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The Texan Star

CHAPTER VIII
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I think they are clean enough for our use.

In return we offer you this most excellent musket, a beautiful weapon made at Seville.

Look at it.

It is worth twice what we demand for it.

Behold the beautifully carved stock and the fine steel barrel." The Mexican, a dark, heavy-jawed fellow, regarded them maliciously, while his wife and seven half-naked children sat by in silence, but watching the strangers with the wary, shifting eyes of wild animals.
"Yes, it is a good musket," he said, "but may I inquire if it is your own ?" "For the purposes of barter and sale it is my own," replied Obed politely.


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