After one or two efforts she was thoroughly aroused by the sound of voices which had been very familiar to her in the black days of the flight--those of a woman and her weary family of seven children.

She had helped her in many ways, and she still felt an interest in her welfare.

It appeared now to be assured.

Antonia found her camping in a little grove of mulberry trees.

She had recovered her health; her children were noisy and happy, and her husband, a tall, athletic man, with a determined eye and very courteous manners, was unharnessing the mules from a fine Mexican wagon; part of the lawful spoils of war.