Longorio was tiresome.
XIV
JOSE SANCHEZ SWEARS AN OATH
On this same evening a scene of no little significance was taking
place at Las Palmas. Ed Austin was entertaining callers, and these
were none other than Tad Lewis and Adolfo Urbina.
The progress of events during the last few days had shaped this
conference, for, as Dave had forecast during his conversation with
Judge Ellsworth, the local prosecuting attorney saw in the Guzman
cattle case an opportunity to distinguish himself, and was taking
action accordingly. He had gathered considerable evidence against
Urbina, and was exerting himself to the utmost for an indictment.
He had openly declared that the testimony of Ricardo Guzman and
his other witnesses would convict the suspect, and the fact that
his politics were opposed to Ed Austin's complicated matters still
further. It was the unwelcome news of all this which had brought
Tad Lewis and his Mexican helper to Las Palmas under cover of
darkness. Having gone over the circumstances in detail, Lewis
concluded:
"We're depending on you, Ed. You got to stand pat."
But Austin was lukewarm. He had experienced a change of heart, and
the cause appeared when he read aloud a letter that day received
from Judge Ellsworth, in which the judge told of his meeting with
Dave Law, and the Ranger's reasons for doubting Ed's word.
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