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I was much afraid it would ex- 

 plode, in my haste; holding it in 

 the Mexican's direction, but care- 

 fully into the ground, I commanded 

 him to let the dog alone, get on his 

 horse and begone. 



This he did, cursing all sorts of 

 things in his jargon, but without 

 wasting any time, the coward! Pos- 

 sibly he knew as well as I, that a 

 gun in the hands of a nervous 

 woman is very dangerous, indeed. 



When the men returned they found 

 Undine nursing bruises, and I nursing 

 the gun. As no harm had been done, 

 it seemed best not to pursue the man, 

 although Silverton stayed on guard 

 that night in case he should return. 

 Thus again Undine proved her right 

 to be one of us, for if Silverton had 

 not been watching but then, he 

 was. 



Soon after the milkers' return I 

 noticed Nimrod at the spring care- 

 fully washing the pails that they had 

 brought back empty. I never have 

 gotten the accurate details of that 

 expedition, but I believe that when 

 they reached the herd, Nimrod made 

 a bleat like a calf. Several cows 



