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JOSE. 31 they had persistently woven themselves into his dreams—but he had said to himself that this attach- ment for an apparition that had entered his life under circumstances so romantic could lead to no good. and under this conviction had struggled heroically to banish all idle recollections of that event from his mind. More than this; he had finally buried the letters, which he had daily read and read again, during his tedious journey up the Mississippi, in the depths of his trunk, and flattered himself on stepping ashore at St. Louis, that he had effectually conquered that extravagance of his heart. He would have sworn that it was not that for which he was in vain seeking a cause and a remedy. One afternoon, in order to escape from his own dissatisfied state of mind, he went in the direction of the office of the business house that was inter- ested in the expedition to New Mexico, where he had been received, on his first arrival in St. Louis, with all the polite attention peculiar to Americans. Since his late return he had deferred his visit from day to day. He had barely entered the office when the vounger partner of the firm sprang from his stool, heartily shook his hand, and exclaimed: “You are the man I most wished to see! Our mules have all arrived, our goods are here and our wagons are ready. We expect to leave next week. I have been selected to accompany the train, and allI want now:is a companion who is prepared to sacrifice some time and is not afraid of a scrimmage or two with the redskins, if it should be forced upon us. You were in my mind when you entered. I’ll furnish a good horse and the outfit,” he added, seeing Baumann’s face showing a sudden anima- tion. “We sha’n’t reach the real fur regions, but on cS Gomicboo