"
"Miss Nora can come, too, if she likes," suggested he of the
Shoshones. "Looks like we would have quite a party. Won't y'u
join us, too, Miss Messiter, according to the original plan?" he
said, extending an ironical invitation.
"I think we had better cut it down to me alone. We'll not burden
your hospitality, sir," said the sheepman.
"No, sir, I'm in on this. Whyfor can't I go?" demanded Jim.
Bannister, the outlaw, eyed him unpleasantly. "Y'u certainly can
so far as I am concerned. I owe y'u one, too, Mr. McWilliams.
Only if y'u come of your own free will, as y'u are surely welcome
to do, don't holler if y'u're not so welcome to leave whenever
y'u take a notion."
"I'll try and look out for that. It's settled, then, that we ride
together. When do y'u want to start?"
"We can't go any sooner than right now. I hate to take these
young men from y'u, lady. but, as I said, I'll send them back in
good shape. Adios, senorita. Don't forget to whom y'u belong." He
swaggered to the door and turned, leaning against the jamb with
one hand again it. "I expect y'u can say those lovey-dov
good-byes without my help. I'm going into the yard. If y'u want
to y'u can plug me in the back through the window," he suggested,
with a sneer.
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