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Them hombres, they awful sick, they don't know where is that thing what flies. My brother, she's fin' out that thing sets in Mexico, belongs Mexico. Thees countree los'. Jus' like ship what's los' on ocean, my brother she's tell from writing. My brother, she's smart hombre. She's keep awful quiet, tell nobody. She's theenk sell that thing for flying." "Huh!" Johnny grunted.
"I've just remembahed," drawled The Kid, "wheah I saw a pair of low-heeled, square-toed ridin' boots." Anton gave a low whistle. "By golly, boys. He's right! I remember now, too." "So do I!" ejaculated Lathum. "How about lettin' us go, too?" asked Wise. "Goliday has some hard hombres workin' for him, and " "Please leave this to me," begged The Kid. "Yo' duty is heah with these cattle.
The killing of an Apache was accounted a good day's work, since it probably meant that the murderer of several white men had gone to his doom. To kill a Mexican only meant that another "bad hombre" had gone to his just deserts. And most of the Mexicans in Arizona in the early days were "bad hombres" there is no doubt about that.
But these seven are worse than bad hombres. We'll have to see about them." But neither Andreas, Ramon, nor Old Man Hooper himself were among those present. "Maybe they slipped out through our guards; but I doubt it," said Buck. "I believe we've identified that peevish lot by the water troughs."
"But say, Boca, what made me sore was the way them hombres out there got fresh, joshin' you and askin' you to sing, jest like they had a rope on you " "You think of that Malvey?" "Well, I ain't forgittin' the way he " Boca's eyes flashed. "Yes! But here it is different. The Spider, he is my friend. It is that when I have rested and eaten he will ask me to sing. Manuelo will play the guitar.
The etiquette of the Spanish Court, although it was much modified by Alfonso XII., is still very formal. A perfectly infinite number of mayordomos, caballerizos, gentiles hombres de casa y boca, ujieres, alabarderos, monteros, aides-de-camp, Grandes de España de servicio, ladies-in-waiting, lackeys, servants, and attendants of every possible description abound.
Next in rank to the great nobles, or ricos hombres, were the caballeros, the knights, and below them was a vast number of hidalgos, mere gentlemen.
It would maybe give us a start. An’—well, there weren’t nothin’ else to do. So we tried it." Anse sat staring down at the water lapping at his lean middle. His was a very thin body, the ribs standing out beneath the skin almost as harshly as did the weal of the scar on his shoulder. "And it didn’t work?" "Well, it might’ve. I ain’t sayin’ it won’t for some hombres. Only we run into trouble.
To our surprise, Curly wanted to go along, as soon as he found we were later going into Mexico to an old stamping ground of his. Well, we had a great time on the Border. It wasn't so bad until the hombres began to get nasty, and as you may recall, neither Curly nor my now good pal Forr stand well under sniping.
"Some hombres are always on th’ peck once they get likkered up, but them troopers weren’t that deep. Looks to me now, thinkin’ it over, they was out to make sod fly. Could be as they had trouble with some other riders an’ we was handy an’ looked peaceable enough to take easy. But I dunno.
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