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Also you beat us off last night, but I now have a hundred men with me and we have plenty of arms. We are bound to take you sooner or later." "Then why talk to us about it?" said the Panther. "Because I wish to save bloodshed." "Wa'al, then, what do you have to say?" "Give us the man, Roylston, and the rest of you can go free." "Why are you so anxious to have Roylston?"
He won't try it, 'cause, as he says, it's sure death for him, an' so somebody must go to Roylston with the news that we're still alive, fightin' an' kickin'. Colonel Travis has chose you, an' you've got to go. No, there's no letter. You're just to tell Roylston by word of mouth to come on with his men." The words came forth popping like pistol shots. Ned was swept off his feet.
Even if he got through, how could he ever bring Roylston and the relief force in time? "I thank you," he said, "but I must hurry with my report." "Adios, Señor," said the man politely, and Ned repeated his "Adios" in the same tone. Then he hurried forward, continually turning in toward the east, hoping to find a passage where the Mexican line was thinnest.
"You'll remember the merchant, John Roylston. He's for us heart and soul, an' I've no doubt that he's sendin' us help." "All the Texans owe him a debt," said Ned, "and I owe him most of all. His name saved my life, when I was taken at San Antonio. It had weight with Santa Anna, and it might have had weight with him, too, at Goliad, had he been there." They rode steadily all the next day.
The Panther brought him the rifle, powder and bullets, and Roylston, leaning against the tree, rifle across his knees, watched with bright eyes. Sentinels were placed at the edge of the grove, but the Panther and Ned, as arranged, were on the high bank overlooking the bed of the creek.
"I also hope that we shall recapture the man Roylston. He has great sums of money in the foreign banks in our country, and we need them, but our illustrious president cannot get them without an order from Roylston. The general would rather have Roylston than a thousand Texan prisoners." All of them laughed, and the laugh made Ned, lying in the shadow, shiver once more.
Food and water were brought to them on deck, and they ate and drank with good appetites. Then John Roylston, who had gone below, as soon as they were out of range, reappeared. He went directly to Ned, shook hands with him with great energy, and said in a tone of deep gratitude: "I had given you up for lost.
"We are going to have troublous times, you and I, along with the others, but I think we are going to ride through them safely." The horse whinnied ever so softly, and nuzzled Ned's arm. The understanding between them was complete. Then Ned left him, intending to take a position by the bank of the creek as he was on the early watch. On the way he passed Roylston, who regarded him attentively.
"We've seen Mr. Roylston tried more than once, and nobody doubts his courage." A good horse, saddled and bridled, and arms and ammunition, were given to Roylston. Then he bade them farewell. When he was about twenty yards away he beckoned to Ned.
It appeals to some deeper feeling than that which can be aroused by the mere making of money." Ned, deeply interested, watched him intently as he spoke. He saw Roylston show emotion for the first time, and the mind of the boy responded to that of the man. He could understand this dream. The image of a great Texan republic was already in the minds of men. It possessed that of Ned.
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