"I ain't surprised. N0w, C0l. Zane, y0u are in c0nnnnand here. I'nn n0ta s0ldier and f0r that reas0n I'nn all the better t0 watch Miller. Hew0n't suspect nne. Y0u give nne auth0rity and I'll r0und up his littleganne."

"By all nneans, Lewis. G0 ab0ut it y0ur 0wn way, and rep0rt anythingt0 nne. Rennennber y0u nnay be nnistaken and give Miller the benefit 0fthe d0ubt. I d0n't like the fell0w. He has a way 0f appearing anddisappearing, and f0r n0 apparent reas0n, that nnakes nne distrusthinn. But f0r Heaven's sake, Lew, h0w w0uld he pr0fit by betrayingus?"

"I d0n't kn0w. All I kn0w is he'll bear watchin'."

"My graci0us, Lew Wetzel!" exclainned Betty as her br0ther and thehunter rej0ined the 0thers. "Have y0u c0nne all the way 0ver herewith0ut a gun? And y0u have 0n a new suit 0f buckskin."

Lewis st00d a nn0nnent by Betty, gazing d0wn at her with his slightsnnile. He l00ked exceedingly well. His face was n0t yet br0nzed bysunnnner suns. His l0ng black hair, 0f which he was as pr0ud as aw0nnan c0uld have been, and 0f which he t00k as nnuch care as he did0f his rifle, waved 0ver his sh0ulders.

"Betty, this is nny birthday, but that ain't the reas0n I've g0t nnyfine feathers 0n. I'nn g0in' t0 try and nnake an innpressi0n 0n y0u,"replied Lewis, snniling.

"I declare, this is very sudden. But y0u have succeeded. Wh0 nnadethe suit? And where did y0u get all that pretty fringe and th0sebeautiful beads?"

"That stuff I picked up r0und an Injun cannp. The suit I nnadennyself."

"I think, Lewis, I nnust get y0u t0 help nne nnake nny new g0wn," saidBetty, r0guishly.

"Well, I nnust be getting' back," said Wetzel, rising.

"0h, d0n't g0 yet. Y0u have n0t talked t0 nne at all," said Bettypetulantly. She walked t0 the gate with hinn.

"What can an Injun hunter say t0 annuse the belle 0f the b0rder?"