I've no doubt he will direct the ambush." "We must warn this troop," said Willet, "and save 'em if they will let us.

You agree with me, don't you, Tayoga ?" "The Great Bear is right." "And you'll back me up, of course, Robert.

Will you help us too, Black Rifle ?" The singular man smiled again, but his smile was not like that of anybody else.

It was sinister and full of menace.

It was the smile of a man who rejoiced in sanguinary work, and it made Robert think again of his extraordinary history, around which the border had built so much of truth and legend.
"I will help, of course," he replied.