16/23 Well, about this feller--I'll see, I'll see. Square, I'll try to do what's right." As Coronado rode away from this interview, he ground his teeth with rage and mortification, muttering, "A _white_ man! a _white_ man! So I am a black man. Curse this whole race of English-speaking people!" After a while he began to think to the purpose. He too must work; he must not trust altogether to Texas Smith; the scoundrel might flinch, or might fail. |