I was off once last night." "All right; wake us directly you see a change in the sky.

We should give the horses a chunk of bread and a drink each before we start." It seemed to the lads that they had been asleep for five minutes only when they were roused.

It was but the work of a few minutes to adjust the loads again and to give the horses the bread and water.

It was still hardly light in the ravine when they were ready to start, but all were too anxious to get on to delay a moment.

As soon as the day had broadened a little they were able to pick their way along on the comparatively level ground beyond the edge of the water-course, and the horses were put into a trot.
"If we can keep on like this," Joe said, "the Apaches won't be up to us before night.