Tierra del Oro                         The Horse Tamers                           With discharge papers in his pocket, Ramón boarded a westbound train.     At last his familia were together.   Ramón searched for Luis and dodged Paz. Paz                                 "Oh, Berta,"  Paz cried, "If only he hadn't kissed me."                       But at Dos Corazones, Mariano changed Paz's life.           Mariano Ahead, in a level clearing strewn with storm-cast leaves,  they saw a casa grande.   In the patio where he dismounted, there was only the wind murmuring in the corners, the hiss of dry brown leaves scudding across unglazed tiles.   The mustangers rode into ever wilder terrain.                 The rushing water overtook them.                               and Diego the horse tamer was lost. Los Nuestros became the showplace    that Ramón had envisioned.      Then the stranger from Monterrey appeared,  bearing frightening news. Obregon's troops had liberated political prisoners from San Juan de Ulua.                  And Pablo Valente was among them.                 Domingo's decision would determine the rest of his life. Rushing Water and Sunset on Rincon photos copyright by Niklas Montonen The Stories   |    Forty Grains of Black Powder   |   Legend of the Sierra Madre   |   Los Pobres   |   La Puerta del Sol   |   A Lion Against the Wind   |   Bitter Victory   |   Tierra Y Libertad   |   The Horse Tamers   |   Tesoro   |   home