I whipped up my horse and when I had put a sandhill between myself and the man behind I made a quick detour through a ravine, and came up in his rear.

Then I boldly rode up till I came abreast of him.
He swung around when he heard me coming, and blushed like a girl when he saw how I had tricked him.
"Look here, White," I demanded, "what the devil are you following me in this way for ?" "Mrs.Cody said I could follow you if I wanted to," he said, "and, well, I just followed you, that's all." That was all he would say.

But I knew that he had come along to keep me from getting hurt if I was attacked, and would rather die than admit his real reason.

So I told him to come along, and come along he did.
There was no need for his services on that occasion, but a little later he put me in debt to him for my life.

He and I rode together into a border town, where there were a few gentlemen in the horse-stealing business who had reason to wish me moved along to some other sphere.