invited by the two girls to stop and take a cup…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

invited by the two girls to stop and take a cup of coffee. He accepted the invitation, dis- mounted and unsaddled, stood his Winchester rifle against a tree and lay down outside the tent with his head pillowed on his saddle. The girls were engaged inside the tent preparing the coffee, when they v/re alarmd by the sound of a rifle shot. Rushing out of the tent they were horrified to behold their brother, Carpio, his eyes blazing with insanity, Acosta’s rifle in his hands and the unfortunate Mexican lying on the ground mortally wounded.