I found that out later.
"Well, for a few minutes there was plenty of excitement. Taylor and
Nebraska had got pretty well behind us, and the Toltecs had cut them
off. Taggart showed yellow. I started back to help Nebraska and
Taylor, who had their knives out--I could see them shining--when
Taggart grabbed me.
"'Let's run for the bridge, you fool!' he said. 'It's every man for
himself now!'
"While I was scuffling with Taggart, trying to get away from him and
get back to the boys, a figure detached itself from the bunch around
them and came flying toward us. It was a woman, I could see that in an
instant. Taggart saw her coming, too; he must have known it was a
woman, but he pulled out his knife, and when she came close enough to
us he drove at her with it. He missed her because I shoved him away.
He fell, and, while he was on the ground, the woman--or girl, because
she wasn't more than eighteen or nineteen--grabbed me by the arm and
jabbered to me in Spanish, of which I'd learned a little.
"'They're going to kill all of you!' she said. 'They've been watching
you for two days. They left me to watch you yesterday. I don't want
them to kill you--I like you! Come!'
"She pulled at me, trying to drag me toward the bridge. I didn't have
any objections to her liking me as much as she pleased, for she was a
beauty--I found that out afterward, of course; but though I couldn't
see her face very well just them, I liked her voice and knew she must
be good to look at.
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