The Cave in the Mountain - A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Edward S. (Edward Sylvester) Ellis
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"Then keep the horse from throwing us off, and we're all right. After we find your horse, Mickey, or don't find him, what are we to do, then?" "Set sail for New Boston." "But we can't ride through these mountains, if we don't find the pass." "And the same is what we're going to do, barring that it hasn't been lost yet." "Are you sure you know the way to it from where you left your horse? I've been hunting for it for hours, but couldn't any more tell where it was than the man in the moon. What course would you have to take to reach it?" "Right off yonder," replied Mickey, pointing to the left. "And I was sure that it was here," said Fred, pointing his hand in nearly an opposite direction. "Which the same is a good raison why you're wrong. When you git lost, and think you're on the right way, ye may be sure that ye're wrong; and after figuring the whole thing over, and getting sartin of the right coorse, all you've got to do is not to take it, and ye're sartin of saving yerself." "Then, according to that, you ought not to take the route which you have said is the right one." "I'm spaking for lost spalpeens like yoursilf," said Mickey, severely. "I haven't been lost since I parted company with Soot Simpson, and, begorrah, |
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