Explore "Bloom of Cactus" by Robert Ames Bennet on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Carmena rallied and smiled up at the big trader with a show of trustful confidence. "I knew you'd keep your part of the deal, Mr. Slade," she said. "You've fought off Cochise and saved us, and there's a good big hole in his bunch. All we need do now is wait for your punchers to come in and wipe out the rest."
"Sure! " agreed Slade. "I done it. Now I got a dead cinch all 'round."