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Updated: May 23, 2025
The mountaineer now believed more firmly than before that these two young men were carrying out the orders of Captain Billy McKay of the Texas Rangers. He swore to be revenged on every man of them when once he had gained his freedom. At present that hour of revenge was a long way off. Suddenly a loud "Yip! Yip! Yahee!" sounded off on the plain. Tad smiled broadly.
All her tired, yearning youth stood in her eyes. Jim spoke very slowly and clearly. "Penelope, I love you. Will you leave Saradokis and marry me?" Pen did not answer for a long moment. A to-hee trilled from the cedar: "O yahee! O yahai! Sweet as arrow weed in spring!" The Elephant lay motionless. The flag rippled and fluttered, a faint red spot far below on the mountainside.
I love you, O sweet as arrow weed in spring! "And beautiful girl, she say: 'I show you strongest thing in world. Come! And she take him by hand and lead him on toward elephant. And that elephant, all of a sudden, it stand still. They come up to it. They see it stand still because little To-hee bird, she circle round his head, sing him love songs. "'O yahee! O yahai!
Suddenly Pen's lips quivered. Just as the train began to move, "Jim!" she whispered. And she leaned over and caught his face between her hands and kissed him quickly on the lips. Then she slipped into the coach. Jim dropped off the train and stood staring unseeingly at Uncle Denny and Henderson. A to-hee sang its morning song from a nearby cactus: "O yahee! O yahai! Sweet as arrow weed in spring!"
It was with extreme regret and with full appreciation of what Jim had done for the Service that the Director asked for Jim's resignation, three months from date. Jim folded the letter and put it in his pocket. Then he stared out of the door at the Elephant. The great beast was silent in the after-glow. A to-hee cheeped sleepily in a nearby cholla: "O yahee! O yahai! Sweet as arrow weed in spring!"
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