Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-12
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CHAPTER XXIII.-(Continued.)

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The capataz made a wry face.
There will be probably plenty of blows
10 receive and very little profit to derive
from such an expedition.
Il believed that you were devoted to
me-" the general remarked bitterly.
Your excelIency is not mistaken; l
am truly devoted to you, but l have
also fondness for my skin"
Il will give you twenty-five ounces for
every slit it receives; is that enough?"
come, I see that your excellency
wishes me to be cut into mince meat!"
the capataz exclaimed joyously.
Then that is agreed?'
Il should think so, excellenCy, at that
price 4 man would be a fool to refuse"
Put about horses?'
I'VE have at least ten or a dozen in
the corral.
That is true; I did not think of
that" the general exclaimed, striking his
forehead, have seven lassoed at once"
Where must I take the senorita?"
Bring her to this house. for she shall
not set foot in the convent again"
Very good when shall start, gen
eraI?"
At once. if it be possible"
in twenty minutes 1 shall have left
The house."
In the meanwhile the carriage dashed
along: it passed at full ga!lop through
the San Lazaro gate, then turned sud
denly to the right and entered a some
what narrow street. At about the mid
die of this street it stopped before
house of rather modest appearance, the
gate of which at once opened, and man
came out holding the brides of two prai
RE mustangs completely harnessed, and
with a rifle at each saddlebow. The
Frcnchman got out and invited his com
panion to follow his example.
Resume your usual Dress he said,
as he led him inside the house.
The Iigrero obeyed with an eager start
of Joy While he DOTTED his gown his
companion mounted, after saying to the
young ladies':
Whatever happens not a word-not
cry; keep the shutters up; we will
gaIIop at the door and remember your
lives are in peril
Don Martial at this moment came out
of the house attired as a caballero.
TO horse and let us be off, said NJ.
Ranier.
The Tigrero bounded on to the mus
tang held in readiness for him, and the
carriage. in which the mules had been
changed, started again at full speed. The
house at which they had stopped was
the one hired by Valentine to keep his
stud at.
Half an hour thus passed and the car
rage disappeared in the thick cloud of
dust it raised as it dashed along. Don
Martial felt new born; the excitement
had restored his old ardor as if by en-
rhantment. he longed to be face to face
with his foe. and at length come to
settlement with him.
All at once the Indian uttered a cry.
The two men looked back with alarm and
saw a body of men coming up at full
speed At this moment the carriage was
following a road bounded on one side
by rather thick chapparal, which ex-
tended for some distance; on the other
by a deep ravine.
At a sign from the Frenchman the
carriage was drawn across the road and
the ladies got out and went, under
Curumillas protection, to seek shelter
behind the trees. The two men, after
seeing that their friends were concealed,
with their rifles to their shoulders and
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the middle of the road, awaiting the on
set Of their adversaries, for, in all prob
ability, the newcomers were enemies.
CHAPTER XIV,
Curumilla, after concealing, with that
Indian skill he so thoroughly possessed,
the young ladies at spot where they
were thoroughly protected from bullets,
mad placed himself, rifle in hand, not by
the side of the two riders, but, with
Characteristic redskin prudence, he am
huscaded himself behind the carriage,
probably rejecting that he represented
the entire infantry force, and not caring,
through a point of honor, very absurd in
his opinion to expose himself to death
not only certain but useless to those he
wished to defend.
The horsemen, however, on coming
within range of the persons they were
pursuing, stopped and by their gestures
seemed to evnce a hesitation the fugi-
tiveS did not at all understand, after the
fashion in which they had hitherto been
pursued The motive for this hesitation,
which the Frenchman and his companions
could not know, and which perplexed
them so greatly. was very simple.
Carnero. for it was the generals capa-
Caz who was pursuing the carriage, with
his poems, all at once perceived, with
secret pleasure, it is true though he was
careful not to let his companions notice
lJ, that while they were pursuing the
carriage other horsemen were pursuing
tbem, and coming up at headlong speed.
On seeing this, as We said, the party
halted much disappointed and greatly
embarrassed as to what they had better
10.
They were literally placed between two
fires, and were the attacked instead of
the assailants; the situation was crit
lcal, and deserved serious consideration.
tarnero suggested a retreat, remarking
with a certain amount of reason that the
sides were no longer equal and that sue
cess was highly problematical. The
peons all utter ruffians, and expressly
chosen by the general, but who enter