We must do the lepero the justice to say that the effort surpassed his expectations, and that he literally writhed with laughter, so delighted was he with the success of his invention.
At the moment when the popular fury attained its paroxysm, the lepero thought it a famous joke to light a squib, and let it phizz under the nostrils of the Canadian's horse.
Clad in the most sumptuous and brilliant costumes they can possibly obtain and well covered with diamonds--for everybody above the rank of a lepero has diamonds--they sit up straight and handsome, and many of them look almost regal.
The lepero dared not attack a sober American soldier.
While the leperowas gradually regaining his senses, his comrades asked questions with that captious skill peculiar to their Mexican nature.
Search was instantly made, but the successful leperomade good his prize, and escaped.
Come," the lepero exclaimed joyfully, "you are just the man I expected to find you.
We will not add that his friendship for Don Martial unconsciously pleaded on his behalf, for we repeat that the lepero feels no friendship for any one, not even himself, and that his heart only exists in the shape of bowels.
The truth is, the lepero would have preferred that his friend had not given him this proof of confidence.
The lepero guessed his hesitation, and approached.
The chief displayed no ill temper at the trick the lepero had played him.
The lepero soon perceived him swimming silently and vigorously in the direction of the hacienda; but the Tigrero was gradually lost in the distance.
The Indian and the lepero contented themselves with giving their assent through a nod.
The worthylepero had at length formed an heroic resolve.
The lepero had also recognised the chief, and, without knowing why, this restored him a slight degree of courage.
Stay," the lepero again remarked; "it is a good distance from this place to the hacienda; I can never swim it.
The lepero profited by the occasion to pick up with his free hand a pile of twenty ounces that was in his reach.
Behind each stood a leperosimilarly attired, and carrying "cuartos" of buffalo-skin.
The back of the shawled lady may be inclusive between two greasy rebosos, and the striped or speckled back of the lepero may rise up alongside the shining broad-cloth of the dandy!
Each had a coarse hair halter held in the hand of a lepero driver, also fantastically dressed in the same black stuff.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lepero" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
