23/32 I will carry those you have on to our house, and destroy them. Garcia will take you to his lodging. He starts at daybreak with his mules, and you can travel with them." "Thank you most heartily, Nita. Here are five gold pieces, for the purchase of the ropes and clothes." "Oh, they will not cost anything like as much as that!" the girl said. "I am helping you because I like you, and because you have come here to drive the French away." "I should not think of offering you money, Nita. |