To recapitulate: I had ridden from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah (a distance of sixty-five miles) and back in twelve hours, including the time when I was taken across the Arkansas by the Indians.

" "Do you know who made you, Sally?" "I larned at school, the on'y time I went, but I forget now.

" "Hosee," sez he, "I think you 're goin' to fail: The rettlesnake ain't dangerous in the tail; This 'ere rebellion's nothin' but the rettle, You 'll stomp on thet an' think you 've won the bettle; It's Slavery thet's the fangs an' thinkin' head, An' ef you want selvation, cresh it dead, An' crash it suddin, or you 'll larn by waitin' Thet Chance

You must larn to chaw baccy and drink grog, and then you knows all a midshipman's expected to know nowadays.

"Well, yes, I used to larn about Him when I was a kid at the Sunday-school.

I made every step count, for I wanted to reach Fort Larned before daylight, in order to avoid if possible the Indians, to whom it would have been "pie" to have caught me there on foot.

They were some of the same Indians who had been hanging around Fort Larned in the morning.

Accordingly, that night I left Fort Larned on an excellent horse, and next morning at daylight found myself once more in General Sheridan's headquarters at Fort Hays.

"I'll larn ye! Pick that apple up!" I reached for it with trembling hand, and held it out to him.