Don Luis, I shall have to crave your indulgence to the extent of discharging this fellow and securing another manager who is less of a wild beast and more of a man." "Oh, but I cannot let Pedro Gato go," protested Don Luis, quickly.
"He is too old an employ, too valuable a man.

No other could manage my _peons_ as he does." "Let me go!" begged Gato, harshly.

"Let me go, that I may have all my time to myself that I may find the best way to avenge myself on this miserable Gringo.

Don Luis, do not think of attempting to keep me penned in _El Sombrero_.

I must be idle that I may have the more time to think." Tom remained silent.