Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. All Rights Reserved.
| published weekly. | NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1896. | five cents a copy. |
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CROSSING THE XUACAXÉLLA.[1]
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES A. CURTIS, U. S. A.
I.
"Here, Frank, come and help push this gate. I can't start it alone."
"Wait a moment, Henry. Don't be in such a rush. I think I hear a horsecoming down the Prescott road. I want to see if it's the express from LaPaz."
The younger boy ceased his efforts to close the gates, and advancing afew steps before the entrance of the fort, looked up the valley to wherethe road from Prescott appeared from behind
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