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.

A SCARED MAN.
running as though borne on the wings of fear, then disappearing, for a second, as he fell headlong to the ground,
again seemingly on "all fours," to again straighten up with
a bound that would have done credit to a "jack-ass rabbit," each moment, however, managing, in spite of his frequent falls, to get nearer the camp, when, with a tremendous
burst of speed, splashing the water of the creek high ill
the air, -is he emphatically "went through it," he tumbled
headlong into camp over the wagon-tongue, his hair standing on end, and with the whitest face I ever saw on mortal
man, yelling out, in tones that were fairly screeches,
"Howly murther, have they got me?" and dropped to the
ground quite insensible.
Our efforts restored him to consciousness after a few
moments, when, opening his eyes, and recognizing the doctor, he exclaimed, "Did the divil git you too? Save her,
docther!" and again relapsed into insensibility.
It was not until after daylight that we were able to obtain
any information relative to Jimmy's mysterious absence
from our camp, and his singular return thereto.
From his statements, it seemed that the evening before,
by appointment, he had met his fair Zuni oharmer, and
they had gone out together for a long moonlight stroll;
that they had wandered down near ihe Sacred Spring,, when
the "gurl" had informed him, by "signs wid fiugoers," that
she wished him to take an "ooath" there.
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