The Mystery Of The Barranca

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Billy and Robert had spent two years' wandering through interior Mexico and had never seen a more lovely sight than that of the slender 22-year-old Spanish woman before them - half Mexican and half Irish. The Yankees were smitten but they were also heading for a mining town

Billy and Robert had spent two years in Mexico's interior and had never seen a more lovely sight than that of the slender 22-year-old Spanish woman in front of them - half Mexican and half Irish. The Yankees were smitten but they were also heading for a mining town nearby and had little time to spare. Their dream girl would have to wait -- at least for now. The men had more pressing concerns, including making a fortune.

Excerpt from The Mystery of the Barranca Leaning down from his perch on the sacked mining tools which formed the apex of their baggage, Billy Thornton punched his com panion in the back to call his attention to a scene which had spread a blaze of humor over his own rich crop of freckles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Mystery of the Barranca by Herman Whitaker