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Chapter 23

           Asageneralrule,themenofthispeculiarcallingareamongstthegreatestreprobates,whohavetheirhomeinthelandofthe"LoneStar."BybirthandbreedtheyaremostlyMexicans,ormongrelIndians;though,notunfrequently,aFrenchman,orAmerican,findsitacongenialcalling.Theyareusuallytheoutcastsofcivilisedsocietyofteneritsoutlawswho,intheexcitementofthechase,anditsconcomitantdangers,find,perhaps,somesortofsalvoforaconsciencethathasbeenseverelytried.

           Whiledwellingwithinthesettlements,thesemenarenotunfrequentlythepestsofthesocietythatsurroundsthemeverengagedinbroilanddebauch;andwhenabroadintheexerciseoftheircalling,theyarenotalwaystobeencounteredwithsafety.MorethanonceisitrecordedinthehistoryofTexashowacompanyofmustangershas,forthenonce,converteditselfintoabandofcuadrillaofsalteadores;or,disguisedasIndians,leviedblackmailuponthetrainoftheprairietraveller.

           OneofthiskidneywastheindividualwhohadbecomerecalledtothememoryofCassiusCalhoun.Thelatterrememberedhavingmetthemaninthebar-roomofthehotel;uponseveraloccasions,butmoreespeciallyonthenightoftheduel.Herememberedthathehadbeenoneofthosewhohadcarriedhimhomeonthestretcher;andfromsomeextravagantexpressionshehadmadeuseof,whenspeakingofhisantagonist,Calhounhaddrawnthededuction,thattheMexicanwasnofriendtoMauricethemustanger.

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