"
At the words a certain fear, followed by a look of triumph,
passed over the face of Chaves. It was as if he had had an
unpleasant shock that had instantly proved groundless. Bucky did
not at the time understand it.
"Why don't you shoot? It's about your size, you pinhead, to kill
an unarmed man."
"Tell all you know and I promise you your life." It was Megales
who spoke.
"I'll tell you nothing, except that I'm Bucky O'Connor, of the
Arizona Rangers. Chew on that a while, governor, and see how it
tastes. Kill me, and Uncle Sam is liable to ask mighty loud
whyfor; not because I'm such a mighty big toad in the puddle, but
because any man that stands under that flag has back of him the
biggest, best, and gamest country on God's green footstool."
Bucky spoke in English this time, straight as he could send it.
"In that case, I think sentence may now be pronounced, general."
"I warn you that the United States will exact vengeance for my
death."
"Indeed!" Politely the governor smiled at him with a malice
almost devilish. "If so, it will be after you are dead, Senor
Bucky O'Connor, of the Arizona Rangers.
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