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And Moraga was not given to garrulity. Meantime Patten brought hourly reports of Norton. He was still in danger, to be sure; but he was doing as well as could be expected. No one must go into the room except Mrs. Engle as nurse. Norton was fully conscious, but forbidden to talk; he recognized those about him, his eyes were clear, his temperature satisfactory, his strength no longer waning.
And, since we ain't got all night, suppose you shake a foot, pardner. When a few minutes later Longstreet reached the adobe saloon of 'Tonio Moraga, he found Yellow Barbee smoking a cigarette outside the deep-set door. 'Kind of quiet, apologized the young fellow. 'But we'll look 'em over.
Yellow Barbee sat slumped over a table, his lean, grimy fingers twisting an empty glass. No one else was in the room. 'Courtot been here? demanded Howard of Moraga. Moraga shook his head. Howard glanced toward Barbee. The boy's face was sullen, his eyes clouded. He glowered at Moraga and, turning his morose eyes upon Howard, snapped out: 'Moraga lies. Jim was here a little while ago.
A glance showed him one horse only at the rack, a lean sorrel that he recognized. It was Yellow Barbee's favourite mount, and it struck him that if there were further hard riding to be done, here was the horse to satisfy any man. He threw himself from the saddle, left his own horse balancing upon its trembling legs, and stepped into the saloon. Moraga was dozing behind his bar.
"1776 Jose Joaquin Moraga founds the Mission of San Francisco de Asis"; "1846 the United States upon the outbreak of war with Mexico takes possession of California"; "1850 California is admitted to the Union as a sovereign State." Forecourt of Court of Universe; coloring good, graceful planting of cypress. Trees in niches under tower; contrast of colors, dark green, blue and pink.
What sinister chain of circumstance had impelled Moraga, who Norton said was Galloway's man, to shoot down the cattle foreman? And Galloway himself, what type of man must he be if all that she had heard of him were true; what were his ambitions, his plans, his power? Before long Norton pointed out the shadowy form of Mt.
I don't believe that there are ten people living who know of them; so Galloway, hiding his stuff out there was playing just as safe as a man can play when he plays the game crooked, anyway." "But won't he guess something when he misses Moraga?" "I don't think so." Norton shook his head. "Tom Cutter and Brocky made Moraga talk.
'He's drinking now, then? 'He started in right after you got through with him the other night. And he has been talking. There's no use being a fool! he cut in sternly as Alan shrugged his shoulders. 'Courtot doesn't talk to me, but I've got straight what he has said. He talks to Moraga, and Moraga talks to Barbee, and Barbee passes it on to me.
"Brocky didn't kill Moraga," Norton explained quietly. "But he dropped him and then made him throw down his gun and crawl out of the brush. Then Tom Cutter gathered him in, took him across the county line, gave him into the hands of Ben Roberts who is sheriff over there, and came on to San Juan.
"If he has told Galloway. . . ." "But I don't believe he has. Struve says that just as Norton started things he saw a man run in from the cottonwoods and duck into the house. It was Struve's job to see that nobody got out and he let him go by. If it wasn't Moraga, who was it? And, when I grabbed him just now, the first thing he said was: 'I want to talk with Galloway."
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