The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

JIMMY VINDICATED.
upon a country, whose inhabitants, like Tantalus, were
doomed to see, but not to enjoy.
We spent the night with our friend Bill May, who, after
administering to the comforts of the inner man, entertained
us until a late hour with a history of the wild and adventurous life he had led upon the Mexican frontier, he having
been one of the few who escaped of the party that formed
the Crabbe expedition into Sonora in 1851.
The next morning we again started, and long ere night
reached the Papago village, nestled under the shadow of the
spires of San Xavier. Here we remained for the night; for
the sight of the green fields and waving grain were far
preferable to the mud walls and filthy surroundings of
Tucson. Jimmy was delighted to see the "king" once
again, as he persistently called Old Josd.
That evening, while we were lying on the grass watching
Jimmy prepare the venison steaks for our supper, Dr.
Parker said to him,-
"Jimmy, that is the finest venison we have yet seen in
the country, and we are really indebted to you for it, for
you killed it."
"Did Ioshoot that deer mesilf?" asked Jimmy, -ith the
utmost surprise depicted on his expressive features.
"Yes, Jimmy, you shot it yourself."
"An' the ividence agin me wuz a lie?"
"All a lie, Jimmy."
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