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.

CHAPTER XXVIII.
'Gs.'T was after I had eaten my chicken,
~l~/~~~ ~'~ ^ and more than an hour after the
sun had sunk behind the line
of bluffs that marked the west er horizon, that Dr. Parker
and Don Rafael made their
appearance in camp, the latter with
_?_? a fine, fat antelope which be had shot
' that afternoon, tied to his saddle behind
= him.
Their arrival was the signal for Jimmy's disappearance.
He was gone like a will-o'-the-wisp before they had fairly
dismounted, and when wanted to take our animals to the
corral he was nowhere to be found. We were much provoked at this utter disregard of our known wishes and commands, and were determined to prevent in future, if possible,
Jimmy's unlicensed rambles.
While the doctor was swearing at the necessity that
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