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The following morning I made inquiry for Frank Nancrede and the drovers who had driven a trail herd of cattle from Las Palomas two seasons before . They were all well known about the fort , but were absent at the time , having put up two trail herds that spring in Uvalde County . Deweese did not waste an hour more than was necessary in that town , and while waiting for the banks to open , arranged for our transportation to San Antonio . We were all ready to start back before noon . Fort Worth was a frontier town at the time , bustling and alert with live-stock interests ; but we were anxious to get home , and promptly boarded a train for the south . After entering the train , our _ segundo _ gave each of the vaqueros and myself some spending money , the greater portion of which went to the `` butcher '' for fruits . He was an enterprising fellow and took a marked interest in our comfort and welfare .