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Updated: May 4, 2025
But Doctor Dick saw that all was lost, saw that the rope would be his end, and, in spite of the warning of the scout, he drew his revolver. But ere his finger touched the trigger he fell, a dead man, at the feet of Buffalo Bill, Celeste Seldon having come forward just in time to see him fall his length upon the earth.
A comfortable little cabin was just behind the fire, and a rustic bench had been made near it. A blanket hung over the door of the tiny cabin, and about the fire was the evidence of a supper recently eaten, for a cup, tin plate, and knives, with the remains of a meal, were upon a rock that served as a table. Upon the rustic seat sat one whose presence there was a great surprise to Andrew Seldon.
He found Lucas Langley just starting off on a search for him, and the welcome he received was a sincere one. "How glad I am to see you, Pard Seldon. Surely you were not lost?" he said. "No, indeed; but have you any breakfast, for I am as ravenous as a wolf, as I went without dinner and supper yesterday, and did not delay to cook anything this morning."
"You don't deserve to be spoken to at all after quitting us like that. But Seldon is so good-natured," he went on, "that he sent us after you. It was a great success, and he made a rattling good speech, and you missed the whole thing; and you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
Again he listened for footsteps within the house. "Ring again, Flack. Keep on ringing while I go round the house to see if there is any way I can get in. I may have to break a window. Don't move from here." Inspector Seldon went quickly round the side of the house, trying the windows as he went.
She bears the name I now am masquerading under," muttered the gold-hunter in intense surprise. "Miss Seldon is as well as could be expected under the existing circumstances, of being the captive of a band of cutthroats," was the cutting reply, and the listening man, who heard all, opened wide his eyes. "You are harsh in your terms, Miss Seldon."
"Do you know this, Miss Seldon, or is it only conjecture on your part?" he asked, when he had recovered from his surprise. He had come prepared to console, but, instead, had found the young girl cool and with apparently knowledge which he did not possess regarding the man whom Harding had said he believed was her lover. "I know it, Doctor Dick." "May I ask how?"
"But if I do not; if they are false. Hush! There is some one on the veranda Seldon must have returned." "All the more reason why you should speak quickly," I whispered, without releasing her. "Will you go, then? At once?" "I pledge my word." She drew a deep breath, her eyes shadowed, but I could hear the swift pulsing of her heart. "It it will mean nothing nothing."
I'll give him five minutes in which to explain, and that is all. Seldon, have the men go on ahead along the trail." "Yes, sir, they are off already." "Very well. Have our horses outside; we can catch up within a mile or two." He wheeled sharply about, and looked at me sternly. "Well, sir, I have very little time to waste on you at present, but I advise truthful answers. What is your name?"
Having discovered this, Seldon then crept cautiously back, picked up his rifle and game, and started off at a double-quick for his own camp, anxious to relieve his pard's anxiety regarding him, and to tell him all that he had discovered. A man of great endurance, he made a rapid run to his home, and did not feel it in the least.
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