r-o-s-e

Updated: June 28, 2025

A citizen or two paused on the street corner, a few Mexicans grinned as they drew back to allow the Gringo free access to the saloon, and a swarthy figure slipped unobserved across the street and blended into the shadow of the adobe wall. "O-o-o-o-o-h, the yaller r-o-s-e of Texas!" sang the cowpuncher, with joyous vehemence.

James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx - The Texan: A Story of the Cattle Country