We Can
See The Roof Of The Cabin Inside, And A Stovepipe Sticking Up Through
It.
Faye says that he has just heard that the place is a nest of horse
thieves of the boldest and most daring type, and that one of them is
coming to see him this evening!
He was told all this by the Frenchman,
Junot, who has a little trading store a mile or so from here.
Faye and the doctor rode over there as soon as the tents had been
pitched, to ascertain if the company from Missoula had passed. Our
trail and the one from the Bitter Root valley fork there. The company
passed several days ago, so we will go on in the morning; otherwise we
would have been obliged to wait for it.
I had to stay here all alone as Faye would not consent to my going
with him. He gave me one of his big pistols, and I had my own small
one, and these I put on a table in the tent, after they had gone, and
then fastened the tent flaps tight and sat down to await events. But
the tent soon became stifling, and it occurred to me that it was
foolish to shut myself up so I could not see whatever might come until
it was right upon me, so putting my pistol in my pocket and hiding the
other, I opened the tent and went out. The first thing I saw was a
fishing pole with line and fly, and that I took, and the next was the
first sergeant watching me.
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