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The Lone Ranche

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
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I remember how I suffered myself.

Mix some of this with it.

Trust me, it will restore your strength." While speaking she hands him the gourd, which, by its weight, contains over a pint; and then from another and smaller one she pours some liquid first into the water and then over the tortillas.

It is vinegar, in which there is an infusion of _chile Colorado_.
"Am I not robbing you ?" inquires Hamersley, as he casts a significant glance over the wide, sterile plain.
"No, no! I am not in need, besides I have no great way to go to where I can get a fresh supply.

Drink, senor, drink it all." In ten seconds after the calabash is empty.
"Now eat the tortillas.


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