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 REQUEST.
"Wrang, sur! How did I wrang her?"
"By clieylly leaving the poor girl to be captured by the
Navajoes, when you might have defended her just as well
as not, and -"
"Last me scalp?" said Jimmy, in a tone of voice that
clearly indicated that such a contingency had been fully
considered by him, before acting, in the matter.
"Certainly, Jimmy, any person should feel it an honor
to lose his scalp, or his life even, in defence of his ladylove."
"An' what wud me honor amount to widout me scalp?
Bedad, I'd rayther fale the wan, then have the ither,"
said Jimmy, inadvertently passing his hand over the top of
his head, as if to assure himself that his scalp was still
there. "But, sur, the poor woman is wantin' some things
to make hursilf comfurtable, jist thryflin' things, sur; wee
little things, that yer honor wouldn't miss at all, at all.
Can she have'em?"
"Well, Jimmy, as she's gone now, we'll talk of it another
time. "
"Shure, sur, she haven't gone, I giss."
"But you told me she had, Jimmy."
"Will, sur, I didn't rightly know at the time 1 was spak
in', sur.
"Jimmy, I think you're trying to deceive me."
"Is it mesilf, sur, that wud be thryin' to decave yez,
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