Zorro Saves A Herd - Totally Real Bullet Dodge

By the same light of the burning grass, Lopez discovered the masked horsemen approaching. The sight seemed to sting him to activity. He turned and started running, but Zorro rode like a whirlwind and turned him back.

"Stand, Lopez!" Zorro shouted in a stern voice which certainly did not resemble the usual tones of Don Diego Vega.

Lopez halted in terror. In the light of the grass fire, his face was ghastly.

"Who are you?" Lopez cried. "Who were those men with you? I am the Governor's representative."

"A poor thing of which to boast," Zorro said. "I am known as Zorro."

[...]

"I can report that Zorro did this."

"I will make it possible, señor, for men to believe that statement," Zorro replied, whipping his blade from its scabbard.

"You have made a bad error, Señor Zorro," Lopez screeched. "You have made it possible for me to earn a rich reward. This is your end."

As he spoke, Lopez brought out a second pistol which he had hidden beneath his jacket. Zorro raked his spurs as the weapon barked and flamed. The big black horse swerved aside, and the bullet almost burned Zorro's neck.

"You failed in that, señor," Zorro said. "And now – "

"Do not slay me!" Lopez cried. He knelt quickly beside a boulder, holding up his arms imploringly, a great fear mirrored in his face.


- Zorro Saves A Herd