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"You had no men?" questioned Pesita "You had six troopers"

"Oh, they was all croaked before we'd been gone two hours You see it happens like this: We got as far as that dry arroyo just before the trail drops down into the valley, when up juuys and commenced takin' pot shots at us

"Seein' as hoas sent to guard Bridge an' Mig, I makes them dismount and hunt cover, and then me an' my men wades in and cleans up the bunch They was only a few of them but they croaked the whole bloomin' six o' mine

"I tell you it was soettin' hurted an' I know that that's what you sent me to do It's too bad about the six et even with that Villa guy yet Just leadhih to better reach the point of irritation, he slipped his hand inside his shirt If Pesita noticed the apparently innocent little act, or interpreted it correctly ht into Byrne's eyes for a full e nor contee Presently a slow s, white teeth

"You have done well, Captain Byrne," he said "You are a man after my own heart," and he extended his hand

A half-hour later Billy walked slowly back to his own blankets, and to say that he was puzzled would scarce have described his ink out," he ood loser or else he's a deep one who'll wait a year to get etto Captain Rozales: "I should have shot him if I could spare such a e and effrontery he possesses Why think of it, Rozales, he kills eight of my men, and lets my prisoners escape, and then dares to cootten away Villa would have uel must have told him so He found out in some way about your little plan and he turned the tables on us We can use him, Rozales, but we ht hand and when he slips it into his shirt be careful that you do not draw on him--unless you happen to be behind him"