Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-05-25
In the ravine, half an hour after, down

| In the ravine, hall an hour after, down
among the dense shadows of the bushes,
half dozen torches threw a lurd light on
on score of glittering bayonets, a poison.
er stripped for execution, aud taInting
woman, The prisoner was Rodrigo, stand
ing there with folded arms. ...... ..
Quick II he cried, "quick | cannot
witness her agony! Let the blow fall, be.
fore sorrow unmans me.
o, the despairing tirmness of that voice
| The parting words had al been said, the
parting kisses had all been given, and,
1aintlng with despair, the lovely Inez had
| been torn from her husbands $ arms. Now
she lay there upon the ground, her head
supported by a kneeIing soldier, while
another was bathing her hands and brow
with water
why this delay?' calculated Rodrigo.
at is torture to me. Let me give the
word-ready, aim, fire!
The soldiers did not obey the prisoner.
1t was only when their Lieutenant repeated
the word ''ready 4" fthat the musket bar
rels dropped from their shoulders to their
hands, and the sharp click was heard as
they cooked their pieces.
Aim" and up the dozen muskets went,
| and the soldiers eyes cleaned along the
tubes to see that the muzzles pointed full
at the bosom Of Pinon el Rodrigo.
just then the prisoner spoke--a last
ejaculation My wife, lnez de Rimenas,
farewell? Heaven keep YOU
1t was the maiden name of his wife
that the doomed man had uttered. The
word FIRE was just trembling on the
lientenauts lips.
|. Holdl | command you on the pain
of death!' thundered new voice. A
cloaked form, which had hitherto been
concealed 10 the shadow Of tree, came
forward. /" an, your General. Platoon,
shoulder arms !"
The pieces. undischarged were thrown
to q perpendicular position again, and all
present stood in fixed surprise.
Prisoner cried Santa Anna, "you
called her Rimenas. Where was your wife
born p
"In the hacienda of Los Farmic," re-
turned the astonished prisoner. Her
fathers name was Juan"
"Tha..k the saints! thank the saints !"
cried the chief. at is the daughter Of
Isabel de Rimenas. Isabel was my bene-
factor years ago, have debt of graft
tude to pay, Inez-lnez de Rmeuas, wife
of Rodrigo arise!" and he stopped aLd
tenderly took the lady's hand. " Your
husband is pardoned!'
That glad announcement was a potent
charm. A minute only elapsed aud hus-
baud and wife were in each others arms,
lnez weeping tears of JOY.
Santa Anna softly withdrew to his pa
vilion
Next day, when the fierce battle Of
Beuna Vista was fought, when for many
long hours, less than five thousand Amer
cans bore up against the repeated charges
of twenty thousand Mexicars, no man
was found fighting more bravely for the
children Of the sun than the captain Of
the Guadalajata of light inlautry--Penon
| e Rodrigo
And when at last, shattered and routed,
! the Mexican army retired, and left The
Americans to mourn, the loss Of large
part of thir effective force, Captain Rodri
70 was to De found in the suite of Santa
Anna-tor even in the hour Of defeat the
merciiess Mexican chief had not failed 10
remember the debt of gratitude he owed
to the mother of Inez-Isabei de Rimenas.
Thus it is, that. in every mans career,
there are bright spots to be found that
should shine stars So long as his name is
remembered among men