One of the boys said he 'd bet if the Apaches did come, Pard Huff would
get his ears cut off the first rattle, because they was so big the
Injuns could n't see nothin' else a-tall in camp till they got them out
of the way. And then _bang! bang! bang!_ went some six-shooters, the
boys yelled 'Injuns!'--'Apaches!' as loud as they could, and the feller
on the other side of Pard Huff (Pard was layin' next to me) yelled out.
'Boys, I 'm killed!' says he, and he rolled over on his face and kicked
and yelled and groaned. Then _bang! bang! bang!_ went the six-shooters
again; and then you ought to have seen that Pard Huff! Well, sir, he
was sure buffaloed! He jumped out of his blankets and let out one
yell. The chuck wagon was right behind us, and he give one jump and
went clean over it and lit out across country like an antelope.
You-all just ought to 've seen that tenderfoot pull his freight!

"The boys come up a-laughin' and watched him run. They was a-bettin'
he would n't stop till he got to Apache Teju, but I said it was n't
right to buffalo him that bad. So we-all yelled and called him to come
back, but he only run the faster. The durn fool tenderfoot thought it
was the Apaches chasin' him! We-all thought he 'd soon find out there
was nothin' wrong a-tall and come back, and so we went to bed again.
But he did n't.

"The next day I had to come to Apache Teju and I found Pard Huff's
bloody tracks most all the way to Separ. He 'd run right over stones
and cactus and prairie dog holes and everything else in his way. And
them fool people at Separ was all huddled up in the depot, and a
company of men with Winchesters and six-shooters was there from Deming,
and everybody was watchin' the country all 'round with spyglasses, for
Injuns! Well, sir, that durn fool tenderfoot, that Pard Huff, had told
them a fool yarn about the Apaches surprisin' our camp and killin'