'I don't think, Rube,' I said after awhile, 'that we shall strike
the road far off where we left it at Pepita's.'
'No, I expect not, Seth. We had better bear a little more to the
south, for they will most likely make for Pepita's, and day will
soon be breaking now.'
'We'd better not strike the road at all, Rube; likely enough, they
will follow it down for a few miles in hopes of picking us up.'
'I hope they will,' Rube said; 'and I expect so. Won't it be a
lark, just?'
'What do you mean, Rube?'
'Mean? Why, didn't the Cap tell us to leave San Miguel before
daybreak, and to ride to meet him? It warn't likely that he meant
us to ride more than ten miles or so; so that he will be within
that distance of San Miguel by an hour after daybreak, and will be
at Pepita's half an hour later. If them fellows ride on, they are
safe to fall into as nice a trap as--'
'Jehoshophat!' said I. 'You're right, Rube. Let's make tracks. It
can't be more than another four or five miles to the road, and day
will break in half an hour.'
'How strong do you reckon them, Seth?'
'Fifty or sixty,' said I, 'by the regular sound of the horses.'
'That's about what I guessed,' Rube said. 'There are forty of our
chaps, and they will be fresh. We'll give 'em goss.
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