We were both plaguey anxious, and
couldn't pretend we warn't, for at any moment that rascal El Zeres
might arrive, and then it would be all up with us. At last we
agreed that we could not stand it any longer, and made up our minds
to go outside and sit down against the wall of the hut till it was
safe to make a start, and then if we heard horses coming in the
distance we could make a move at once. We each took a hat and
cloak, a brace of pistols, and a rifle, and went out. There we sat
for another hour, till the camp got quiet enough to make the
attempt. Even then we could hear by the talking that many of the
men were still awake, but we dared not wait any longer, for we
calculated that it must be near eleven o'clock already. We chose a
place where the fires had burned lowest, and where everything was
quiet, and, crawling along upon the ground, we were soon down among
the horses. We had been too long among the Indians to have a bit of
fear about getting through these fellows; and, lying on our faces
we crawled along, sometimes almost touching them, for they lay very
close together, but making no more noise than two big snakes. A
quarter of an hour of this and we were through them, and far enough
out on the plain to be able to get up on to our feet and break into
a long stride.
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