I know, too, that he is the most able, and I believe that he is the most dangerous to those of us who have settled in Texas.

What a country is this Mexico! Revolution after revolution! You make a treaty with one president to-day and to-morrow another disclaims it! More than one of them has a touch of genius, and yet it is obscured by childishness and cruelty!" He sighed heavily.

Ned, full of sympathy, glanced at him but said nothing.

Then his gaze turned back to the mighty peaks which stood so sharp and clear against the blue.

Truth and honesty were the most marked qualities of Stephen Austin and he could not understand the vast web of intrigue in which the Mexican capital was continually involved.