The men were seated on the ground
in the next room, in full view of us, and every now and then one
walked in to look at us. Helpless as we were, they had an uneasy
doubt of what we might do. Rube still lay at full length on the
ground. For a quarter of an hour I did not speak, as I thought it
best to let him cool and quiet down a bit; and I thought and
thought, but I couldn't, for the life of me, think out any plan of
getting clear away. At last I thought I would stir Rube up."
'How do you feel, Rube?'
'Well, I feel just about tired out,' Rube said; 'just as if I had
walked a hundred miles right on end. I've been a fool again, Seth,
sure enough; but I've given some of them goss, that's a comfort.
I'll just take a sleep for a few hours, and then we'll see about
this business. 'Hello, there!' he shouted in Spanish; 'water.' For
awhile no one attended to him; but he continued to shout, and I
joined him, so that the men in the next room were obliged to leave
off their talk to do as we wanted them. One of them got up and took
a large copper pan, filled it with water from a skin, and placed it
down between us; and then giving me a hearty kick--even then he did
not dare kick Rube--went back to his pillow. It took some trouble
and much rolling over before we could get so as to get our mouths
over the pan to drink.
Pages:
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116