"Do they have cavalry drill at the school you're going to?"
"Yes; the superintendent keeps twenty light horses, and allows some of the cadets to keep animals. All are used in drill."
"And if we get our ponies back, I suppose we shall have to leave them here. Do you think, sir, there is any chance of our seeing them again?" asked Frank.
"Not unless some one can go to La Paz for them. Captain Bayard is going to see me after supper about a plan of his."
"I wonder what officer he will send?"
"I think, because he spoke to me, I am likely to go."
"Father would never stand the expense of sending them to the States, I suppose," said Henry, sadly.
"They could be got as far as the Missouri River without cost," I observed.
"How, please?"