the cabin without further delay,

Radbury. "I see that old Revolutionar

olid silver spoons mother got from Aunt Elizabeth

alked over to the little desk, which was a rude affair made by himself

g missing?"

here is my discharge from the army, after the war of 1812. The rascal who broke open the desk took

e?" came fr

lating to this

sure?"

sn't anywh

than over anything else, and at once a search was instituted, outside of th

Ralph, who knew very little as

, but with matters in such a revolutionary state the records may at some time

ive it up, partner," put in

"The land is mine, paid for, and I'll hold it, papers or no

it was an Indian. He might take the other things, but he w

e the papers just to throw us o

for he wouldn't know o

important, because of the seals on t

ention. He was plainly in a bad way, and Poke S

because he's a redskin and as tough as

he redskin appealed to D

his fill, Dan used the remainder of the water in washing his wounds and then bound them up. After this he got out an old blanket, a

dem," and he nodded his head suggestively. He had been

said Dan, for he felt that Big F

it his brow i

Foot hard question,

ou mus

l in here out of hot sun. He half dead. Udder

e other man was? It couldn't

be. I t'ink him 'Merican

ed Dan. "Father, d

is it,

when the cabin was robbed, but he

did not fight with the Comanches. He could easily have come in

ndown," answered Big Foot,

lo

es

ch way d

s query, and he now became so exhausted

en the red man went to sleep, while the Radburys began to mend the battered door and put things into shape generally. Poke Stover we

is made the Radburys breathe much more easily. Strange to say, Stover had

ld frontiersman to Ralph. "No

ed the boy. "I'm afraid I'll not

do as well every time you'd be as f

own to Texas," put in Mr. Radbury. "They

we have any trouble with the Mexicans ye can reckon on it as how he'll be to the front from the ve

ounded red man, and in the end he was allowed to remain where he was. The Radburys retired to their sleeping-apartment, while S

During the absence of the settlers some of the cattle and the mustangs had strayed away to other ranges, and these had to be rounded up, for in those days men of limited means, like Mr. Radbury, did n

hat he was going to make a trip to San Antonio de

remarked, "and, if so, I don't want

r. Radbury. "If there is trouble, ca

" answered

at up for the first time. The Radburys had done their

sure." The boys hardly gave attention to these

ttlers from Gonzales came in. They reported another Indian uprising farther eastwa

of thirty miles away, yet considered himself a fairly close neighbour. "The Mexicans don'

s the right thing by us

t trust an

ey had better look out for Sam Ho

s answer. "He's a lawyer and a fighter, and I reckon he ca