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In the adobe corral he stood with his riata coiled in his hand and Dade's spurs upon his heels, and waited until Solano, with a fling of heels into the air, rushed in from the pen where the big bull had waited until he was let out to fight the grizzly. "Bareback he says he will ride that son of Satanas!" jeered a wine-roughened voice. "Boaster that he is, look you how he stands!
"My father will be relieved in his mind when he sees you. I think he slept badly last night on your account." Wistfulness was in Dade's eyes when he looked at her; as though he wanted to ask if she also were relieved at seeing him. But there was the man behind the lattice where the vines were thickest; the man who was young and whom she had found a pleasant companion.
He might confess to "nerves" in private; in public, there were men who marveled at his calm. Riatas uncoiled and with each end fastened to a saddle horn, the vaqueros filed out from the corral in two straight lines, with Dade and Valencia to lead the way. When they were placed to Dade's liking, the riatas fenced in a rectangle two hundred yards long, and one-third that distance across.
Events that led to the war in Florida Treaty of Camp Moultrie and its stipulations Complaints of Indians and whites Treaty of Payne's Landing Objections of the Indians to complying with the latter treaty Councils and talks with the Seminoles Assiola Murder of mail carrier Dalton Murder of Charley Amathla Dade's massacre Murder of General Thompson and others General Clinch Depredations by the Indians on the whites and by the latter on the Indians Volunteers Military departments of Gaines and Scott.
Jack glanced at him, and saw that his lips were half parted in a smile born of some fancy of his own, and that his eyes were seeing dreams. Jack stared for a full minute before Dade's thoughts jerked back to his surroundings.
A Mexican dollar, spun high in air from Dade's fingers, glittered and fell straight. Three heads bent to see which side came uppermost, and thousands of necks craned futilely. "Don José will choose his starting-point," Dade called out. "But first the two will lead their horses over the ground, so that they may make sure that there are no holes or stones to trip them."
"But you suspect whom?" asked the general, the blue-gray eyes intent on the troubled face before him, for Dade's very hesitancy told of some untold theory. The doctor and the aide had taken seats at the other end of the table and dutifully engaged in low-toned conversation. "That is a hard question for me to answer, General," was the answer. "I have no right to suspect anybody.
In the face of this solemn and renewed compact they broke their faith and commenced hostilities by the massacre of Major Dade's command, the murder of their agent, General Thompson, and other acts of cruel treachery.
His nostrils widened again when he looked casually at Jack; for Jack's sombrero was swept down to his knees in salute though it was not that; it was the look in his face that sent Dade's glance seeking Teresita's eyes for answer. But Teresita only showed him how effectively black lashes contrast with the faint flush of cheeks just hinting at dimples, and he got no answer there.
"Now, Dade, I guess we're ready for the long ride to supper. Why don't you kick me for being such a selfish cuss?" "Maybe because I'm used to you," Dade's lips quirked humorously after the retort. "You're just Jack and you couldn't be any different, I reckon, if you tried. Well, come along, then. Adios, Valencia."
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