CHAPTER XIV.

A Bear Hunt.--Patsey explains.--A Promise.--Continuation of Hal's Story.--
Warm Blood.--A Feast of Mule Meat.--The Mountain Cave.--A Punishment.--
Despair.--The Crack of a Rifle.--Liberty.--The Smoke Signal.--The Spy.--
The Two Eyes.--A Horrible Situation.--Relief at last.--A Dissertation on
Apaches.--Their Manners and Customs.--A Surprise.--A Desperate
Adventure.--Arrival at Apache Pass.--"Sooap."--An Attack.

CHAPTER XV.

The Herd in Danger.--We rally.--The Fight.--Death and Burial.--Patsey in
Trouble.--"Shnakes."--A Lively Dance for a "ded Mon."--Rocky Mountain
Sheep.--A Description of them.--The Wild Ox.--Not a Success as
_Lazadors_.--An Exciting Chase.--Tit for Tat.--The Boys worsted.--
Mountain Dew.--Patsey pronounces.--The Buckskin Suit.--The Old Mission.--
Arrival at Tucson.

CHAPTER XVI.

Hal's Trade.--The New Mule.--A Storm.--Patsey's Ride. A Laughable
Adventure.--We start at last.--The Pimo Indians.--Manners and
Manufactures.--A Duck Hunt.--"How they hoont Ducks in the ould
Counthry."--A Bath.--Arrive at Yuma.--Crossing the Desert.--Terrible
Suffering.--Carrizo Creek, and the "Thirst of the Gazelle."--Jerry's
Story.--Angels.--Arrival at San Diego.--Good News.--A Stock Ranche.--Mrs.
Hyde that is to be.--An Invitation from Old Jerry.