It would be necessary for him to hire some deserted shanty, and borrow such articles as were indispensable.

Nothing could be done to any advantage without a horse.
To diminish the months which he had promised to work in payment for the animal, he threw in his rifle.
After a few weeks of toil the horse was his.

He mounted his steed, deeming himself one of the richest men in the far West, and rode to see his girl and fix upon his wedding-day.

He confesses that as he rode along, considering that he had been twice disappointed, he experienced no inconsiderable trepidation as to the result of this third matrimonial enterprise.

He reached the cabin, and his worst fears were realized.
The nervous, voluble, irritable little woman, who with all of a termagant's energy governed both husband and family, had either become dissatisfied with young Crockett's poverty, or had formed the plan of some other more ambitious alliance for her daughter.