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fc™!v*d»h.ld,,,g5tert Pnsmcetoi*&" the meal. This mayordomo already
known to the reader, was no other than Don Isidro Vargas, wbo had accented
this situation as a retiring pension.                                                                accepted
The Mexican haciendas, especially in Sonora are often «Mrf t„ t. t
^" r^ *» "«*• \ KS of country,^ whîch^m nse^bandf "
wiM horses and numerous herds of cattle pasture at liberty, a young robust
and active man is generally selected, who is called in that country a nombre Je'
a caballo. In truth the profession of mavordomo is excessively severe t
must constantly be on  horseback, galloping day and  nighHn   heaT or cold
work^re^
work, who are the idlest fellows in existence, and the biggest thieves imagin-
s-t «lSjdr0-,Wa' "° lo1g" y0un-?"   At the Period wh« we bring him again
yellow sk^drvâs" "^ T^ ' ^ tWlS '0n*?' thin man- <"* whosebonnesâ
yenow skin, dry as parcnment, seemed to be elued  was a?   ...i-k, a„A    ¦
ous as.    he  were but thirty : age  had gained no 'power Ô*4?ïf-bod,   Xh
LT. iSrfJ-"^.^.0' mUSJC'eS and nerves' Thus by his continual vigilance
his indefatigable ardour, and his uncommon energy he was the terrnfnf tlfi
-«or fellows whom their evil destiny had piaced^JeV™ ^taTIsT£
fully believed that their mayordomo had made a compact with the demon so
.Slestdadctihoe„sWatCh »**•"* ~ »™&J ~ £ "quainted tThTh'eir
The mayordomo had retained his botas vaqueras, and his spurs with enormor-s
rowels, which compel the wearer to walk tiptoe. His sanpèandhat of V can»
sk n were negligently thrown or. a butacca in a corner, and at his left side h' ?"
a sheathless machete, passed through an iron ring                                                 ?
m^ ,SOOn a*  he  Perceived the young lady he walked up to her wished her
when^hlHagrHat-,fr'endLhip.f0r the °ld Soldier' wfth whom she had played
rentnhtmtlf waitdh itTes^ace' ttTJST " ^ ^ —» "^
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We have already frequently remarked that the Spanish Americans are th»
Zlli ," P609'6*'" thC WOrld' The leas* thingPsufficerThem Thu, ».
ch'oae whr^rsT0^ T^ °f a S™" CUP of 'hat Ixce'llent
tnrr?ni       "i     i            Spaniards alone  know how to  make, of   a few maize
ttJÏgZÈg Water"   ThiS mea1' if " be °»e* is commonra"
theTc^cPoaia?ewaa,i0rdt0^ble'then  D°na A"geU »id the -«"-W*- »d
-tlft tHe way," Don Sebastian said, " have you  recovered any of the cattle
those demons of Apaches took from us in their last attack ?•
¦*tnd^h0etemp:dt.¦?enera,• M"*"*"-' -"**• "ight as well pursue th. wind
''Then we have lost-------"
" About 2,500 head."
••nDali,i,hard ! and IT h™ y°a repaired the los,*»-
Uptothe present 1 have only succeeded in collect^ ,,500 head , ans-J |