The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1861-06-06
'.By thenezt correroI" I answer.

l reBreb Luht, Lll <iikV, Nc Ec
Joined, "for In that case, I fear
shall miss the opportunity Of enjoy
ing your society. But if you vii
defer your return till the NEXT week
I'll promise to meet you where wi
met before, and again exchangl
commitments" Eeve FNe
aMany thanks" I Troplied, laugh
ing heartily at the sang froid will
which he uttered this remark; s'bu
indeed, I'd rather beexcused.n
srWell, well leo be II r. said be
Joining IN my msf1fment. gBu'
mark my word 6enog, e bg An
accident you are detain5d tlIl tnl
departure Of the Wednesdays cor
rsro, I will surely meet you neal
the Paunte." ,he ~ 80 -
I could not help being greatly
amnssd at the fellowis impudenceI
and finding him inclined to bt
communicative, ] questioned hin
In relation to some of the stories
had heard of him. He eacknowled,
|ged the affair with the dragons,
and whispered: 4 j e
''Soms Of those same persons,
fortunately, are now among the
prison guards they are my friends.
You may be surprised Eenor, al
my con6ding my plans to you; but
/ know you are an American, and
have no object in taking advantage
Of my confidence. Besides, I have
o favor to ask of you. Will you, on
your way from the prison. place
this package and this note into the
hands Of the Commodante, unseen
BY the other officials y
As he said this, FL Tuerto drew
q small roll Of heavy coin from his
bosom and handed It to me, accom-
panied by q soiled bit of paper
Receiving it in the same cautions
manner It was passed to me,
placed it safely In my pocket, and
with a sign promised to do % de-
sired. z .tean MI.
] now inquired how it happened,
that sobrave and desperate a fighter,
as ! had always supposed him to be,
should ever have been taken pris.
oner. s4
s'Treachery- -treacheryi Senior,
vanquished US !. and not courage OF
superior forca, The fact ia, Land
some ofmy men here, had become
tired ofthe life NE led, and deter
mined to abandon it.gs With thiE
view I correspondent, with the au,
thorities, who pledged themselves
that a free pardon should be exten.
ded to myself and all the members
Of my band, provided we would
surrender to the dragons sent to
meet usunder the command of Col
onel Bravo. But no sooner did we
find ourselves within the walls oi
this prison, than we learned that
the promised clemency was all
vile trick of the faithless govern.
ment, and we were doomed to the
garrota p and saying this the Ban
dit chief ground his teeth with
rage, while his one, keen black eye,
seemed to emit flashes Of fire. But
after moment he restrained his
passion, and continued: But poy
Dios they shall be disappointed ]
have gold enough to buy these
hounds. You shall hear of me
again Senor, but not as O prisoner
led to execution. / will yet live to
revenge this treachery and insult,
and SO shall these brave fellows
here! But hush ! mi amigo, here
comes the prison police!"
Inow left Ell Tuerto, and rejoin-
ing Don Sarpar, retired from the
corridor and passed out of the pris-
on. But as I reached the little
apartment occupied by the COM
modante, I slipped piece Of gold
into the hand ofthe sentinel at the
door, and, entering the room un-
questioned, placed upon the officers
table the robbers note and package;
and calling his attention to them
without speaking, passed out
through the crowd Of gossipping
dragons into the plaza. 3
Saturday, the day for the depar-
ture of the diligence, at length ar
rived. But although Ihad engaged
my seat and paid the passage
money, the cumbrous old vehicle,
much to my chagrin, rolled out OF
the plaza Mayor without me. !
was to have received q considera-
bic sum ofmoney, which, according
to previous arrangement, was to
have been exchanged for bills on
Vera Cruz, as it was unsafe to cnr-
ry so much specie by the public
conveyance. But at the last mo-
ment, from some misunderstand-
ing, the paper. s1cha as ! had con-
tracted for, was not to heobtained.
! had, therefore, nothing to do but
swallow my disappointment, and
patiently await the departure Of the
Wednesday coach; when, carefully
packing my doubloons in the leath.
ern vaIise, I received the parting
embrace ofmy worthy Landlord, and
ratified out upon the Gamma Real.