soldiers and a few hunters who had come to see them
start.
"Remember, Joe," said one, "if you don't come back
in three months we'll all come out in a band to seek you."
"If we don't come back in less than that time, what's
left o' us won't be worth seekin' for," said Joe, tightening
the girth of his saddle.
"Put a bit in yer own mouth, Henri," cried another,
as the Canadian arranged his steed's bridle; "yell need
it more than yer horse when ye git 'mong the red