If we get Fremont away from those ruffians to-night he'll want to be jumping at something right away, and there ought to be a line of work laid out." "Don't get excited," laughed Nestor.

"We're getting along pretty well.
We've found the mine, and we've taken three prisoners.

If there was a fourth man in the mixup that night, we'll soon know who he was and why he was there." "I wish I knew whether the munitions of war got across the border," Frank said, after a pause.
"The mountain has been remarkably quiet to-day," suggested Nestor.
"What does that mean ?" "Don't you think the men would be making a lot of noise if they had arms in their hands ?" Nestor asked.
"Perhaps they are making noise somewhere." "They may make all the noise they want to, if they keep off Texas soil," replied Nestor.
"I have been talking with Stevens," Frank went on, "and he gives a doleful account of the situation in New York.

They left nearly two days after you did, you remember.

It is said that Cameron is not likely to recover, and that he still, in a rambling way, talks of Fremont as the person who assaulted him.