Bidding her dismount, he led the burros into a covert of stones and cedars, and tied them.
"Jane, I've run into the fellers I've been lookin' for, an' I'm goin' after them," he said.
"Why ?" she asked.
"I reckon I won't take time to tell you." "Couldn't we slip by without being seen ?" "Likely enough.

But that ain't my game.

An' I'd like to know, in case I don't come back, what you'll do." "What can I do ?" "I reckon you can go back to Tull.

Or stay in the Pass an' be taken off by rustlers.

Which'll you do ?" "I don't know.