Some of us are goin' down there to take a hand in the matter of that gun, an' you are goin' with us." "Of course we are!" said Ned and Obed together.

In five minutes they were riding, fully armed, with the Ring Tailed Panther over the prairie.
He gave them more details as they rode along.
"Some of our people had been gatherin' at San Felipe to stop the march of Cos if they could," he said, "but they've been drawn off now to help Gonzales.

They're comin' from Bastrop, too, an' other places, an' if there ain't a fight then I'm the Ring Tailed Panther for nothing.

If we keep a good pace we can join a lot of the boys by nightfall." "We'll keep it," said Ned.

The boy's heart was pounding.