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The man gave a shout as he came round the corner, and to his credit it was always remembered that his gesture waved Tomaso aside. But Tomaso stood in the middle of the road, and his steady eyes suddenly blazed with a fierce excitement. His lips were apart. He was breathless, and Rosa found herself with her two hands at her throat, watching him.
"If his sleeping in the chair doesn't annoy you, Don Luis, my friend will wake up, refreshed, in twenty minutes or so." "So be it, then. Let him sleep where he is. But you, Senor Tomaso, would you not like to step inside and lie down for a while?" "No, I thank you," Reade answered. "Unlike Hazelton, I feel very wide awake. When shall we go to the mine?"
"Did you hear anything of Tomaso?" "Yes. He is condemned to die." "When?" demanded Toro. "The date is kept secret, so that you may have less chance of rescuing him." Toro growled an oath and departed. THE RECRUIT WORKS BRAVELY HARKAWAY's VENGEANCE "HE NEVER FORGETS A DEBT." The brigands soon found that they had made an invaluable acquisition in their new recruit.
Yet they were shy about singing to us, and it was only after considerable coaxing that Theodora induced them to sing a few Italian songs together. Halstead had an old violin, and we found that Tomaso could play it surprisingly well.
My father was dead, and situated as I was, I was obliged to treat my brother's dependents with consideration." "Yet," quoth the prefect, "this man Tomaso acknowledges that he wrote the letter. That much is clear." "The thing that is clear to me," broke in Orso, "is that there is some vile infamy underneath this whole business."
"Be assured that you have not seen the last of him, Senor Tomaso." "Then it may go hard with Gato," smiled Tom, carelessly. "But I trust I have not offended you in this matter, Don Luis. If I have, I am willing to withdraw, and I will reimburse you for the expense you have incurred in bringing us here."
Tomaso was, up to this moment, almost unscathed. Presently he grew over bold, and incautiously trusting himself within reach, Toro lunged so sharply out that it was only by the merest shave he escaped being spitted on the Italian's long sword like a lark on a skewer. As it was the sword pierced the waistband of his nether garments.
Tom read through his typewritten draft of the report. "Excellent! gr-r-r-rand! glorious!" breathed Don Luis. "Ah, you are a master of English, Senor Tomaso. Myself, I understand Spanish better. And now one stroke of the pen for each of you," added the hidalgo, crossing the room to his desk.
Neither did he know impatience or irritability; and so all the animals, as a rule, were on their good behavior under his calm, masterful, blue eye. Yet he was tactful with the beasts, and given to humoring their moods as far as convenient without ever letting them guess it. "Oh, you go chase yourself, Andy!" replied Signor Tomaso, the trainer, with a strong New England accent.
I thought a fight on the road would do you no harm, for there are dangers in Sicily to reckless young strangers who like to run risks, and you might easily have found yourself in greater trouble than you imagine at Targia Vecchia, if I had not sent Tomaso to shadow you. The people down there know his reputation with a revolver, and don't care to interfere. Never mind, lad!
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