Cateras will not bother, and with Mendez captive, his men will not learn what has occurred.

Is not this our best plan, Mr.
Cavendish ?" "And at night ?" "We must work some scheme to get horses, and depart before those others reach here.

There will be plenty of time between dark and ten o'clock.
If we leave this man securely bound, his plight will not even be discovered until Lacy arrives.

By that time, with any good fortune, we will be beyond pursuit, lost in the desert.

Do you think of anything better ?" That he did not was evidenced by the vacant look in his eyes, and she waited for no answer.
"Here," she said, thrusting the revolver into his hand, "take this, and guard Mendez until I return.