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.

WANTS TO MARRY.
tion for thi loss ov her gurl, an' I'm thinkin' I'll jist marry
barh, an' sittle down misilf right here,'sur, wid thi other
Injuns."
Had I at that moment heard a clap of thunder resounding
through the sky, I could not have been more completely
astounded, than at this piece of information. Then the utter
absurdity of it struck me so forcibly, that I lay back and
indulged in a prolonged and most hearty fit of laughter,
much to the discomfort of my poor body, which was still very
sore from the effects of my fall. As soon as I could sufficiently recover myself, I said, —
"Why, Jimmy, the woman is old enough to be your
mother."
"No, sur," said Jimmy, "she's only twinty-five, an'
I'm twinty-six misilf."
"How can that be, Jimmy, when she has a daughter at
least twenty years old?"
"Faith," said Jimmy, looking for a moment rather puzzlea, "moightyquare things hap'n in this counthry; d'ye
moind thi sthory that thi ould bazaque was tellin' yez a bit
ago, about Mister Montezuma's mother?"
"Yes, Jimmy, but that was only a legend that occurred a
great many hundred years ago."
"Will, ef these things tuk place thin, why wouldn't they
do it now?"
"That is a question which I can't answer, Jimmy; but I
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