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There come to men at times situations when the only solution is to be found in shooting a way out. Now, more than ever before in his life, was Alan Howard ready for this direct method. Arrived in Big Run he rode straight on until he came to Tony Moraga's. Here, if anywhere in the settlement, he could hope to find his man.
As he dropped over the side of the ship, Rezanov's hand fell lightly on the shoulder of Santiago. "I can wait no longer to see your sister," he whispered, mindful of the sterner responsibilities of the older brother. "Do you think you could " Santiago nodded. "While Luis is at the Mission I shall go to my cousin Juan Moraga's.
"You needn't mention it abroad, of course; I don't think Galloway got a chance to talk with him and we are not sure yet that he even knows Moraga was here. But I know somebody put me out in the dark by hammering me over the head; and Tom Cutter found blood on Moraga's revolver. But we wander far afield. Coming back to Patten, do we agree that he is something of a dub?"
In three of Moraga's four walls was a grille, or wicket of slender iron bars, whence the open could be swept with glass, or gun at a pinch; and toward the grille looking eastward went Rezanov as swiftly as the uneven ground would permit.
'What makes you ask that? he queried uneasily, and Helen sat straighter in the saddle and looked him full in the face. For now she was positive that Alan had had trouble and that her father knew about it. Longstreet hesitated. He had no desire to recount his experience at Moraga's saloon in Big Run.
It will be some weeks before the large quantities of corn and flour and other stores you wish can be got together for we must lay a requisition on the fertile Mission ranchos in the valleys and you will exchange these narrow quarters for such poor comfort as my house affords I take no denial. Concha will remain at Juan Moraga's for the present."
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