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Updated: June 4, 2025
"My husband will thank you for your great courtesy to me," Alaire managed to say. But the mention of husbands was not agreeable to one of Longorio's sensitiveness, and his face betrayed a hint of impatience. "Yes, yes," he agreed, carelessly. "Señor Austin and I must know each other better and become friends." "That is hardly possible at present. When the war is over " "Bah! This war is nothing.
She spurred her horse into a gallop, leaving him to follow as he could. It was absurd to take the man's word seriously; indeed, he probably believed he had paid her a compliment. Alaire assured herself that Longorio's attentions were inspired merely by a temporary extravagance of admiration, characteristic of his nationality. Doubtless he had forgotten all about her by this time.
He is a great fighter; he has a nose for it, that man, and he strikes like the lightning here, there, anywhere." José, it seemed, was a rabid Potosista. But Dolores held opposite sympathies. She uttered a disdainful sniff. "To be sure he takes his army with him, otherwise the Constitutionalistas would kill him. Wait until Pancho Gomez meets this army of Longorio's. Ha! You will see some fighting."
Nobody leaves this place." "I told you I wouldn't be a party to the business," Ed declared, hotly. "You forced me to come in the first place " "Yes! And now I force you to stay." Longorio's stand appeared to please Lewis, who chimed in with the words: "That's right, Ed. You've got to stick, for once in your life." "What do you mean, you nearly ran into my car back yonder?"
Guard your mistress with your life, for if any mishap befalls her I shall cut out your heart with my own hands. Those were his very words, señora. Caramba! There is a man to die for." Nor was this the last of Longorio's dramatic surprises.
In two, three days, your señora will leave Las Palmas. When she is gone you will perform your work, like the brave man I know you to be. You will relieve her of her husband." José hesitated, and the smile vanished from his face. "Señor Ed is not a bad man. He likes me; he " Longorio's gaze altered and José fell silent. "Come! You are not losing heart, eh?
The homeward journey was a repetition of the journey out; there were the same idle crowds, the same displays of filthy viands at the stopping-places, the same heat and dust and delays. Longorio's lieutenant hovered near, and José, as before, was news-gatherer. Hour after hour they crept toward the border, until at last they were again laid out on a siding for an indefinite wait.
Ed's behavior had shocked and horrified her; she was still half paralyzed at his treachery; nevertheless, her mind was clear, and she was determined to avert a tragedy if possible. She knew only too well what would happen when Blaze Jones and Dave Law encountered the Lewis gang; the presence of Longorio's soldiers merely made more certain the outcome of that meeting.
Had he in the least doubted José's guilty knowledge of Longorio's intentions, Dave would have hesitated before employing the barbarous measures he had in mind, but there was nothing else for it. He pulled the canteen cork and jammed the mouthpiece firmly to José's lips. Closing the fellow's nostrils with his free hand, he forced him to drink.
The horse-breaker flattered himself that he had made a very good spy indeed; that he had been Longorio's eyes and ears so far as circumstances permitted.
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