Carlos was crossing the yard heading for the house when he heard shouting. He and the vaqueros working near the corral looked up to see Raul riding hell bent for leather. He was yelling and waving his hat in the air.
Carlos immediately became concerned, "What has happened?" he wondered. "Francisca is pregnant but not due for a while."
Raul arrived in a cloud of dust, his horse rearing back on its hind legs, its front hooves pawing at the sky, “It"s a boy!” shouted Raul. “It"s a boy, and Francisca is doing well!”
The vaqueros whooped with joy as if they were the new fathers. Carlos ran up to the house just as his father and mother, accompanied by the house servants, burst out the front door. “What has happened?” shouted Hernando.
“It"s a boy!” Shouted an excited Carlos, “It"s a boy, and
