"Perhaps it is Santa Anna," at length suggested Antonia. "He

has been making trouble ever since I can remember. He was

born with a sword in his hand, I think."

"Ca! And every American with a rifle in his hand! Santa Anna

is a monster, but at least he fights for his own country.

Texas is not the country of the Americans."

"But, indeed, they believe that Texas is their country"; and

to these words Doctor Worth entered.