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But we were in no particular hurry about starting, as we expected to out across the country and would overtake the ambulance at the mouth of the Arroyo Seco in time for the noonday lunch. There were six in our party, consisting of Dan Happersett, Aaron Scales, John Cotton, June Deweese, Uncle Lance, and myself.
Harlan had ridden eastward, to Lazette a matter of two hundred miles trailing a herd of cattle from the T Down the ranch where he and Langan were employed. When he returned he heard the story of the killing of his friend by Dolver and another man, not identified, but who rode a horse branded with the L Bar M which was the Rancho Seco brand.
Through the hills to the north, across the Arroyo Seco, not dry now, but a swift stream turbulent from the winter rains, we journey on. We pass Eagle Rock, a great bowlder high upon the green hillside, one of the landmarks of the region, and enter the valley of the Los Angeles River.
From the shelving trail, ever sweeping toward the trail in the valley, Colver had noted the halt at the covert, though he had not seen Barbara, nor Stroud. He had seen, of course, that Deveny had not gone to the Rancho Seco, that for some reason or other he had swerved, taking the trail up the valley.
This was all news to me, but secretly I wished June courage and a good aim if it ever came to a show-down between them. We reached the Arroyo Seco by high noon, and found the ambulance in camp and the coffee pot boiling. Under the direction of Miss Jean, Tiburcio had removed the seats from the conveyance, so as to afford seating capacity for over half our number.
Crossing the hills by a trail which threatened to shake the cart to pieces at every jolt the two travelers reached Palenquito, and thence descended by a comparatively good road to Vesa Grande and on to Rio Seco. A mile or so out of the town, Stuart saw the gleaming lines of the railway and realized that this was to be the end of the long drive. "I have no money for a trip to Havana!" he remarked.
I happen to be a friend of Miss Morgan's, and I'd like to talk with you about the Rancho Seco." "Get goin'." Haydon's smile grew less expansive. "It's a rather difficult subject to discuss. It rather seems to be none of my affair. But you will understand, being interested in Barbara's future, and in the welfare of the ranch, why I am presuming to question you.
"We won't have any trouble. Be fair. As the man who will ultimately take charge of the Rancho Seco since Miss Barbara has been good enough to encourage me I would like to know some things. I've heard that Lane Morgan was killed at Sentinel Rock, and that you were with him when he died and just before. Did he give you authority to take charge of the Rancho Seco?" "He told me to take hold."
Bessières in the north gained a success at Medina de Rio Seco; but a signal disaster in the south ruined the whole campaign. The news that a French army had laid down its arms caused an immense sensation in an age when Napoleon's troops were held to be invincible. Baylen was hailed everywhere by despairing patriots as the dawn of a new era. And such it was to be.
O quante volte abbraccio l'aria vana Speyando la donzella abbracciar seco'. Angela had not read Ariosto, but Nanette had done so several times. She undertook the defence of Angelica, and blamed the simplicity of Roger, who, if he had been wise, would never have trusted the ring to a coquette. I was delighted with Nanette, but I was yet too much of a novice to apply her remarks to myself.
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