José — page 24: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

JOSE. 17 for a large overland expedition to New Mexico and Chihuahua. His letters had quickly introduced him to the projectors of the enterprise, and his desire to neglect no opportunity to see the country and make the acquaintance of the people, had induced him to become one of a party that had gone to Mississippi to buy a herd of mules for the expedition. We find him waiting for the train which was to take him to Vicksburg, thence to continue his journey up the river. Somewhat impatient, he had just thrown away the end of his cigar, risen to his feet to stretch his limbs, when he observed a light carriage, drawn by a single horse, turn the corner of the nearest clump— of bushes that skirted the road leading to the depot. The colored bev who acted as driver halted the con- veyance near the hotel, and a lady attired in a light traveling suit stepped out. She madea swift survey of her surroundings, and was in the act of taking the direction of the town, while the conveyance rolled back over the road it had come, when her eye caught a glimpse of the young German. For a moment she paused irresolutely, then she walked directly to him. “T appeal to you, sir, to permit me to take your arm,” she said, hastily, stretching forth a small, white hand, while with the other she raised the vail that half concealed her face; “and I beg you not to act surprised. We are doubtless observed from the hotel, and I must excite no attention. Let me take your arm; we will stroll through the town, and I will explain everything as we walk.” In his surprise, which he had not been quite able to subdue despite the admonition, Baumann gazed into a face which he had once before seen in the Gomicboo S (E(0)