"Holy snakes!" exclaimed Texas with genuine admiration. "Ef that ain't the all-firedest way to catch a doctor that I ever seen. Here, my pretty squaw, you're my prisoner too. Now come along like a good little papoose." Dew Drop, with a surprised look in her eyes, turned to flee. Texas caught her. "Keep yer head plumb. We're just makin' believe capturin' you and when old sawbones wakes up we'll have you tied so he don't get wise to your little game. See?" A smile slowly rippled over the face of the little red girl. "Pale face smart like Indian," she answered, nodding her head vigorously. "Um hurry. Big Bear and braves up yonder. Come for Jess Jame pretty soon." "Jess?" questioned Tony rising from the medicine man whose arms and hands he had been pinioning. "By the way, where's the chief. He went with you, didn't he?" Dew Drop shook her head. "Dew Drop no see um." "That's funny. Lend a hand here, Texas and let's get this red devil into the cave. No need to blindfold him now--" "Didn't put out his light, did you Tony?" asked Texas a bit anxiously. "Kill him? N--a--w. Head's too thick to break if a log fell on it." It was no easy task to get the inanimate form of the giant to the cave. At first they essayed to carry him, one at the head, the other at the feet. Tony dropped his burden in disgust. "Say, Texas, come here. This is too much like work. Jest get hold of his feet with me and we'll drag him the rest of the way--" "But it will hurt him," protested Texas. "What, hurt a redskin? G'wan. It'll wake him up, that's all, and he'll be fit as a fiddle when we git him into the cave. Come along." The way was rough and the sacred medicine man got the roughest voyage of his life for the next few moments. And as Tony had predicted, by the time they had reached the entrance to the cave, his eyes were open and he was glaring at his captors with malignant eyes. He could speak no word because Tony with rare forethought had twisted a gag into his mouth, fearing that should the man come to he might give the alarm and bring down some lurking savages on them. Just before reaching the mouth of the cave Texas, at his companion's bidding, bound a handkerchief over the prisoner's eyes. Then with great caution, they hauled him into the hole in the rocks. Being a large man the savage went through the smaller hole opening into the large chamber, with much less ease than had the bandits. In fact they had pulled him only half way through when he stuck there fast. "Can't make it. He's too fat," decided Texas. "Can't? Wait. I know the breed. He's making himself fat--swelling himself out. Here you savage," roared Tony, "we're going to give a good long pull and if you don't come through we'll fix you so you do." The medicine man grunted.