through the window--Eduardo Fulton is his name. Truly General Santa Anna
must have his reasons. The reward has been doubled."

"Poor lad," spoke Juana, who spoke seldom. "It may be that the young
Texan is not as bad as they say. But it is much money that they offer.
Someone will find him."

"It may be," said Benito. Then they sat a long time in silence. Juana
was the first to go into the house and to bed. After a while the two
boys followed. Another half hour passed, and Ned rose.

"I go, Benito," he said. "You and your wife have been good to me, and I
cannot bring misfortune upon you. Why is it that you did not betray me?
The reward is large. You would have been a rich man here."

Benito laughed low.

"Yes, it would have been much money," he replied, "but what use have I
for it? I have the wife I wish, and my sons are good sons. We do not go
hungry and we sleep well. So it will be all the days of our life. Two
hundred silver dollars would bring two hundred evil spirits among us.
Thy face, young Texan, is a good face. I think so and my wife, Juana,
who knows, says so. Yet it is best that you go. Others will soon learn,
and it is hard to live between close stone walls, when the free world is
so beautiful. I will call Juana, and she, too, will tell you farewell.
We would not drive you away, but since you choose to go, you shall not
leave without a kind word, which may go with you as a blessing on your
way."

He called at the door of the adobe hut. Juana came forth. She was stout,