Hudson, who had been preparing to
depart, came to bid us good-bye.
"I seem to take frequent leave of you, these times, lieutenant," he
said.
"Yes; and your farewell ride with the Whipple mail so far seems to
have been anything but monotonous. I think the _Anabasis_ would be a
more suitable subject of study on this route than the _Memorabilia_."
"'Hence they proceeded one day's journey, a distance of five
parasangs, and fell in with the barbarians,' might well be said of
this trip, for a fact."
"Hadn't you better travel with me the rest of the way?"
"I think we have seen the last of the Apaches. They do not range south
and west of here. Good-bye, sir."
"Good-bye, until we meet at Tyson's Wells."
The next morning, when the boys, Vic, and I were taking our places in
the ambulance, Mr. Hopkins and his men, Mr. Gray and Mr. Rosenberg,
approached us mounted. They informed me that they were going to La
Paz.
"The Ingins are gettin' a little too thick here," observed the
ranchman. "I find it diffikilt to git proper rest after a hard day's
work.
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