Find out for Mrs. Miller if cowboys do shoot at sight, and yell always without just and due provocation. Did. They do not. Cowboys are good, kind gentlemen; but they are noisy, and some rough-looking.
See a mesquite tree. Did.
Inquire if any one has seen Mrs. Snow's daughter, Lizzie, who ran away with a Texas man named Higgins. Did. (But could not find any one who had.)
Pick a fig. Didn't.
See a rice canal. Did.
Find out what has become of Mrs. Granger's cousin, Lester Goodwin, who went to Texas fourteen years ago. Did.
See cotton growing, and pick a cotton boll, called "Texas Roses." Did.
Inquire for James Hunt, brother of Miss Sally Hunt. Did. (But could not find him.)
See a real Indian. Did.