Why are you so anxious to know ?" "Because," he returned earnestly, bending toward her, "I believe that gash in the earth is going to get us out of here.

Anyhow it is the only chance I can figure.

If we can creep through to the river, undiscovered, I 'll agree to leave Mister Indian guessing as to where we 've gone." The new note of animation in the man's voice aroused her, but she grasped his arm tighter.
"But--but, oh, can we?
Won't they be hiding there too ?" "It's a chance, that's all--but better than waiting here for a certainty.

See here, Miss McDonald," and he caught her hand in his own, forgetful of all save his own purpose and the necessity of strengthening her to play out the game, "the trend of that gulf is to the west; except up here close to the bluff it runs too far away for a guard line.

The Indians will be lying out here on the open prairie; they will creep as close in as they dare under cover of darkness.