36/37 "When the news is spread that every man stood firm to the last I think it will light such a fire in Texas that Santa Anna and all his armies cannot put it out." "Did you see a boy called Ned Fulton in the Alamo, a tall, handsome fellow with brown hair and gray eyes ?" asked Obed White. "He was with Crockett and Bowie a great deal." "And none escaped ?" said Will Allen. He doubtless fell in the hospital or in the convent yard. Ah, he was a friend of yours! I am sorry." "Yes, he was a friend of ours," said the Panther. |