. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. WAR WITH MEXICO 147 WAR WITH MEXICO With the coming of strangers, and the building ofnew homes near us, we began to hear more of whatwas being done in the outer world, and when fatherand Zeba went down to Dallas to sell a few cattle and. iN,#f|ff(K> sheep, they brought back the surprising news that theUnited States was at war with Mexico. We were told that the younger men of Texas werevolunteering as soldiers, and that much blood mightbe shed. By this time I was fifteen years old, and it seemedto me that it was my duty to leave home, and
. Philip of Texas; a story of sheep raising in Texas. WAR WITH MEXICO 147 WAR WITH MEXICO With the coming of strangers, and the building ofnew homes near us, we began to hear more of whatwas being done in the outer world, and when fatherand Zeba went down to Dallas to sell a few cattle and. iN,#f|ff(K> sheep, they brought back the surprising news that theUnited States was at war with Mexico. We were told that the younger men of Texas werevolunteering as soldiers, and that much blood mightbe shed. By this time I was fifteen years old, and it seemedto me that it was my duty to leave home, and to 148 PHILIP OF TEXAS abandon my plans of getting rich through sheep raising,in order to do what I could in defense of the state of
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