"We boys can never forget the scenes at Los Valles Grandes, Laguna,
and the Rio Carizo. She saved our lives, helped recover Chiquita, and
she helped rescue Manuel, Sapoya, and Henry from the Navajos."
"Yes; but for her I might have lost my brother at La Roca Grande,"
remarked Henry. "That was probably her greatest feat. Nice little
doggie--good little Vicky--are you really to go to San Francisco and
the East with us?"
"I believe if I only had Sancho back, and Henry had Chiquita, I should
be perfectly happy," observed the elder brother.
After a slight pause, during which the boy seemed to have relapsed
into his former depression, Henry asked:
"Do they have cavalry drill at that school?"
"Yes, the superintendent keeps twenty light horses, and allows some of
the cadets to keep private animals. All are used in drill."
"And if we get our ponies back, I suppose we shall have to leave them
here. Do you think, sir, there is any chance of our seeing them
again?" asked Frank.
"Not unless some one can go to La Paz for them.
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