Crusoe's island . s foothold, and go rolling to the bottom of thecanon, pack and all. Amid the confusion worse con-founded, the cries and maledictions of the vaqueros wereperfectly overwhelming; but when the mules stuck fastin the mud, and it became necessary to unpack them,then it was that the vaqueros shone out most luminous-ly. They shouted, swore, beat the mules, kicked them,pulled them, pushed them, swore again; and when allthese resources failed, tore their hair, and resorted toprayer and meditation. (Opposite is a faint attempt atthe vaquero sliding-scale.) It will doubtless be a consol
Crusoe's island . s foothold, and go rolling to the bottom of thecanon, pack and all. Amid the confusion worse con-founded, the cries and maledictions of the vaqueros wereperfectly overwhelming; but when the mules stuck fastin the mud, and it became necessary to unpack them,then it was that the vaqueros shone out most luminous-ly. They shouted, swore, beat the mules, kicked them,pulled them, pushed them, swore again; and when allthese resources failed, tore their hair, and resorted toprayer and meditation. (Opposite is a faint attempt atthe vaquero sliding-scale.) It will doubtless be a consolation to some of these uj#happy vaqueros to know that such of their mules as theyfailed to extricate from the mud during the winter may,during the approaching summer, find their way outthrough the cracks. Should any future traveler be over-taken by thirst, and see a pair of ears growing out ofthe road, he will be safe in digging there, for underneathstands a mule, and on the back of that mule is a barrelof WUISKV UELOVV.
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