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Updated: May 14, 2025
The last shock was caused by a scratching which showed that the intruder was trying to lift up the scuttle. Evidently the Indians had made themselves as familiar with Captain Shirril's domicile as they could without entering it. They had noticed the scuttle, and the possibility that it might be unfastened led one of them to climb undetected to the roof to make sure about it.
Thunderbolt was well trained, but the hurt already received made him restless, and his young master had to engage in a partial struggle before he gathered his legs under him and rolled over on his side. The instant he did so Avon knelt behind his body and was in the most favorable posture for defense. Captain Shirril's task proved more difficult.
It was by Captain Shirril's invitation that Colonel Sclevinger came to Texas on the return of peace. The Northern man felt an interest in the ranch business, but followed the counsel of the Texan, who warned him against going blindly into it.
While employed in this duty, Ballyhoo cast frequent looks in the direction of Captain Shirril's home. He expected to see their leader before it was light, but the sun was already showing in the horizon and he was not in sight. The Texan galloped to the top of the adjoining elevation, from which he could see the low flat building in the distance.
The remaining member of Captain Shirril's party was Shackaye, a Comanche Indian, about a year older than Avon Burnet, concerning whom we shall soon have something to say further. Captain Shirril was right when he expressed his belief that the arrival of his friends would be in the nature of one of those wild western cyclones, which have grown quite familiar of late in the West and Southwest.
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