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The courts will not punish Mr. Law." "Bah! Who cares for the courts? This man is a Gringo, and these are Gringo laws. But I am Mexican, and Panfilo was my cousin. We shall see." Alaire's eyes darkened. "Don't be rash, José," she exclaimed, warningly. "Mr. Law bears you no ill-will, but he is a dangerous man. You would do well to make some inquiries about him.
He had tried to make plain his attitude of mind toward the killing of Panfilo Sanchez, and the wisdom of his course thereafter, but he doubted if Alaire understood the one or agreed with the other. Probably she considered him inhuman, or, what was worse, cowardly in attempting to avoid the consequences of his act.
Her and José have joined out together since you shot Panfilo, and they're framing something." "What, for instance?" The fortune-teller hesitated. "I only wish I knew," he said, slowly. "It looks to me like a killing." Dave nodded. "Probably is. José would like to get me, and of course the girl " "Oh, they don't aim to get you. You ain't the one they're after." "No? Who then?"
Well, he is not above anything, that man; not above selling his own flesh and blood, and the girl is no better. She thinks about nothing except men, and she attends all the bailes for miles around, on both sides of the river. Panfilo loved her; he was mad about her. That's why he came here to work." "They were engaged, were they not?" "Truly. And Panfilo was jealous of any man who looked at Rosa.
Panfilo is dead and gone rightly or wrongly, I don't know. What I dread now is further consequences." "Don't weaken on my account." "No! I'm not thinking of the consequences to you or to me. You are the kind of man who can protect himself, I'm sure; your very ability in that direction frightens me a little on José's account.
"But what is far more to the point, I intend to pay well for your services. Perhaps I shall also arrange so that you may have a reckoning with the murderer of your cousin. What is his name?" It was José's opportunity to make an impression, and he used it to the full, telling all that he knew of the killing of Panfilo, and describing Law with the eloquence of hatred.
After this example of severity, the whole province of Mayci submitted, no one daring any longer to resist. When it was known in Jamaica that Velasquez had gone with the command to Cuba, many of those who were with Esquibel asked leave to go and serve under him. Among these was Panfilo de Narvaez, a gentleman of a graceful person, well behaved, but rather imprudent.
Benito rode in last night to see you." "By the way, you know José's cousin, Panfilo?" "Si." "Why did he leave Las Palmas?" Dolores hesitated so long that her mistress turned upon her with a look of sharp inquiry. "He went to La Feria, señora." Then, in a lowered tone: "Mr. Austin ordered it.
Alaire quieted him, saying in Spanish, "Calm yourself, José, and tell me everything from the beginning." "But how can I be calm? Oh, what a crime! What a misfortune! Well, then, Panfilo is completely dead. I rode to that tanque where you saw him last, and what do you think? But you know?" Alaire nodded. "I suspected." José's dark face blazed; he bent forward eagerly.
Under the stars, at the break of the arroyo, three hundred yards below the water-hole, a coyote was slinking in a wide circle around the body of Panfilo Sanchez. Although the lower counties of southwest Texas are flat and badly watered, they possess a rich soil. They are favored, too, by a kindly climate, subtropic in its mildness.
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