The barn chamber 's full o' their stuff, so 't no hay can go in; altogether there ain't any nameable kind of a fool-trick them young varmints didn't play on these premises.

I've seen 'em signalin' all the afternoon, and signalin' allers means bizness with them red varmints.

His answer did not relieve my uneasiness, for he said, "Them varmints don't make smoke for nothing; and, when you see 'em in so many directions, it's a sure sign that they're gatherin' for mischief: at least, that's my 'sperience.

" "You bet, judge, he'll see for himself, that them cussed varmints won't hev more'n four hours the start; an', ef he'll let us hev the men, we kin ketch 'em, sartin.

Them varmints hev struck a 'bee-line' for the Pecos; and if we don't ketch 'em afore they cross it and git into the Llano,

As he came up, he said, in tones that carried cheer with them, "Well, Judge, we're in luck; fifty mules and two varmints is a pretty good night's work.

That trail ain't twelve hours old, and there's a dozen of the varmints ef there's one.

It's a woman, for sure, riding on a pony, with one of the varmints on each side of her; but we've got to hurry some.

As we were likely at any time to meet with bands of Comanches in this neighborhood, it became necessary to travel with the greatest precaution; but even this did not appear to prevent one of the "varmints," as old Jerry called him, from boldly coming into camp the next day, without any one having seen his approach.

"I don't like the cut of any of them varmints," said Jerry, "they're all natral thieves, and ez likely ez not, thet cuss is a spy.

Them varmints are nat'ral hoss thieves, any how.

The wound was soon dressed, supper eaten, Juanita made as comfortable as possible for the night, and then we gathered about the camp-fire to hear Tom Pope, relate the story of the capture, as follows: "Me'n Jerry, started from here, and crawled through the grass and underbrush, till we got pretty close to the varmints' camp.

"Tit for tat is my rule for them varmints; an' we're even with 'em on this arternoon's work.

If we only keep out o' badger holes we may laugh at the red varmints.

"Them varmints are sure to finish him at last.

"The varmints are mounted on wild horsesleastways they were wild not long agone.

" "Dun know that," said a taciturn trapper, who seldom ventured a remark of any kind; "them varmints 'ud steal the two eyes out

"Them there Zett'lins," said one old woman, "I almost shruk as I heerd the mucky varmints a-shovellin' on the coalsdare, dare!

"When we fust came here dis place, as well as de rest ob de Valley, wuz just a big canebrakenothin' lived in dere but bears, wolves, and varmints.

De folks didn't go gallivatin' round nights like dey do now or de varmints would get them.

"You had to be careful den, when traveling through de woods, or de varmints would git you, especially at night.

Asked if he had had any experience with the "varmints", as he termed them he said: "Yas, suh.

Here two servant girls armed with long fans, fought a cloud of the famished varmints, while the club swallowed hoe cake covered with a copious lather of the flies of the season.

Our host had a lame hand, and the professor volunteered to drive; our friends, the varmints, now confined their kind attentions almost exclusively to the horses, which they butchered unmercifully.

Dick shook the rope off the dead steer's forelegs without dismounting, and was just beginning to coil his rope when those varmints made a dash at him, shooting and yelling.