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farm, could he approve himself a hero in Rosalia's sight?
To hold her, he must fly into the hills.
Choice led him to the heights above Los Angeles, in the vicinity of that San Benito peak from which his mother sprang, among the ins and outs of which Leiva and Rosalia were at home.
Some rival bands were in the district, led by Capitan Soto.
On hearing that the rangers of Los Angeles were out, Vasquez joined his old leader, when a brush took place, in which the banditti were severely mauled.
Vasquez fled across the frontier into Mexico, leaving Rosalia to her husband's care.
On his return, after the death of Soto and the capture of Procopio, Vasquez rejoined Rosalia at Rock Creek, the caves and woods of which became his camp, proposing to avenge his slaughtered chief and captured friend.
His plan was to announce his presence in the district by a sudden blow; a blow that should be echoed through the land.
He had to rouse his people, and to show them they had still a leader in their front.
A great crime, swiftly planned and promptly done, would tell his race what kind of man he
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