Chapter 17 No.17

The Struggle in the Cave.

" ME an ole Bill warn't hired to run away, an' we wouldn't need to have done it if them ar cowards had stood up to the mark like men; but when I seed them Injuns comin', I knowed that the game war up-it warn't no use to fight longer. I jest ketched a glimpse of ole Bill makin' for his hoss, an' I did the same, 'cause I