Teresita failed to see how the wistfulness was quite submerging the twinkle in Mrs. Jerry's eyes, and if she had seen, she would never have guessed what put it there; nor would she have understood why Mrs. Jerry might shrink from attending that magnificent festival, perhaps the only gringo woman in all the crowd, and a pitifully shabby gringo woman at that.

Until thy gringo guests have made room for me, I leave it!"

When the shoulder is welland truly, it was near brokenand when they meet at the rodeo, then you shall see what will happen to your new gringo friend.

And Valenciahe is growing a gringo heart, like the patron.

There were whispers also of a quarrel between the señorita and her gringo lover, and it was said that the young señorita prayed last night that José would win.

Altogether, he was well pleased with his reception and inclined to laugh at the forebodings he had felt; forebodings born of the knowledge that, unless these natives of California were minded to tolerate the presence of a gringo majordomo, it would be absolutely useless for him to attempt to work with them.

Knives are swift and keen, but those guns that could shoot six times with one loadingGossip preferred to dwell greedily upon the details of the quarrel between the young Don José and his gringo rival.

The gringo gunman had killed the brother of Pedro Salazar down in the desert country years ago.