human
I thought you wasn't never comin', said the boy softly.
gpt
It must be 'bout mornin' by now. Seems all night! We'll haf to ride like blazes if we get there now in time! They're over here,
human
You're a good boy,
gpt
You bet I had the awfulest time gettin' away with your saddle! Every time I'd get up near it that blame cook'd pop his head out of the tent. I like to never got it a tall!
human
But you did get it, said Hope.
gpt
I saw that it wasn't there.
human
Yep, an' the blanket an' bridle. I've got 'em all cached up here in the trees--horses an' everything, an' your horse is saddled. Somebody rode up while I was waitin' down there on the bank for you, an' I just had to lay low, I tell you!
gpt
Come, hurry! whispered the girl.
human
We've got to kill our horses to-night!
gpt
Oh, I've got Dave's pinto, so I don't care, replied the child. Then after an instant's pause in which they reached their horses:
human
You couldn't kill this pinto, nohow!