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IUtgeon surgeon Fremont steals their theirs theirjs bushwackers busbwackers steal the their catj cat ; s ' j Ji t . ! ) . damned gringo gnngo squatters squatterss'ealing squattersseshng squattersrtiling s'ealing sealing seshng ' their land and that s sfay ssay sinT fay say th ngs are going gomg at all thettos the theos thees os es Bowie I TO m r ding dmg out toalilupe to toalupe toalupe alupe r gbt ght alter after d nner takeitr take taker taket r t w th lb roe me and nde ride out out , , tooSn7 too toorr1 toorry ( , rr1 rry Ive he Ike made an appointwith appomt- appomt appoint- appoint appomtVIth appomt-it appomt it - - \ with \VIth VIth Nathan Spear-he Spear he Spear - he was wasyesterdayto wasyesterdayto wasyesterday ( yesterday-to yesterday to - to meet him m in San Sanc Sane SanBE c e sco tomorrow mornmg morning mornmgat morningat mornmgtit [ at will keepW1e keepate keep keepBWI BWI W1e ate ( 'hook hook shook ' < h s head He s go godown godoes goIlium down does to Santa Barbara tomor tomori " . i t Dome Doane d d not give up theto the theto ( 10 to make Bowie BO\\le BO le \ r de out withi With Withbut withtut lut but tut he ta fa led m in it The Texan1 Tean Texan Teanstubborn Texanstubborn ' ! : itabborn stubborn itabbornt t stubbornshall shtll shall tell them you \ w is \ ere meanIt mean meanit meanttit meanttitkme it . kme Ite era e ra Ca sed h shand s hand m in quick qwck pro'Tell proTell pro , ' Tell 'Tell them nothing nothmg about me meeven meeven mebt even that I am in Ca Cal ] forma fornia formaBOv.1e forniaBoa1e lorma1 Bowie BOv.1e BOv1e Boa1e . I m not joking Jokmg Doche Doche Doc " he added bluntly bluntlyve bluntlyaye bluntlyBare aye ve it your own v w . way ay sput sputthe sputthe sputId the surgeon 5urgeon surgeonat 5urgeont at t 1 ca on reaching reachmg the rancho Drce Dr Dre e was sorry he had assentedttTtxan assented assentedTexan assentedTexan Texan s injunction UlJunction mjunction The whole wholesphere wholesphere wholeisphere sphere of the rancho was wasTwo wasslut wasinM slut Two almost helpless helplesscarmen helplessinCarmen helplessBen-Carmen helplessBen Carmen -carmen carmen in-Carmen in - - was the only one oneany oneany onei iny any courage left and she had hadcourage hadcourage hadt courage than the epenence experience experienceM epenenceIn experienceIn ' ! : in managing managmg and directing directingenos directingeros directingens 1 eros ens erosthe ensthe the doctor doc doctor r brought one greatct greatcf greatet great cf et iimsh sunsh ne tie to the gloom Doncca Don Donhe Donhe , he announced definitely defimtey ] didlive did didhave didhave have the smallpox he be pro proed proad proRed ad ed his illness Ilness ] chicken poxMana poxMarra pox poxMaria Maria Mana Marra and Carmen drew deep deepihs deepS deepiths ihs S of relief rehel rebel rebelevening . . kit evening evenmg at supper the two twom twoen twotin m en asked so many questions of ofdoctor ofdoctor ofloctor doctor and these were so pa pain pai in 111 tenor that he was harda hardIt hardu hard it u to g ve ye them consoa consolation consolationw consolationa ] tlon tlona a Maria Marla Marra s ghed deeply whenMtor v ; when whentor hen hentor tor it ( r ed to offer cheeronly cheer cheeronly cheeronly only Senor Bowie were withiht With Withshe withthe she the sa d Noth ng has seemed seemednght seemedright seemedi right nght since he left 4 4y dsy y d d he leave9 leave ' asked the thecasually theCasually thea casually though he knew the theer theer thew thewIe ere er Ie e ! thought hought he could better h m mup map mBP up ap the rver r ver 1 Mother Hother lfother excia cxcla expla med CarumsonIng Carcr Car . umsonIng cr " msonmg msoning you know that siht s sthe sthe the reason Mother doe'n doen doeen doenn ' t1 t tto tto [ to blame me Doctor Doctor-that Doctor that - that s ssmiled smiled Doane A heartd heart .It It d . ' mrely lU1'ely lU1ely surely that v \ ' ould not send sendaway sendaway sendilay away back to Texas coun coup counDona coupDona coun1 Dona Mar a gently Sanchez Sanchez"i Sanchezi Sanchezus 113 us " he wentsurgebn went . surgeon surgebn had his ears openeau open open'an openan Jo eau ! ' ; ' ne\ ne ceier neer neter \ er tell Dona Mana Marra Maria't Mariat he Manahe Marrahe ' as to how tar far these heart heart"ill heartwill will "ill ill " carry a man Some menI men menlunk menthink think \lunk lunk \ halfway hallway around the'lot thelot the thenot thenot ' not far ( ar enough Much .ould ould would wouldshould . wouldM wouldI deepMund deepd I 1 d 'hould hould should ' < think thmk on how deephusk deep thmk husk thmkall huskall ' ' " 'AaUthsisverysrBytalk"d AaUthsisverysrBytalkd ' all th ths s IS very . ery smy talk talkiIIIed talklined iIIIed lined " " Carmen almost expio explo exploUp ' Up UP to this point she had had"41Il had41Il " 14lned lamed had14lned hadlamed 14lneda lameda a a reserve so even thatea that thatM hardlyate hardlylate M 'IO IO ea ' . cal bus busybody ) bOdy could hardly hardly"e hardlye " late ate " much ot of an inference mterence as asfeelings . . . _ t iPp1r feelings ! > rrf rt-a rt a - i - i But he had now nowa h nowh s a probe deep enough to toresentment toresentment resentment She rose Impa Bowiel Bowieaunt impar Impato to her ber feet Senor Bowie Bowie'tilt Bowietilt l ' aunt ent on is a gentleman ol of o1 ofand o1and ol"igence and " " ' " - " Intelligence -"igence "igence igence ) , hIm " "UhM UhM " , . _ _ ' " torI actor xtor tor I torCOllboy couboy COllboy cowboy who has attended attendedwown attendedlawn attendedttown spoke"t spoket spokeheal spokeseat lawn ttown ! Umv"rslty Umvrslty University Univ " rsity- rsity rsityShe ' - > She spoke heal seat " . Srnor Scnor Senor cabalnota Bow e a is a cabal , , nota pot tvaquero a * vaquero vaqueros ' It If you had ever TOh With everTOh everWith him you d know he is a i Ian aian aaian ! " beIy n ot of sense not 1 ] kely key ] to be " Iy ty ' ' upset because I [ mslgnlfiI1tl msignidI an insignin mslgnlfi msignid I1tl Gil " , declined deehned his hard With Withr'n Withrn Withrda Withids mdlgnantyIhe indignantlythe rda ids ' ' the she walked indignantly mdlgnanty ] [ Ihe the " ' roomu roomhr room- room . - ' hr " r " ta ea roomcalled ' called caned the after doctor aft er u " aftbut hearIe hearit butshe but she did not hear hear.utma hearutma Ie it contmle eontmleU contrntell . Dona Maria Mana he eontm contrn h hor awt aor or leU tell " two Her ber not to go nd rid ndng ng rig for ( or a armta armu with that armd arm ta u d . Carmen ' - " men has sp nt sit Donain Dona Donaadded Donaadded added addeds addedthe ed lhe the . surgeon putting puttmg puttingr hllimplementsIn baimPlementsUb hllimplements baimPlements " s " "Plemcnts Plemcnts " r In Ub ! , Elad glad gladshe she has said Donad Dona d ? DonaMy My ow own ) is s pretty wells well " What wellWhat What . . . . s .in- .in .in.Ka - * illand with Don Ramon s ill and " 11 11our ' our other troubles I IlUiable 4 fable lUiable to face usedJ thmgs things as I used J hope pe Carmel ta to wtll will soon make a makea 111 ID nd ad .Ka Ka . seemsd - to " ' "wry wry marry "wryo " She seems d - at * 1 least I sometimes sometimesl sometimesa 10- 10 - tO- tO sometimestO ( 10n tOn o - * Smtaa \a a \ n Don Slbastian Sebastian bastian of S Sinta S-mta S mta - inta intat l a ' t tdhilho , ? , . Who " " 0 i is ' crazy about her.nu hernu her herb0t : . ehlld . " is fickle She b0t b0tcads toot seems secms to toW toh001 W ot otand oWe oulo AndoWe Andoulo and andcold cads cadscold she h001 cold " ' \ ith Itk itkhhime itkhhimeAnd hlm him And Andtol accept him-she him she - IS isI I & hlJn bun hlJnwait not tot thatnot thattot tol " helD bela " 'vilit vilit wait ' "B B ng " now - _ that that"Inine thatInine Ine sue These dons have the r 0.11 011 o . vn est esl-ites esl ites estltes - tes to look after No NoSenor NoSenor MoSenor Senor Bowie was my only hope for forour fo foiour : our protection protectionI I bonder wonder \ \ onder mu mused ed the doctor doctorwhether doctorwhether doctorwhether whether he w U II ever come backHe backHe back backHe He will never come backprophesied back backprophesied backprophesied prophesied Dona Maria Mana Marra MariaWho Mana'lho MarraVho Who \'lho 'lho lho \Vho Vho \ ' can tell tcU ? ? And if the Senontamarried Senonta Senorits Senontamarried Senoritsmarried married and left the nest he might mrgh mightcen mrgheven mightcicn c\en c en even \ come back hereDr here hereDr hereDr Dr Doane exclaimed Dona Dons DonaIarla DonsMarra DonaMaria I\arla I arla Marra \ [ what makes you } ) ou say that that7 that7Just ' Just surm sing smg on possibiht posslbllIt es essa essa essa sa d the surgeon with an air of casu casualness casuaincss aIness alness But Dona Maria Marla s SUSPI suspicions suspidons Clons cions had been awakened awakenedI I 1 be bel ] eve you know someth ng youare you youare youare are keeping keepmg back Doctor she saidflatly said saidflaty saidflatly flaty flatly ] What is it ' Out with v . Ith it It . . Can you keep a secret7 secret ' contm contrn contmued contrnued contmued ued the doctorWomen doctorWomen doctor doctorWomen Women are not supposed to are arethey arethey arethey they ' But she added as Doane Doaneseemed Doaneseemed Doaneseemed seemed about to close h s confi conff confidence conffdente confldence dence dente with his Ius lancet case try me meI meI 1 I will do my bestBowie bestBowie best bestBowie Bowie is backDr backDr back backDr Dr Doanel Doane ! What do you mean ? He is in m Monterey And heavenhelp heaven heavenhelp heavenhelp help me mel met ' He forbade me tell Onyour On Onyour Onyour your life Dona Maria Mana don t tellCarmen tellCarmenCHAPTER tell tellCarmen tellCarmen Carmen CarmenCHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTJR : XIVThe XIV XIVThe The surgeon jogged back to Mon Monterey Monterey Monterey terey feeling feelmg some somewhat . hat guilty about abouthis abouthis abouthis his breach of confidence He busied busiedhimself busiedhimself busiedhimself himself framing lrammg a story to break breakBowie breakBowie breakBowie Bowie s sanger sangerHe anger angerHe angerHe He reached home late so late hethought he hethought hethought thought there would be no danger olfacing of offacmg offacing facmg facing the Texan TeJ\.an TeJ.an TeJ .an an \ . before morningYet mornmg morning mornmgYet morningYet Yet with n ten m nutes flutes after he had hadI 1 ] ghted his lamp m in his bedroom ad adjom adjoin adjoin jom join ng the office there came a tap tappmg tapping tappmg pmg ping on his rus wmdowHenry windowHenry window wmdow windowHenry Henry he protested after he hehad hehad hehad had carried the lamp into mto the office officeand officeand officeand and let in m the Texan I didn dlctn t eK eKpect e expect ' ! : pect to see you before mornmg morning You Youdon Youdon Youdon don t sit up all n ght do you7 you7How you ' How Ho\/ Ho Hoar Hod \ / d d lou you ) ou find things thmgs at therancho7 therancho7The the therancho therancho rancho ' The doctor shook his head doubt doubtfully doubtfully doubtfully fully t\ot t ot Iaot : \ I ot very bright bnght HenryHas HenryHas Henry HenryHas Has Don Ramon got the small smallpox smallpox smallpox7 smallpox7He pox ' He has not-It not It not - it s chicken pox but buthe buthe buthe he s pretty sick with ItHow itHow it itHow How is Dona Mana Marra Maria7 Maria7Worried ' Worried Wortled to death but not sick sickDoane sickDoane sickDoane Doane Doaneas was \\as as \ amused at the way the thequestions thequestions thequestions questions came slowly so.ly soly ] . and coveringone covermg covering covermgone coveringone one person at a time tlI1le timeSenonta tlI1leSenotlta timeSenorita Senonta Senotlta Senorita well7 well well7Seems well ' Seems to be yes She is lookIng lookinga a little peaked I vaccnated vaccinated ) } every everybody everybody everybody body on 011 the ranch from the scul scullIons scullions sculhons lIons up What Wha t s the news with withyou withyou withyou7 withyou7I you ' I m tied up here for a few days daysSpear daysSpear daysSpear Spear sent a man down to say he hehad hehad hehad had to go to Santa Barbara agam again agamand againand againand and wouldn .oudn oudn . ] t be back t U II the end ofthe of o1 ofthe o1the the week weekAll All right , , camp here with meThere me meTherl meThere Therl There s an extra cot m in the bedroom bedroomHow bed bedroom bedroom room roomHow How are the vaqueros vaqueros7 vaqueros7At ' At Guadalupe7 Guadaupe Guadalupe ] ' Pedro is foremanv foremanw foreman v w . v , ith nth Sanchez for a secondWhat secondWhat second secondWhat What about the stock7 stock stock7Whats ' What Whats s left is all right I told toldyou toldyou toldyou I you everybody s stealing steamg ] It it . . . Lets Letsgo Let s sgo sgo go to bedThere bedThere bed bedThere There was a big bunch of o1 cattlethere cattle cattlethere cattlethere there when I left leftWhat leftWhat leftWhat What the gringos gnngos leave the Mexleans Mex MexIcans Mexcans Icans ! cans help themselves to-It to It tort to - it s too toobad toobad toobad bad isn ran tit t it it7 it7The ' The doctor shot the quest on to tocatch tocatch tocatch catch him rum unprepared - and suc sue succeeded suedeeded sueceeded sueceededYou ceeded deeded ceededYou deededYou You see Doane ran on as he heturned heturned heturned turned out the light I I 1 Ike ke those thosefolks thosefolks thosefolks folks To me they re the very pic plc picture plcture picture ture at Guadalupe Guadaupe ] of the spend/d spend d splendid spenddSpameh splendidSpanish splendidSpanrh ] / Spameh Spanish trad tion tlon that came to theNew the theNew theNew New World from the Old Ever Jver : beenm been beenin In Spain " < ; pain pam Bowie7 BOWIe Bowie7There ' There was no answer in m the dark darkBut darkBut darkBut But a moment later the doctor lis listenlng listening listening tenlng tening in the dark heard a calm but butd butd butd d stinct question not to his lik lilt ngD ngD ng ngD D d you say anyth ng about my be bemg bemg being mg here here7 here7Doane ' Doane in m turn took his moment momentbefore momentbefore |