THE LOVE MEDICINE OF THE SIOUX
Still breathing hard, Smith hunted Tubbs.
“Tubbs, will you be ready for business, to-day?”
“The sooner, the quicker,” Tubbs answered, with his vacuous wit.
“Do you know the gulch where they found that dead Injun?”
“Yep.”
“Saddle up and meet me over there as quick as you can.”
“Right.” Tubbs winked knowingly, and immediately after breakfast started to do as he was bid.
Smith’s face was not good to look upon as he sat at the table. He took no part in the conversation, and scarcely touched the food before him. His disappointment was so deep that it actually sickened him, and his unreasoning anger toward the woman was so great that he wanted to get out of her sight and her presence. She was like a dog which after a whipping tries to curry favor with its m
