His expressive eyes showed great doubt and anguish.

Ned felt very sorry for him.
"It is a most cruel quandary," said Urrea.

"I would go with you, and yet I would stay.

Texas and her cause have my love, but to us of Mexican blood the family also is very, very dear." His voice faltered and Latin tears stood in his eyes.
"Go," said Obed.

"You must save your kin, and perhaps, as you hope, you can rejoin us in time." "Farewell," said Urrea, "but you will see me again soon." He spurred his horse, a powerful animal, and went ahead at a gallop.
Soon he disappeared over the swells of the prairie.
"I hate to see him go," growled the Ring Tailed Panther.