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 We Anglo-Saxons give our free esteem To honest men, however poor and low; But such as thee we hate and loathe the more, The greater might they have to do us harm.

Enough I have already heard and borne Of thy bravado. Tell us now thy name.

James Travis I am called.

James Travis? what? Art thou related to that demagogue Who, Colonel now, commands the Alamo?

My highest boast is that I am his brother, Yea, brother to the best, the bravest man That ever breathed the air. No human heart Beats so for all that noble is and good.

Thou art his brother, hem! that pleases me. Yea, pleases me more than a thousand captives. [Abruptly.] How many men defend the Alamo?