I resolved that I would not ask that question again in that tone in that scrape . I would be cheerful and courageous like Kate -- splendid Kate ! `` I shall have to unhitch them , tie one of them to that stump , and ride off on the other for help , '' said Kate . `` Where to ? '' I asked . `` Till I find it , '' grinned Kate , who seemed to think the whole disaster a capital joke . `` I may have to go clean back to the tepees -- and further . For that matter , I do n't believe there were any tepees . Those Indians were too good to be true -- they were phantoms of delight -- such stuff as dreams are made of . But even if they were real they wo n't be there now -- they 'll have folded their tents like the Arabs and as silently stolen away . But I 'll find help somewhere . '' `` I ca n't stay here alone . You may be gone for hours , '' I cried , forgetting all my resolutions of courage and cheerfulness in an access of panic . `` Then ride the other pony and come with me , '' suggested Kate . `` I ca n't ride bareback , '' I moaned . `` Then you 'll have to stay here , '' said Kate decidedly . `` There 's nothing to hurt you , Phil . Sit in the wagon and keep dry . Eat something if you get hungry . I may not be very long . ''
I realized that there was nothing else to do ; and , rather ashamed XXXXX my panic , I resigned myself to the inevitable and saw Kate off with a smile of encouragement .
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