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A TIMELY ARRIVAL. 



" I guess I'd better keep her tied to the saddle for a 

 :ime; I don't think she can run away with me and 

 Apache. Bob, warn't you trying to slide down the 

 back of the male when I came in sight ? " 



" No ; I was trying to keep from sliding down it, 

 but I couldn't help myself, because the roof was 

 too steep." 



" He is got up in curious style," remarked 

 the Texan, surveying the inanimate figure on 

 the ground. " I saw one of the critters in 

 Barnum's show, when it was in Texas, and 

 tried to study out what sort of joke na- 

 ture was trying to get off when she shaped 

 him up in that fashion, 

 but I couldn't make 

 it out. 



SKELETON OF THE GIRAFFK. 



Pongo, you and Bob 

 will mount again, and 

 we'll start for camp, 

 without waiting for God- 

 kin and Dick, who are 

 having some fun of their 

 own." 



The native's horse was 

 a short distance off, and he 

 vaulted upon him in a twink- 

 ling, Bob doing the same with 

 his own animal, while Jack be- 

 gan the delicate task of leading 

 his captive away from her former 

 companions and the body of her 

 late consort. 



This would have been quite easy 

 on the open plain, for the captive was 

 so subdued that, after a few minutes, 

 she offered no resistance at all. She 

 walked obediently after her master, her 

 young keeping near her, but, despite 

 the care of the horseman, the trees in- 

 terfered in an annoying way, the lasso 

 frequently catching against the trunks 

 and limbs. The difficulty was almost 

 overcome by shortening the halter so 

 as to bring the beast near the haunch 

 of the mustang, who showed nearly as 

 great dislike to such close acquaint- 

 anceship as did the prisoner. 



Everything, however, went along 

 swimmingly on the arrival of the 

 party in the open plain. Jack 

 allowed the prisoner all the 

 rope she wanted, and no one 

 would have judged, from her 



