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Law smiled slowly, and, setting his plate aside, selected a fresh cigarette; then as he reached for a coal he explained: "I haven't got what you'd exactly call an appointment. This feller I'm expectin' is a Mexican, and day before yesterday he killed a man over in Jim Wells County. They got me by 'phone at Hebbronville and told me he'd left.
Evidently, thought the woman, this fellow belonged to the East outfit, or some of the other big cattle-ranches in the Hebbronville district. Probably he was a range boss or a foreman. After a time she said, "I suppose the nearest ranch is that Balli place?" "Yes'm." "I'd like to borrow your horse." Mr. Law stared into his plate. "Well, miss, I'm afraid "
Then he continued, musingly: "No water there, eh? I figured there might be a little." The fact appeared to please him, for he nodded again as he went on with his meal. "Not much rain down here, I reckon." "Very little. Where are you from?" "Me? Hebbronville. My name is Law."
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