4:First published in the Woman's Home Companion as "The Pearl of the 
13:told so often, it has taken root in every man's mind. And, as with all 
34:made little reflected stars. She was looking at him as she was always 
65:explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the Gulf. Kino looked down to 
180:She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness. This 
210:washings of his clothes, and set them down as poverty people and went 
213:the expressions of young women as they went in to confession, and they 
214:saw them as they came out and read the nature of the sin. They knew 
232:that the indigene came humbly to the door. And as always when he came 
236:all of Kino's race as though they were simple animals. And as Kino 
288:until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as 
289:ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless. The 
350:the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did. He laid his 
358:it, and this she applied to the baby's swollen shoulder, which was as 
359:good a remedy as any and probably better than the doctor could have 
366:as unsubstantial as the mirage of the Gulf. 
410:made, even the ones forgotten. And as he filled his basket the song was 
411:in Kino, and the beat of the song was his pounding heart as it ate the 
464:there it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon. It captured the 
466:as large as a sea-gull's egg. It was the greatest pearl in the world. 
508:room he had lived in there as a great and luxurious place, and he 
509:remembered the hard-faced woman who had lived with him as a beautiful 
559:the things Kino's mind had considered in the past and had given up as 
569:suit from the United States and a little yachting cap such as Kino had 
595:in a school, just as Kino had once seen it through an open door. And 
600:breath sharply. Her eyes were bright as she watched him, and she looked 
611:pearl and cut the light away from it. Kino was afraid as a man is 
721:trapped as his people were always trapped, and would be until, as he 
726:Juana stood up from the fire and backed away as he entered, and she 
737:"It is as I thought," he said. "The poison has gone inward and it will 
776:closely to see whether riches turned their heads, as riches turn all 
782:ones and the bouncing splash of the great ones as the slaughter went 
802:it for himself as well as for his wife, for his mind was hard and 
804:side to side and moaned out the little Song of the Family as though it 
812:for sickness is second only to hunger as the enemy of poor people. And 
826:Juana watched him with haunted eyes. The doctor spoke a little as he 
843:"Kino will be a rich man," they clamored. "It is a pearl such as one 
881:truth of things. And in his dream, Coyotito was reading from a book as 
882:large as a house, with letters as big as dogs, and the words galloped 
898:as it always did. Kino's hand crept into his breast where his knife 
907:voice. Then coldness came over him as quickly as the rage had, and he 
915:quickly, crooning as she moved about. She dipped the end of her head 
947:closed a door on hunger. And as he stared at it Kino's eyes softened 
988:take joy and satisfaction in breaking it as far down as possible. For 
1006:pearl. And one man said that he would give it as a present to the Holy 
1044:and not flat as an elder would wear it, but tilted a little forward to 
1053:carrying Coyotito. And as they marched up the freshet-washed alley 
1089:The brothers, as they walked along, squinted their eyes a little, as 
1104:building. And as before, the beggars joined them as they passed the 
1105:church; the grocers looked out at them as they went by; the little 
1130:it spin and sparkle. The coin winked into sight and as quickly slipped 
1135:faster until, as the figure of Kino filled the doorway, the coin 
1139:squeezed from the outside glare. But the buyer's eyes had become as 
1140:steady and cruel and unwinking as a hawk's eyes, while the rest of his 
1184:And the dealer heard a little grumble go through the crowd as they 
1235:stands. I still offer one thousand. What are you doing?" he asked, as 
1301:"Only so long as they are not in danger or discomfort from it," said 
1317:help him best by being silent and by being near. And as though she too 
1359:And as she spoke the light came back in Kino's eyes so that they glowed 
1388:And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as 
1389:silently as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going 
1397:break over her, and her skirt floated about and clung to her legs as 
1437:to go back to the sea and finish her job, and as she considered, the 
1455:Juana quieted him as she would quiet a sick child. "Hush," she said. 
1475:thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a 
1500:few moments. And as he ran a scuttling figure ran toward him- Juana, 
1505:the baby's box turned out, and as I looked they put the fire to the 
1524:furious, they saw the roof fall and watched the fire die down as 
1525:quickly as a twig fire dies. They heard the cries of warning of their 
1582:long and heavy, as a small ax, a tool and a weapon. And when Kino saw 
1597:"I have it," said Kino. "And I will keep it. I might have given it as a 
1650:crackling the undergrowth as it went. And Kino gripped the handle of 
1709:But Juana did not sleep. She sat quiet as a stone and her face was 
1711:flies buzzed around the cut on her chin. But she sat as still as a 
1742:of a big horn sheep in the stone mountains. They were as sensitive as 
1748:Kino lay as rigid as the tree limb. He barely breathed, and his eyes 
1759:only chance in the world. And as the three drew nearer on the road, 
1813:ran for the high place, as nearly all animals do when they are pursued. 
1838:The way began to rise, and as it did the rocks grew larger. But now 
1865:The country, as it rose toward the mountains, changed rapidly. Now 
1873:that he panted a little as he went. 
1880:water bottle did not let that consideration enter. And as the sun 
1951:tearing at the ferns and wild grape as he went. And when he had climbed 
1966:The trackers were long in coming, as though they had trouble with the 
2037:asleep. But the Song of the Family had become as fierce and sharp and 
2038:feline as the snarl of a female puma. The family song was alive now and 
2041:And Kino crept silently as a shadow down the smooth mountain face. One 
2063:He was too late, for as he rose from his crouch the silver edge of the 
2071:when the watcher turned his head, Kino must leap. His legs were as 
2072:tight as wound springs. 
2083:"Coyote maybe," he said, and Kino heard the harsh click as he cocked 
2085:"If it's a coyote, this will stop it," the watcher said as he raised 
2090:now. He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. His 
2096:whimpered and gibbered as he tried to get up. But Kino had become as 
2097:cold and deadly as steel. Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, 
2118:not walking in single file, Kino ahead and Juana behind, as usual, but 
2123:crusted with dried blood, and the bundle swayed a little as she walked. 
2126:inward on herself. She was as remote and as removed as Heaven. Kino's 
2128:fear with him, that he was as dangerous as a rising storm. The people 
2134:Kino and Juana walked through the city as though it were not there. 
2137:wooden dolls, and they carried pillars of black fear about them. And as 
2146:In Kino's ears the Song of the Family was as fierce as a cry. He was