It was probably the only horse at Corpus Christi that could have been purchased just then for any reasonable price.

Five dollars, sixty-six and two-thirds per cent.

advance, induced the owner to part with the mustang.

I was sorry to take him, because I really felt that, belonging to a foot regiment, it was my duty to march with the men.

But I saw the Captain's earnestness in the matter, and accepted the horse for the trip.