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But one man, a ranchero of great influence and wealth, answered that he must oppose such a request. It was the rope, he thought, made the punishment. He hoped no Texan feared a bullet. A clean, honorable death like that was for a man who had never wronged his manhood. Every rascally horse thief or Mexican assassin would demand a shot if they were given a precedent.
Riding up to the house, a small adobe, with one room, and a shed for a kitchen, the ranchero and the ranchera came out and greeted us with a hearty "Buenas tardes, Senores, paisanos amigos," shaking hands, and inviting us at the same time to alight and remain for the night, which invitation we accepted. The kind-hearted ranchera immediately set about preparing supper for us.
As the two led off the horse to picket in the gathering dusk, the ranchero had his arm around the vaquero's neck, and I felt that the old matchmaker would soon be in possession of the facts.
All the ladies rode, too, and I often used to ride twenty miles to a dance with Juan, my young husband, and back again in a day or so. "Sometimes we went to the rodeo, where once a year the great herds of cattle were driven into corrals, and each ranchero or farmer picked out his own stock.
I am not a sailor or a trapper like those ruffians below. Nor a keeper of shops. Senorita, I will give up gambling and become a ranchero. If " he stammered, "If I " Inez Windham took a backward step. Her breath came sharply. In this man's absurd confusion there was written plainer than his uncompleted words could phrase it, what he meant.
It will probably be the last event of its kind on such a scale ever given in California, and when it is finished it will have marked my transition from an indolent ranchero to some sort of commercial go-getter." "I see. Little Mike, the Hustler." He nodded, rose and stood before her, smiling down at her with an inscrutable little smile.
"What are you going to do?" asked Frank, in a trembling voice. "Can't you see?" returned the Ranchero, with a savage smile. "I told you that I was going to make you tell me where you had put that office key, didn't I? Well, I intend to do it. I have tamed many a wild colt, and I know how to tame you!" As he spoke, he adroitly threw the noose over Frank's head, and drew it tight around his neck.
In spite of his unpleasant and even painful situation for, after his attempt to catch the Ranchero by the hair, the latter had turned him upon his face, and was kneeling upon him to hold him down he could not help chuckling to himself when he thought how he would astonish Pierre if he did not mind what he was about.
He stopped short on discovering Pierre, dropped his game, and gathered himself for a spring. "Take him, Marmion!" yelled Frank, as he straightened himself up in his saddle. "If it is all the same to you, Mr. Pierre, I'll not go to the mountains this evening." The Ranchero did not wait to receive the dog.
"It reaches clear through to India, where you used to hunt polar bears." "That's so," said Johnny; "for just now, as I looked over into the gorge, I saw a lot of half naked Hindoos tumbling about among the icebergs." "And I heard them yelling," chimed in Frank; "and saw one of those big white bears after them." "Go on!" repeated the Ranchero, impatiently.
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