Buffalo Bill’s face was grave. “Do you know,” he said, “that Jared Holmes was the brother of Matt Holmes, whose dead body lies out there in the brush? The motive that prompted the killing of Jared was the same that prompted the taking off of Matt. But I won’t go into details now. Help me to get to your cabin, and after a while I’ll talk more.” But there was no revelation that night. The king of scouts was in a fainting condition when Angell’s cabin was reached. A second dressing to his wound was given, and he was put to bed. Next morning he awoke with mind clear and only a slight physical weakness. After breakfast, he said: “I realize that you are anxious to know exactly what happened at the cabin of Holmes, and I believe you will work better after I have relieved your curiosity. By this you will understand that there is work for you to do. The bodies down on the flat must be buried. We are many hundreds of miles from a town and a coroner, and so we must act as if we represented the government of the Territory.” Angell went outside, and presently appeared with a pick and shovel. Resting the implements against the wall, he said as he came forward to sit on a stool by Buffalo Bill’s bunk: “Go ahead. You aire ther judge an’ I’m ther sheriff.” “I was in Hayes City a few weeks ago,” the king of scouts began, “and was figuring on going up to Laramie for a spell to look after my interests near the place, when an old army friend, Major Kent, met me and asked a service. A young woman, daughter of a West Point classmate, was in town, and it was her desire to proceed at once to the cabin of Matt Holmes, in these hills. The matter was important, and she needed a guide and protector. Would I act in that double capacity? I did not give an answer until I had taken a look at the young woman. Then I capitulated. I have seen many pretty women, Bart, but none prettier than Myra Wilton. And, best of all, she is as good as she is pretty. I would have been a brute if I had not consented to take charge of her and see her safely to her destination.