I don't wish to be meddled with; that's all." "You shan't be," she whispered; and then, just when they were approaching the point where their eyes might have been opened, in came General Trednoke.

The group round the Golden Fleece broke up.
The general wore his riding-dress, and his bearing was animated, though he was covered with dust.
"I was wondering what had become of you all," he said, as the others gathered about him.

"I have been taking a canter to the eastward.
Kamaiakan said this morning that one of the boys had brought news of a cloud-burst in that direction.

I rode far enough to ascertain that there has really been something of the kind, and I think it has affected the arroyo on the farther side of the little sierra.

Now, I don't know how you gentlemen feel, but it occurred to me that it might be interesting to make up a little party of exploration to-morrow.