["Dudley's revolver snapped sharply"]

["Dudley looked incredulously at the stranger, and then uttered a cry of astonishment"]

["He stood to his full height on the saddle, one hand over his eyes to shade them from the light"]

Roughriders of the Pampas

CHAPTER I
OUTWARD BOUND

"One moment please, steward!"

"Yes, sir."

"Bring a little soup and a piece of bread at once, please."

"Soup, sir. Yes, sir."