Of course, milk, eggs, and all fresh food were not to be had on the river boats.

Ice was still a thing unknown on the Colorado.
When, after a week, the "Gila" pushed her nose up to the bank at Ehrenberg, there stood the Quartermaster.

He jumped aboard, and did not seem in the least surprised to see me.

"I knew you'd come back," said he.

I laughed, of course, and we both laughed.
"I hadn't the courage to go on," I replied "Oh, well, we can make things comfortable here and get through the summer some way," he said.