216 Maxey 



sensible and shrewd. But his devotion is touching. 

 I do not think I could drive him away from here, 

 and I can tell by the way he looks at me he believes 

 I never will try to do so.' 



1 February /./. Valentine's Day, and I am grow- 

 ing hotter and weaker every hour. I know I shall 

 soon lose my reason, and without care I cannot live. 

 If I should die, and anyone should come and find 

 me here, let my last request be heeded. Take care 

 of my burro. He will live, and I will repay all 

 care. This is my last will and testament. Money, 

 stocks, and bonds, in the vault of the Colorado Na- 

 tional Bank, Denver. All these go to the man who 

 finds and cares for my poor burro the sharer of 

 my good and evil fortune, devoted to me during life 

 and faithful unto death, my friend and comrade 

 MAXEY.' 



