This man was distinctly handsome and the look with which he returned the gaze of the three was frank, free and open.
"I saw you from afar," he said in excellent English.

"I climbed the cottonwood there in order to see what might be passing on the prairie, and as my eyes happen to be very good I detected three black dots in the moonlight, coming out of the east.

As I saw the men of Santa Anna going west as fast as hoofs would carry them I knew that only Texans could be riding out of the east." He laughed, threw his torch on the ground and stamped out the light.
"I felt that sooner or later someone would come upon Castenada's track," he said, "and you see that I was not wrong." He smiled again.

Ned's impression was distinctly favorable, and when he glanced at Obed and the Ring Tailed Panther he saw that they, too, were attracted.
"Who are you, stranger ?" asked Palmer.

"People who meet by night in Texas in these times had best know the names and business of one another." "Not a doubt of it," replied the young Mexican.