'As sure as there is a God above, I will save the girl I love.
By my love for little Bessie, I must see there is something done!'
"When his brave resolve was made, not a moment more he stayed.
'Why, my man,' his comrades told him when they heard his daring plan,
'You are riding straight to death!' But he answered, 'Hold your breath,
I may never reach the cow-ranch, but I'll do the best I can.'
"As he crossed the alkali bed all his thoughts flew on ahead
To the little band at the cow-ranch, thinking not of danger near,
With his quirt's unceasing whirl and the jingle of his spurs
Little brown Chapo bore the cowboy far away from a far frontier.