And here is my other self--the best fellow that ever lived: Darius Grant.

'Dare' we call him, father, for there is not anything he won't venture if he thinks it worth the winning.

And how is mi madre and Antonia, and Iza?
And isn't it jolly to see you with a rifle ?" "Well, Dare; well, Jack; you are both welcome; never so welcome to Texas as at this hour.

Come home at once and, refresh yourselves." There was so much to tell that at first the conversation was in fragments and exclamations, and the voices of the two young men, pitched high and clear in their excitement, went far before them as if impatient of their welcome.

Antonia heard them first.