When the sergeant came back to his village , he returned to find a soldier with a letter of pardon for '' Gauchito '' Gil , which also said that the sergeant 's son was very ill and on rthe brink of dying .
When the sergeant returned to his village , he found a soldier there with a letter of pardon for '' Gauchito '' Gil . 
 The letter also said that the sergeant 's son was very ill and on the brink of dying .