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 * "Three Hundred Pesos" by Manuela Williams Crosno **

About the Author:
Manuela Williams Crosno was born in 1905 and died in 1997. A long-time resident of Las Cruces, New Mexico, she set her stories in the area around Santa Fe, Albequerque, and Taos. Her interest in Hispanic culture is reflected in the subject matter of many of those stories. As an English teacher, Crosno won a statewide essay contest with her essay, "Why I Teach School." She was an accomplished poet, artist, and illustrator.

Story Words
to descend to harvest to ripen to scatter to speed to tip crow ditch fist goal information investment leather material miser shadow clenched obvious tender winding

Words Relating to Misfortune
to blame to ruin to starve accident distress hailstone medicine shortage dazed exhausted frail violent harshly

Idioms
to cut short to waste your breathe it's a deal