Sartana walks down the hallway, high heels clip-clopping.

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Part Mongol, Roman, Arab, Spaniard, Mexican, '49er, the man who throws diamonds on the high trail is ready to sit in his saddle and settle in to the pokey, grunting, clopping rhythm of a pack train on the move.

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