Range War (9781101559215) (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
The morning sun glinted off their cartridges and belt buckles and hardware. From a distance they could pass for an army patrol. “Hay tantos,” Porfiro said. “There are so many.” “We can’t trust them, Grandfather,” Carlos said. The hothead and his friends had turned up in the middle of the night. It took them so long to get back because Carlos had sprained his ankle and couldn’t bear to put weight on it. He’d cut a tree limb for a crutch and was using it now. “You will behave,” Porfiro said. “I will only warn you once.” The sheepherders had been talking excitedly but they fell silent and fidgeted and cast anxious glances at one another as the Texans approached. “How do we know they will not exterminate us where we stand?” Constanza said. “Trask gave his word,” Fargo said. Constanza mimicked spitting on the ground. “The word of a gringo. What is it worth?” “A man like Trask,” Fargo replied, “his word is everything.” “I don’t trust any of you Anglos as far as I can throw you.”
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