"All things come to him who waits long enough, if he doesn't die first.

Did you see anything besides a lot of Mexican vaqueros, fuddled with liquor and sound asleep ?" "We did not see any vaqueros," replied the Panther, "but we saw Urrea an' his band, an' they had among them a dozen good Texans bound fast, men who will be shot if we three don't stand in the way.

You have to follow with us, Obed, because Ned has already promised for you." The Maine man looked at them and smiled.
"A terribly good mind reader, that boy, Ned," he said.

"He knew exactly what I wanted.

There's a lot of things in the world that I'd like to do, but the one that I want to do most just now is to follow Urrea and that crowd of his and take away those Texans.