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 APPEARS.
the trail which led to the spring. Unfortunately for him,
we had returned by another route; and Jimmy, quite unconscious of the fact, with anxious eyes still watched for
our coming until long after the shades of evening had
descended, and we had partaken of the supper which Don
Rafael prepared for us.
It was quite late when Jimmy was seen approaching the
camp from an opposite direction to the pueblo; and his
perturbation of mind was very evident, when he discovered
the doctor and myself quietly enjoying our otium cum dig
with our pipes, while we congratulated ourselves that we
had at last "caught him."
As he approached, consternation, doubt, and Irish cunning
seemed chasing one another in quick succession over his
features. Not a word was spoken; the doctor and myself
completely ignoring his presence.
At last Jimmy mustered sufficient courage to say, "Will
I be afther gittin' some supper for yez gintlemin?"
My reply, in a tone of the utmost astonishment, "Why,
Jimmy, what do you mean! Don't you know that we ate
our supper more than two hours since?" was rather too
much for him, for he at once commenced to apologize,
saying: "Bedad, sur, I jist walked out for a wee bit ov ixercise,
an' I didn't think ye'd be here so soon, sur."
As we made no reply to this piece of voluntary informa
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