The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . it and dozed and slept at intervals through thelong night, while his horse, which was picketednear him, grazed unmolested. At early dawn he rekindled the fire, cooked theremainder of the hare for breakfast, and resumedhis journey. He was now hopelessly lost. Theday was so cloudy, he had no advantage of thesun, but rode first in one direction and then theother. The road grew dimmer and dimmer, untilit at last gave out altogether, and he found him-s
The real America in romance, with reading courses : being a complete and authentic history of America from the time of Columbus to the present day . it and dozed and slept at intervals through thelong night, while his horse, which was picketednear him, grazed unmolested. At early dawn he rekindled the fire, cooked theremainder of the hare for breakfast, and resumedhis journey. He was now hopelessly lost. Theday was so cloudy, he had no advantage of thesun, but rode first in one direction and then theother. The road grew dimmer and dimmer, untilit at last gave out altogether, and he found him-self in a broken, untraversed wild, from the laby-rinthian mazes of which it seemed wholly impossi-ble to extricate himself. He did not despair, but continued his yet, not a human being had been seen sinceleaving the mountain hacienda. On the third day he came suddenly upon abroad path leading from the north and windinginto a valley southwest. He entered the road,hoping it would take him to some convent, mon- ?SUDDENLY A LASSO CAME WHIZZING THROUGH THE AIR. (See page 291) After an original drawing by Freeland A. Carter. Vol. A FRIEND AMONG THE FOES. 291 astery or hacienda where he might hire a guidefor Saltillo. Again the day was almost spent,anu he had almost reconciled himself to pass an-other night in the mountains, when he suddenlyheard the loud clatter of hoofs behind him. Glanc-ing over his shoulder, he espied a pair of mountedMexicans, whom he took for harmless rancheros,come galloping up toward him. Notwithstanding they seemed so innocent andharmless, and scarce took any notice of him what-ever, he laid his hand on his pistols, determinednot to be taken * by surprise. The horsemenseemed as if they would gallop by him withouteven so much as the customary Mexican saluta-tion. He drew his horse a little aside and theywent dashing by. Suddenly a lasso came whizzingthrough the air with scarcely a perceptible motionfrom the Mexican throwing it. Arthur saw itc
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