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Cojuelo, dead or alive, and my periodical 'searches' for the outlaw"

"But what is the idea of it all?" inquired Myra "It seems foolishness

to o about

scaring woirls"

There was scorn instead of bewilderment in her voice and eyes now, and

Don Carlos's pale face flushed slightly

"Before the co of El Diablo Cojuelo there were men in this province

who had enriched themselves at the cost of the peasants, cheated

farmers out of their land, and made them little better than serfs," he

explained quietly and deliberately "The law could not touch these

vampires, parasites, money-lenders and profiteers Cojuelo caues as they had bled the peasants, plundered

their houses, spirited them away, and held them to ransom"

"Really! Quite a profitable hobby, I suppose!" Myra remarked

"Quite--and useful, to boot," responded Don Carlos, his face now

expressionless "With thefrom the spoilers I

have been able to restore their lands to many of the people without

much cost to myself, to pay their debts and aid the money-lenders and tyrannical irls of their choice, in

cases where the parents objected A threat froirl if she is not allowed toher parents to their senses"