Ever since we crossed the Fourche those fellows have been in evidence, and it's my notion that Custer has a heavier job on his hands, right at this minute, than he has any conception of.

So I want to leave these private papers with you until I come back.

It will relieve my mind to know they are safe; if I don't come, then I want you to open them and do whatever you decide is best for the little girl.
You will do that, won't you ?" He handed over a long manila envelope securely sealed, and the younger man accepted it, noticing that it was unaddressed before depositing it safely in an inner pocket of his fatigue jacket.
"Certainly, Hampton," he said.

"Is that all ?" "All except what I am going to tell you now regarding Murphy.

There is no use my attempting to explain exactly how I chanced to find out all these things, for they came to me little by little during several years.