I'll rap three times when I return." He slipped out into the silent night, and crept cautiously around the end of the dark cabin.

The distinct change in the girl's attitude of friendship toward him, her very evident desire that he should think well of her, together with the providential opportunity for escape, had left him full of confidence.

The gambler had played blindly into their hands, and Keith was quick enough to accept the advantage.

It was a risk to himself, to be sure, thus turning again to the northward, yet the clear duty he owed the girl left such a choice almost imperative.

He certainly could not drag her along with him on his flight into the wild Comanche country extending beyond the Canadian.