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THE WRONG PATH. 37 ~- wr * > a ewe et CHAPTER Vil. JOURNEYING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Hans BunestaGer certainly had a remarkable appreciation of a joke, and although something like anger rose in Crockett’s breast at the thought of the stupid mistake that had been made, he could only grin and wait in silence until his outburst of _ Merriment was ended, when he inquired: _ * Are you sartin that we ain't right after all ?” “ Dish ish de path dat goes round, and come back of my house shust in front of it, and if we keeps on, te cabin will Tun ag’inst us.” “Then we may as well turn beck.” xckett guided his horse carefully around the other so as to hold the lead, and after considerable trouble, Hans suc- _ Ceeded in imitating him, and the return was begun. ___ It is never a very pleasant thing to find you have taken the | | ng road, and Co Crockett felt somewhat ruffled that ~ “Ris companion should e misled him; but, after all, he did not see as any thing was lost thereby. a : He felt very grave doubts in his own mind of the wisdom of this attempt to reach the settlement, when it was as good ~ #8 Certain that the Comanches were ahead of him. At any was no wisdom in seeking to do so, supported only by Hans Bungslager. - Sebastian was as keen and skillful as he was brave. He » Was intimately acquainted with every crook and turn of the forest-paths, he had fought Comanches and Mexicans, and some reliance could be placed upon him in an emergency like this. “3 ' Pretty Katrina was far more valuable in the hour of danger than was_her thick-headed uncle; and by turning back, there __ _W&s the probability of joining them the sooner, provided they . had not already come up and passed the point where the two __ _Phis seemed so probable as to cause Crockett considerable aa: Ee = ; scomicbooks.com* :