be on their way to jail that night. When he again
put his eye to the chink in the wall, Bute was saying:
"Well, no one will start fer the mountings while this storm lasts,
but, wound or no wound, I must get out of this as soon as it's
over. There's no safety fer me here now."
"Ef they comes fer you, like enough they'll take me," replied
Apache Jack, who, now that he was alone with his confederate,
could speak his style of English fast enough. His character of
half-breed was a disguise which his dark complexion had suggested.
"Ter-morrer night, ef it's clar, we'll put out fer the easterd.


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