"
He laughed again, and his laugh was so infectious that the three laughed
with him.
"I know most people in Texas," rumbled the Ring Tailed Panther, "though
there are some Mexican families I don't know. But I've heard of the
Urreas, an' if you want to go with us an' join in tearin' an' chawin'
we'll be glad to have you."
"So we will," said Ned and Obed together, and Obed added: "Three are
company, four are better."
"Very well, then," said Urrea, "I shall be happy to become one of your
band, and we will ride on together. I've no doubt that I can be of help
if you mean to keep a watch on Cos. My horse is tied here in a clump of
chaparral. Wait a moment and I will rejoin you."
He came back, riding a fine horse, and he was as well equipped as the
Texans. Then the four rode on toward San Antonio de Bexar. They found
that Urrea knew much. Cos himself would probably be in San Antonio
within a week, and heavy reinforcements would arrive later. The three
in return gave him a description of the fight at the mound, and they
told how the Texans afterward had scattered for different points on the
border.
They were not the only riders that night. Men were carrying along the
whole frontier the news that the war had begun, that the death struggle
was now on between Mexico and Texas, the giant on one side and the pigmy
on the other.
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