He may mean to attack to-night.

It's a lucky thing for us that we can find timber now an' then." "It's likely that you're right about to-night," said Obed, "but there's no night so dark that it doesn't have its silver lining.

I guess everybody in this little crowd is a good shot, unless maybe it's Mr.
Roylston, and as we have about three guns apiece we can make it mighty hot for any force that Urrea may bring against us." They began now to search for timber, looking especially for some clump of trees that also inclosed water.

They did not anticipate any great difficulty in regard to the water, as the winter season and the heavy rains had filled the dry creek beds, and had sent torrents down the arroyos.

Before dark they found a stream about a foot deep running over sand between banks seven or eight feet high toward the Rio Grande.