OH, SHOOT! 



delay irked him, and he rested only in vigorous 

 action. His sandals were winged; he chafed 

 to be gone but, first, a few hasty details were 

 to be arranged. 



For one thing, he must partake of his 

 comida possibly we could speed the moment 

 of his departure by lending him some coffee 

 and flour and sugar and fish lines and clothing? 

 Any contribution, in fact, from a case of 

 Rhine wine to a Norfolk suit would be grate- 

 fully acknowledged and receive a good home. 

 He was particularly in need of a phonograph 

 and some new records. However, that was 

 up to us; as for him, he would snatch a small 

 bite and then be off at amazing speed. We 

 would probably kill more mountain sheep than 

 any like number of white men, and we were 

 such nice, generous people that undoubtedly 

 their horns would be tremendous. He antici- 

 pated a wonderful outing, and God had 

 sent us at the precise moment when his 

 family was out of coffee, lard, frijoks, 

 cigars 



We loaded him down, urged him to grab a 

 cold snack and dash away. He promised. 

 This was at noon. The slow-sinking sun had 

 hidden her face before he divorced himself 



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