There are many guests, Senor, who speak ill of gringos, and I heard a whisper--" Jack, gripping Diego by the shoulders, halted his nervous explanations.
"What about the riata ?" he cried.

"Do you know where it is ?" "Si, Senor.

Me, I took it from the senor's saddle, for I feared harm would be done if it were left there to tempt those who would laugh to see the senor dragged to the death to-day.

Senor, that is Jose's purpose; from a San Vincente vaquero I heard--and he had it from the lips of Manuel.

Jose will lasso the senor, and the horse will run away with Jose, and the senor will be killed.