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It is strange if we can't keep the piece and manage it against ten times that number of such heroes as we have seen over yonder." And he pointed to the flying enemy on the other side of the barranca. "What say you to going with us?" "I should like it well; but duty, my dear H. duty! I must stay by the gun." "Good-bye, then, comrade! We have no time to lose farewell!"
He led his troops by the little river that winds below Vaena, and so up to the wild defiles of the mountains, marching all night, and stopping only in the heat of the following day to repose under the shadowy cliffs of a deep barranca, calculating to arrive at Moclin exactly in time to co-operate with the other forces.
I saw that he was paying her kind attentions; and I almost thanked him, though I knew it was but the selfish gallantry of the lover. In a short while she rose to her feet again, and rushed back toward the barranca. I heard my name uttered across the ravine. Hers was echoed back; but at the moment both mother and daughter were surrounded by their guards, and carried back.
From there, it was an easy ride over a level district until we were in sight of Tepanapa, which, by sunlight, presented a most attractive appearance. The houses are spread over a gentle slope, to the very edge of a little barranca. Each had a little enclosure, with a group of banana plants. Butterflies of brilliant hues lazily flew about, and a few birds uttered their characteristic cries.
We bore away the same afternoon, taking particular care to keep at such a distance from the shore that there might be no danger of our being discovered from thence. By the 5th of November, at three in the afternoon, we were advanced within view of the high land of Barranca, and an hour and a half afterwards we had the satisfaction we had so long wished for, of seeing a sail.
Bob, more than that, I believe that every once in so many years, when an extra convulsion shakes things up here, the water bursts out through some passage, and rushes down that barranca in a wave perhaps twenty feet high." "But they call it a cloud burst, Frank," suggested Bob. "I know they do, but still I stick to my idea," Frank went on. "And this promises to be an extra strong outburst.
Over mountain and valley, swamp and barranca, always the same steady surefootedness crawling like cats over the soft places, gliding like snakes up the steep rocky ascents, and stretching out with prodigious energy when the ground was favourable; yet with such easy action that we scarcely felt the motion.
It was all that remained of the unfortunate men. After leaving the Barranca del Oro, we struck the head waters of the Rio Mimbres; and, keeping on the banks of that stream, followed it down to the Del Norte. Next day we entered the pueblo of El Paso. A scene of singular interest greeted us on our arrival. As we neared the town, the whole population flocked out to meet us.
But at last we distinctly heard the faint, soft thud of galloping hoofs. The searchers heard it, too, and reined up to listen. Tim thrust into my hand the 30-30 Winchester he was carrying together with a box of cartridges. Then with a leap like a tiger he gained the rim of the barranca. Once there, however, his forces seemed to desert him. He staggered forward calling in a weak voice.
"We can't all ride this stallion " "Listen," I cut in, and I gave him the same directions I had previously given Brower. He heard me attentively. "I can beat that," he cut me off. He dismounted. "Get on here, Artie. Ride down the barranca two hundred yards and you'll come to an alkali flat. Get out on that flat and ride like hell for Box Springs." "Why don't you do it?"
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