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And after instructing his men where they should meet him the following day, he sent them off to enjoy themselves for the night with their friends. For, Ramerrez, although exercising restraint over his band, never failed to see to it that they had their pleasures as well as their duties a trait in his character that had not a little to do with his great influence over his men.
For a while she seemed to be reflecting; suddenly with great earnestness she said: "Once for all, Ramerrez, listen to me. Rather than give you up to any other woman I will give you up to death. Now do you still refuse me?" "Yes . . ." answered Ramerrez not unkindly and wholly unmoved by her threat. "We've been good pals, Nina, but it's best for both that we should part."
Soon afterwards, however, the Girl made out that Nick was endeavouring to convey to her a warning of some kind. "You say you've come to warn me?" she cried. "Yes, Ramerrez . . .!" "What? Say that again?" "Ramerrez is on the trail "
"Johnson?" echoed Ashby, wholly at sea and surprised at the look of corroboration in Nina's eyes. "Yes, Johnson," went on Rance, insistently. Why had he not seen at once that it was Johnson who was the road agent! There could be no mistake! "You weren't there," he explained hurriedly, "when he came in and began flirting with the Girl and " "Ramerrez making love to the Girl?" broke in Ashby.
In truth, Ramerrez himself was the only one among them who had any gringo blood in his veins. And hence not a tale of the outlaw's doings was complete without the narrator insisting upon it that the leader of the band the road agent himself closely resembled an American.
He was a leader when the latter made their attack on the Americans in Sonoma County and were repulsed with the loss of several killed. One of these was Ramerrez' only brother, who was the last, with the exception of himself and son, of a proud, old, Spanish family. It was a terrible blow, and increased, if possible, his hatred for the Americans.
"Good of him, isn't it?" sneered Nina; and then seemingly trying by her very vehemence to impress upon herself the impossibility of his ever being anything but an episode in her life, she added: "I hate him!" The picture was indeed an excellent one. It represented Ramerrez in the gorgeous dress of a caballero and the outlaw was a fine specimen of that spectacular class of men.
The more Nina reflected on that subject the more convinced she became that, for some reason or other, Ramerrez had been deceiving her.
Why do you come here?" Castro's face wore an air of candour as he replied: "To tell the Señor Sheriff I know where ees Ramerrez." Rance turned on the prisoner a grim look. "You lie!" he vociferated, at the same time raising his hand to check the angry mutterings of the men that boded ill for the greaser.
As a result, therefore, both officers sprang to the door with the hope if indeed it was Nina Micheltoreña as they surmised that they might catch a word or two which would give them a clue to what was likely to take place at the coming interview. It came sooner than they expected. ". . . Ramerrez Five thousand dollars!" reached their ears in a soft, Spanish voice.
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