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The
house
was
a
mere
cabin
--
not
larger
than
a
marquee
tent
--
with
only
a
single
aperture
,
the
door
--
if
we
except
the
flue
of
a
slender
clay
chimney
,
erected
at
one
end
against
the
upright
posts
.
The
doorway
had
a
door
,
a
light
framework
of
wood
,
with
a
horse-skin
stretched
over
it
,
and
hung
upon
hinges
cut
from
the
same
hide
.
In
the
rear
was
an
open
shed
,
thatched
with
yucca
leaves
,
and
supported
by
half
a
dozen
posts
.
Around
this
was
a
small
enclosure
,
obtained
by
tying
cross
poles
to
the
trunks
of
the
adjacent
trees
.
A
still
more
extensive
enclosure
,
containing
within
its
circumference
more
than
an
acre
of
the
timbered
tract
,
and
fenced
in
a
similar
manner
,
extended
rearward
from
the
cabin
,
terminating
against
the
bluff
.
Its
turf
tracked
and
torn
by
numerous
hoof-prints
--
in
some
places
trampled
into
a
hard
surface
--
told
of
its
use
:
a
"
corral
"
for
wild
horses
--
mustangs
.
This
was
made
still
more
manifest
by
the
presence
of
a
dozen
or
more
of
these
animals
within
the
enclosure
;
whose
glaring
eyeballs
,
and
excited
actions
,
gave
evidence
of
their
recent
capture
,
and
how
ill
they
brooked
the
imprisonment
of
that
shadowy
paddock
.
The
interior
of
the
hut
was
not
without
some
show
of
neatness
and
comfort
.
The
sheeting
of
mustang-skins
that
covered
the
walls
,
with
the
hairy
side
turned
inward
,
presented
no
mean
appearance
.
The
smooth
shining
coats
of
all
colours
--
black
,
bay
,
snow-white
,
sorrel
,
and
skewbald
--
offered
to
the
eye
a
surface
pleasantly
variegated
;
and
there
had
evidently
been
some
taste
displayed
in
their
arrangement
.
The
furniture
was
of
the
scantiest
kind
.
It
consisted
of
a
counterfeit
camp
bedstead
,
formed
by
stretching
a
horse-hide
over
a
framework
of
trestles
;
a
couple
of
stools
--
diminutive
specimens
on
the
same
model
;
and
a
rude
table
,
shaped
out
of
hewn
slabs
of
the
yucca-tree
.
Something
like
a
second
sleeping
place
appeared
in
a
remote
corner
--
a
"
shakedown
,
"
or
"
spread
,
"
of
the
universal
mustang-skin
.
What
was
least
to
be
expected
in
such
a
place
,
was
a
shelf
containing
about
a
score
of
books
,
with
pens
,
ink
,
and
papéterie
;
also
a
newspaper
lying
upon
the
slab
table
.
Further
proofs
of
civilisation
,
if
not
refinement
,
presented
themselves
in
the
shape
of
a
large
leathern
portmanteau
,
a
double-barrelled
gun
,
with
"
Westley
Richards
"
upon
the
breech
;
a
drinking
cup
of
chased
silver
,
a
huntsman
's
horn
,
and
a
dog-call
.
Upon
the
floor
were
a
few
culinary
utensils
,
mostly
of
tin
;
while
in
one
corner
stood
a
demijohn
,
covered
with
wicker
,
and
evidently
containing
something
stronger
than
the
water
of
the
Alamo
.
Other
"
chattels
"
in
the
cabin
were
perhaps
more
in
keeping
with
the
place
.
There
was
a
high-peaked
Mexican
saddle
;
a
bridle
,
with
headstall
of
plaited
horsehair
,
and
reins
to
correspond
;
two
or
three
spare
serapés
,
and
some
odds
and
ends
of
raw-hide
rope
.
