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The Red Mustang

Chapter 4 THE GARRISON OF SANTA LUCIA.

Word Count: 1157    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

ole, shaped like a funnel. Nobody knew exactly when or how it was made, but down at the wee

k-hole were four horses, an

es it pan out?" asked

o hours since it was done. The critter rolled down here. Joaquin, you and Key

nel," shouted on

" responded

the road to the City of Mexico. He may or may not have been a full-blooded Tlascalan, but there was a fierce, tigerish expression on his face as he glanced at the dead pony. His white teeth showed, also, in a way to indicat

ay, and Colonel Evans climb

uddenly exclaimed th

it must

l," said the colonel

a harsh, rasping voice that matched exactly w

m a stern, and, just now, a threatening expression. More than that, Colonel Abe Evans, old Indian trader and ranch owner, stood six feet and seven inches, although he was so well proportioned that at a little distance he did not seem unusually large. As to his st

ome difficulty in keeping cool just n

s Sam reined in and stared down

hat 'Pache went to. Hit the pony, did I? '

Colonel Evans, and the cowboy continued: "No manner of use blinking it, colonel. The lower drove's gone. Took me b

ey foll

f 'em, but Cal and

and a shiver, but Sam went steadily on in

our horse. I can read the whole thing like a book. Of course they

forehead were swelling. He sprang to the saddle of the broad-chested, strong limbed thoroughb

they rode away, "wh

too, if they worked long enough over their beef. If we get there fi

after that. Sam knew no more than the rest d

een going on, and with q

y of the stockade before the two in the veran

a, "do you think there

," said Mrs. Evans, with

you send Cal a

the whole valley is in danger until the army officer

hey were here

at grew very pale, "he went to look at the lower

uld have said so. Mother, you

look in the resolute

. We must work, though, for they'll be here pretty soon. We must bar the gate, first,

trength and steadiness than might have been expected of her. But for the reddish tint of her hair she would

udied the gat

must help. I think we can ho

ituation to a group of five startled and frightened women. Seven in all, they were the only garrison of

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1 Chapter 1 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.2 Chapter 2 HOW CAL EVANS RODE FOR HELP.3 Chapter 3 THE BAND OF KAH-GO-MISH.4 Chapter 4 THE GARRISON OF SANTA LUCIA.5 Chapter 5 CAL AND THE CAVALRY AND THE RED MUSTANG.6 Chapter 6 THE PERIL OF SANTA LUCIA.7 Chapter 7 BOUND FOR THE BORDER.8 Chapter 8 GETTING READY TO CHASE KAH-GO-MISH.9 Chapter 9 THE HACIENDA OF SANTA LUCIA.10 Chapter 10 THE TARGET ON THE ROCK.11 Chapter 11 THE STORY OF A LOG12 Chapter 12 PING AND THE COUGAR.13 Chapter 13 THE RETURN OF KAH-GO-MISH.14 Chapter 14 THE FOUNTAIN IN THE DESERT.15 Chapter 15 LOST IN THE CHAPARRAL.16 Chapter 16 AN INVASION OF TWO REPUBLICS.17 Chapter 17 HOW PING AND TAH-NU-NU GOT TO THE SPRING.18 Chapter 18 HOW DICK PLAYED SENTINEL.19 Chapter 19 BAD NEWS FOR WAH-WAH-O-BE.20 Chapter 20 HOW CAL STARTED FOR MEXICO.21 Chapter 21 THE MANITOU OF COLD SPRING.22 Chapter 22 ACROSS THE DESERT BY NIGHT.23 Chapter 23 AT THE RANCH AND IN THE CHAPARRAL.24 Chapter 24 CAL'S NIGHT UNDER A TREE.25 Chapter 25 A STRANGE LETTER FROM MEXICO.26 Chapter 26 CAL'S VISITORS AND HIS BREAKFAST.27 Chapter 27 THE POST-BOY THAT GOT AWAY.28 Chapter 28 THE MYSTERY OF THE STICKS.29 Chapter 29 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE FIRE 30 Chapter 30 THE MANITOU WATER.31 Chapter 31 PULL STICK AND THE HURRICANE.32 Chapter 32 UNDER A FALLEN TREE.33 Chapter 33 LEAVING THE BAD-MEDICINE CAMP.34 Chapter 34 TAH-NU-NU'S DISAPPOINTMENT.35 Chapter 35 HAND TO HAND BY FIRELIGHT.36 Chapter 36 HOW CAL WAS LEFT ALL ALONE.37 Chapter 37 RESCUED BY THE RED MUSTANG.38 Chapter 38 HOW THEY ALL REACHED SANTA LUCIA.