My ancestors came here two hundred and fifty years ago, and ever since, ours has been truly a Mexican family that has preserved all of the most worthy traditions of the old Spanish nobles.

We are a proud race, a conquering one.

In this part of Bonista, I, like my ancestors, rule like a war lord." "You don't have much occupation at that game, do you, senor ?" Tom asked, with an innocent smile.
"That--that--game ?" repeated Senor Montez, with a puzzled look at his young guest.
"The game of war lord," Reade explained.

"Mexico is not often at war, is she ?" "Not since she was forced to fight your country, Senor Tomaso, as you help to remind me," pursued Montez, without a trace of offense.

"Though I was educated in your country, I confess that, at times, your language still baffles me.