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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Freebooters - A Story of the Texan War - -Author: Gustave Aimard - -Translator: Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall - -Release Date: August 28, 2012 [EBook #40602] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FREEBOOTERS *** - - - - -Produced by Camille Bernard & Marc D'Hooghe at -http://www.freeliterature.org - - - - - - -</pre> <h1>THE FREEBOOTERS.</h1> @@ -1911,7 +1875,7 @@ catastrophe; and, ere long, the evil that undermines this fair country will be incurable, and it will sink for ever—not under the blows of strangers, but assassinated by its own children.</p> -<p>General Don José Maria Rubio was in no way distinguished from the herd +<p>General Don José Maria Rubio was in no way distinguished from the herd of Mexican officers, but he possessed over those who surrounded him the immense advantage of being a soldier of the war of Independence, and in him experience amply compensated for his lack of education. His history @@ -1922,7 +1886,7 @@ difficulty learned a little reading and writing under the auspices of his father; this pretence at education, slight as it was, was destined to be of great utility to him at a later date. The great uprising, of which the celebrated Fray Hidalgo was the promoter, and which -inaugurated the revolution, found young José Maria wandering about the +inaugurated the revolution, found young José Maria wandering about the neighbourhood of Tampico, where he gained a livelihood by the most heterogeneous trades. The young man—a little bit of a muleteer, a little bit of a fisherman, and a good deal of a smuggler—intoxicated @@ -1937,7 +1901,7 @@ of mind, one of the guerillas most feared by the Spaniards; always the first in attack, the last to retreat. Chief of a cuadrilla composed of picked men, to whom the most daring and wild expeditions appeared but child's play, and favoured by constant good luck, for fortune ever loves -the rash, José Maria soon became a terror to the Spaniards, and his mere +the rash, José Maria soon became a terror to the Spaniards, and his mere name inspired them with indescribable terror. After serving in turn under all the heroes of the Mexican war of Independence, and fighting bravely by their side, peace found him a brigadier-general.</p> @@ -1951,7 +1915,7 @@ perfectly demoralised when peace was made and independence proclaimed.</p> <p>The worthy General looked round him. Everybody was preparing to retire to the bosom of his family, and enjoy a repose do dearly purchased. Don -José Maria might perhaps have desired nothing better than to follow the +José Maria might perhaps have desired nothing better than to follow the example; but his family was the army, and he had, or at least was acquainted with, no other. During the ten years' fighting which had just elapsed, the General had completely lost out of sight all the relations @@ -2021,14 +1985,14 @@ an honourable cause.</p> <p>Among the numerous generals of the republic, the president at length chose the only man capable of repairing the successive disasters -undergone by the government. General Don José Maria Rubio was invested +undergone by the government. General Don José Maria Rubio was invested with the supreme command of the troops detached to act against Texas. This choice was most lucky; the general, an honest man and brave soldier, was incapable of selling himself, however great the price offered. Hence there was no reason to fear treachery from him, from which others, less susceptible or more avaricious than he was, had not recoiled. As an old soldier of the war of Independence, and ex-guerilla, -Don José Maria was thoroughly conversant with all the tricks, and was +Don José Maria was thoroughly conversant with all the tricks, and was the very man to fight with advantage against the foes that awaited him.</p> <p>Unfortunately, this selection was made very late. Still, the General, @@ -2098,7 +2062,7 @@ worthy the General's express was of the confidence placed in him.</p> <p>The Mexican camp stood in the centre of a beautiful plain, facing the defile through which the conducta must pass, according to the General's instructions. It was evening, and the sun had set for about an hour. Don -José Maria, rendered anxious by the Captain's delay, and beginning to +José Maria, rendered anxious by the Captain's delay, and beginning to suspect a mishap, had sent off scouts in different directions to bring him news, and a prey to an agitation, which each moment that passed augmented, was walking anxiously about his tent, cursing and swearing in @@ -2106,7 +2070,7 @@ a low voice, frowning and stopping every now and then to listen to those thousand noises which arise at night without apparent cause, and pass as if borne on the wings of the Djinns.</p> -<p>General Don José Maria Rubio was still a young man; he was about +<p>General Don José Maria Rubio was still a young man; he was about forty-two, though he seemed older, through the fatigues of a military life, which had left rude marks on his martial and open countenance; he was tall and well-built; his muscular limbs, his wide and projecting @@ -2295,7 +2259,7 @@ tricks; I am too old a fox to be taken in by a girl."</p> <p>"You are unkind, father," she answered, with a pout, "you always give a false meaning to what I say."</p> -<p>"Only think of that, señorita! Well, do not be in a passion, I have +<p>"Only think of that, señorita! Well, do not be in a passion, I have brought you good news."</p> <p>"Do you mean it?" she said, clasping her hands joyfully.</p> @@ -2328,7 +2292,7 @@ intercede with you to prevent that combat."</p> <p>The hunter shook his head.</p> -<p>"All that is not clear, Niña," he replied; "I do not at all understand +<p>"All that is not clear, Niña," he replied; "I do not at all understand your arguments. Hang it! I am only a poor woodranger, possessing no more learning than I have drawn from the great scenes of nature I constantly have before my eyes, and a woman's heart is to me a closed book, in @@ -2406,7 +2370,7 @@ in the way I did, but now the crisis has past; forgive me, and think no more about it."</p> <p>"Hum!" the hunter muttered, as he raised his eyes to Heaven in great -embarrassment; "I desire nothing more, Niña; but I am no further on than +embarrassment; "I desire nothing more, Niña; but I am no further on than I was before, and on my word I understand nothing of what is passing through your mind."</p> @@ -2614,7 +2578,7 @@ declare."</p> <p>"Now, that is settled," he continued, "you want me no longer, I suppose? If so, good night; my eyelids prick as if they were full of thorns."</p> -<p>He wrapped himself carefully in his zarapé, stretched himself on the +<p>He wrapped himself carefully in his zarapé, stretched himself on the ground, and a minute later was fast asleep. It is probable that the worthy man wished to make up for lost time, for he saw plainly that he had been of no use in the council.</p> @@ -2982,7 +2946,7 @@ feared lest some misfortune bad happened."</p> from the Wacondah. When I left the Village of Flowers, the old greyhead, the companion of my brother's mother, wished to start with me."</p> -<p>"Poor ño Eusabio," the young man muttered, "he is so devoted to us."</p> +<p>"Poor ño Eusabio," the young man muttered, "he is so devoted to us."</p> <p>"The Sachems would not consent; greyhead is necessary to my brother's mother."</p> @@ -3432,7 +3396,7 @@ for, under the circumstances, your presence there was indispensable."</p> <p>"Seeing," Quoniam went on, "that there was nothing more to expect of the Capataz, I took leave of him and remounted my horse; but just as I was leaving, a great noise was heard outside, and everybody rushed to the -gates, uttering shouts of joy. It seems that General Don José Maria +gates, uttering shouts of joy. It seems that General Don José Maria Rubio, who commands the province, considers that the position of the hacienda is a very important point to defend."</p> @@ -3569,7 +3533,7 @@ walls."</p> <p>"Go on, then."</p> -<p>"Before restoring me to liberty, the Jaguar inquired after you and Doña +<p>"Before restoring me to liberty, the Jaguar inquired after you and Doña Carmela with considerable interest. Then he wrote a few words on a piece of paper, which he handed me, with a recommendation to be sure and give it you so soon as I rejoined you."</p> @@ -3809,7 +3773,7 @@ heavy hand laid on his shoulder.</p> the right or left, for he was persuaded in his heart that his last hour had arrived.</p> -<p>"Hilloh, Señor Padre, what are you doing in the forest at such an hour?" +<p>"Hilloh, Señor Padre, what are you doing in the forest at such an hour?" a hoarse voice then said to him.</p> <p>But Fray Antonio was unable to answer; terror had rendered him deaf and @@ -3998,7 +3962,7 @@ of you?"</p> <p>"It was suggested to me by the conduct of the pagans, and by the clumsy snare they laid for you; it is evident to me that the Apache Chief hopes, if you consent to grant the interview he asks, to profit by your -absence to carry off Doña Carmela."</p> +absence to carry off Doña Carmela."</p> <p>"Carry me off!" the maiden exclaimed, with a start of horror, surprised and alarmed at once by this conclusion, which she was far from @@ -4040,7 +4004,7 @@ as if by accident, was sufficient to melt that indifference, and cause Black-deer to forget Indian etiquette.</p> <p>"Blue-fox is a dog, the son of a coyote," he said, as he spat on the -ground disdainfully; "the gypaètes would refuse to devour his unclean +ground disdainfully; "the gypaètes would refuse to devour his unclean carcase."</p> <p>"These two men must have a mortal hatred for each other," the Canadian @@ -4725,7 +4689,7 @@ drew to the Apaches he felt it, on the contrary, become firmer. The monk was eager to prove to the hunters that he was worthy the confidence they placed in him; and if at times the thought of the dangers to which he exposed himself crossed his mind, he drove it off, being determined to -risk his life, if needed, in saving Doña Carmela, and preventing her +risk his life, if needed, in saving Doña Carmela, and preventing her falling into the hands of the cruel enemies who were preparing to seize her.</p> @@ -5451,7 +5415,7 @@ his hat to the Colonel.</p> <p>"With whom have I the honour of speaking?" he asked.</p> <p>"I am," the officer replied, returning the salute, "Colonel Don Juan -Melendez de Gongora, invested by General Don José Maria Rubio, +Melendez de Gongora, invested by General Don José Maria Rubio, Commander-in-Chief of the Mexican forces in Texas, with the military government of the Larch-tree hacienda, which present circumstances have raised to the rank of a first class fortress; and who may you be, @@ -5850,7 +5814,7 @@ Tranquil had placed himself at the head of the little party, who marched in Indian file, at times stooping to the ground, going on his hands and knees, or crawling on his stomach so as to avoid notice.</p> -<p>Doña Carmela, in spite of the extraordinary difficulties she had to +<p>Doña Carmela, in spite of the extraordinary difficulties she had to surmount, advanced with admirable courage, never complaining, and enduring, without seeming to notice them, the scratches of the roots and brambles, which lacerated her hands, and caused her atrocious suffering. @@ -5927,7 +5891,7 @@ just beginning to recover her senses, when Don Felix Paz, who had finished his rounds, entered the cuarto, with a message from the Colonel to the Canadian, begging the latter to come to him at once.</p> -<p>Tranquil obeyed, for Doña Carmela no longer required his assistance—the +<p>Tranquil obeyed, for Doña Carmela no longer required his assistance—the maiden had scarce regained her senses, ere she fell into a deep sleep, the natural result of the enormous fatigue she had endured during several days. While proceeding to the Colonel's apartments, Tranquil @@ -7301,7 +7265,7 @@ immediately turned round, though not a syllable had been exchanged between the scullers and the passenger they had brought.</p> <p>The latter then pulled his hat over his eyes, wrapped himself carefully -in the folds of a wide zarapé of Indian fabric and striking colour, and +in the folds of a wide zarapé of Indian fabric and striking colour, and proceeded hastily towards the centre of the city. After a walk of a few minutes the stranger stopped in front of a house, whose comfortable appearance and well-tended garden showed that it belonged to a person @@ -7313,7 +7277,7 @@ right, and found himself in a room modestly, though comfortably furnished.</p> <p>On reaching this room the stranger fell into a butaca with the air of a -tired man delighted to rest after a long journey, took off his zarapé, +tired man delighted to rest after a long journey, took off his zarapé, which he placed on the equipal, threw his hat upon it, and then, when he had made himself comfortable, he rolled a husk cigarette, struck a light with a gold mechero he took from his pocket, lit his papelito, and was @@ -7329,7 +7293,7 @@ know it.</p> <p>The stranger had reached about the half of his second cigarette when another person entered the room. This man, who did not appear to take the slightest notice of the previous arrival, behaved, however, -precisely as he had done: he also took off his zarapé, reclined on a +precisely as he had done: he also took off his zarapé, reclined on a butaca, and lit up a cigarette. Presently the garden sand creaked beneath the footsteps of a third visitor, followed immediately by a fourth, and then by a fifth; in short, at the end of an hour twenty @@ -7487,7 +7451,7 @@ that must be regretted. The state of effervescence in which Texas is at this moment would be more than sufficient to justify the unusual step I am taking with you."</p> -<p>"I know not to what you are pleased to allude, Señor General," the young +<p>"I know not to what you are pleased to allude, Señor General," the young man remarked, coldly; "it is possible that Texas may be in a state of effervescence, and the annoyances the government have put on it would completely justify this; but as concerns myself, personally, I might @@ -7560,7 +7524,7 @@ extinguishing the fire of his glance, he replied, coolly—</p> <p>The latter turned to his officers.</p> -<p>"Do as I do, señores," he said, as he sat down; "take seats, as this +<p>"Do as I do, señores," he said, as he sat down; "take seats, as this caballero refuses to offer them to us. As this friendly conversation may be prolonged for some time yet, it is unnecessary that you should fatigue yourselves by listening to it standing."</p> @@ -7580,7 +7544,7 @@ said, negligently.</p> <p>"You are," the General went on, quietly, "the famous Chief whom the insurgents and Freebooters have christened the Jaguar."</p> -<p>"Ah, ah!" he remarked, ironically, "So you know that, Señor Governor?"</p> +<p>"Ah, ah!" he remarked, ironically, "So you know that, Señor Governor?"</p> <p>"And a good many more things, as you shall see."</p> @@ -7701,7 +7665,7 @@ the territory of the Mexican Confederation."</p> <p>"By my mere will: yes, Caballero."</p> -<p>"<i>Canarios</i>, Señor General, I see that your government has preserved the +<p>"<i>Canarios</i>, Señor General, I see that your government has preserved the healthy Spanish traditions, and is deliciously arbitrary," the Jaguar said, mockingly; "the only question is whether I shall voluntarily submit to such treatment."</p> @@ -7725,7 +7689,7 @@ house?"</p> <p>"What do you mean by that remark, Caballero?" the General asked, with a frown.</p> -<p>"What do you mean by yours, Señor Governor? I consider that all means +<p>"What do you mean by yours, Señor Governor? I consider that all means are good to escape an arbitrary arrest, and that I shall employ them without the slightest hesitation."</p> @@ -7824,12 +7788,12 @@ and displayed a long and completely deserted corridor.</p> <p>"Well, General, have I kept my word?" the Jaguar said.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señor, I must concede it. Now, Caballeros," the General continued, +<p>"Yes, Señor, I must concede it. Now, Caballeros," the General continued, addressing his officers, "draw swords, and forward!"</p> <p>"One moment, if you please," said the Jaguar.</p> -<p>"What do you want, Señor?"</p> +<p>"What do you want, Señor?"</p> <p>"You will remember that I warned you you would end your domiciliary visit with this room?"</p> @@ -7936,7 +7900,7 @@ did the Colonel try to open it; it resisted all his efforts.</p> <p>"Perhaps so; it will depend on yourself."</p> <p>"You wish me to fall into the same snare into which the General and his -officers probably fell before me. Try it, Señor; still I warn you that I +officers probably fell before me. Try it, Señor; still I warn you that I am on my guard, and will defend myself."</p> <p>"Your words are harsh, Colonel. You gratuitously insult a man of whom, @@ -7956,7 +7920,7 @@ surround my house, pledge me your word of honour that no attempt shall be made on me by the Mexican Government for four-and-twenty hours, and I will immediately restore you all to liberty."</p> -<p>"I know not who you are, Señor; the conditions you wish to impose on me +<p>"I know not who you are, Señor; the conditions you wish to impose on me are those a conqueror would offer to enemies reduced to impotence."</p> <p>"What else are you at this moment?" the young man interrupted violently.</p> @@ -8087,10 +8051,10 @@ on you will be legally carried out by you?"</p> <p>"I give it; but who guarantees me that you will act honourably on your side?"</p> -<p>"My honour, Señor General," the Jaguar answered, proudly; "my honour, +<p>"My honour, Señor General," the Jaguar answered, proudly; "my honour, which, as you know, is as unsullied as your own."</p> -<p>"Very good, Señor, I trust to you as you do to me. Must we surrender our +<p>"Very good, Señor, I trust to you as you do to me. Must we surrender our swords?"</p> <p>"General," the Jaguar answered nobly, "a brave soldier never separates @@ -8102,7 +8066,7 @@ good feeling is not dead in your heart. Now I am waiting for you to supply me with the means for leaving the place into which you made me fall so skilfully."</p> -<p>"You shall be satisfied, Señor General. As for you, Colonel, you can +<p>"You shall be satisfied, Señor General. As for you, Colonel, you can retire, for the door is now open."</p> <p>"Not before I have seen you," the officer answered.</p> @@ -8153,7 +8117,7 @@ room. The young Chief listened attentively to the sound of the retiring footsteps, and then drew himself up.</p> <p>"What!" he exclaimed with surprise, on perceiving the Colonel, "are you -still here, Señor Don Juan?"</p> +still here, Señor Don Juan?"</p> <p>"Yes, brother," the latter answered, in a sad voice, "I am still here."</p> @@ -8555,11 +8519,11 @@ lowered prudently, however, rose in the silence, singing the first verse of a song well known in these parts:</p> <p> -<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">¿Qué rumor</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">¿Qué rumor</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Lejos suena,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Qué el silencio</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Qué el silencio</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">En la serena</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Negra noche interrumpió?<a name="FNanchor_1_5" id="FNanchor_1_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_5" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Negra noche interrumpió?<a name="FNanchor_1_5" id="FNanchor_1_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_5" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></span><br /> </p> <p>The man who was singing had scarce finished these five lines ere one of @@ -8567,7 +8531,7 @@ the officers took up the song in a sonorous voice; doubtless, replying to the signal made him by the steerer of the boat:</p> <p> -<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">¿Es del caballo la veloz carrera,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">¿Es del caballo la veloz carrera,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Tendido en el escape volador,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">O el aspero rugir de hambrienta fiera,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">O el silbido tal vez del aquilon?<a name="FNanchor_2_6" id="FNanchor_2_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_6" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></span><br /> @@ -8575,7 +8539,7 @@ to the signal made him by the steerer of the boat:</p> <p>There was a delay of a few seconds, during which no other sound was audible save the monotonous break of the waves as they died away on the -beach, or the distant twanging of some jarabés or vihuelas, playing +beach, or the distant twanging of some jarabés or vihuelas, playing those seguedillas and tyranas so dear to all peoples of the Spanish race. At length, the voice which first struck up the song continued, but this time with an intonation approaching to a threat, although the man @@ -8717,7 +8681,7 @@ the door of this disgusting house."</p> door of the pulqueria, which at once opened, and he went in. In the darkest corner of the room two men, almost completely hidden by the dense cloud of smoke that rose over the heads of the gamblers, carefully -wrapped in their zarapés of Indian manufacture, with the brim of their +wrapped in their zarapés of Indian manufacture, with the brim of their hats pulled down over their eyes (a very needless precaution in the darkness where they were), and leaning on their long rifles, whose butts rested on the floor of the room, were whispering in each other's ear, @@ -8907,7 +8871,7 @@ the same time sharp and rather shrill.</p> <p>"That is excellent. Now, if the Jaguar be as true to his word as I am to mine, I answer for success."</p> -<p>"I hold your promise, Señor Alferez," said a man who had entered the +<p>"I hold your promise, Señor Alferez," said a man who had entered the room some moments previously.</p> <p>"Rayo de Dios! You and your comrades are welcome; for, of course, you @@ -9040,7 +9004,7 @@ partisan seemed to them not only rash but mad, especially since El Alferez had so cavalierly given up to the Jaguar the thirty resolute men, whose support they considered indispensable.</p> -<p>"Come, come, Señors," the young man said, with a smile, after +<p>"Come, come, Señors," the young man said, with a smile, after attentively watching them for some moments, "regain your courage; hang it all, you look as if you had been buried and dug up again; and we are not dead yet, I suppose."</p> @@ -9054,7 +9018,7 @@ significantly.</p> <p>"That is my business: I answer for success on my head."</p> -<p>"We are perfectly aware of what you are capable, Señor; but we are only +<p>"We are perfectly aware of what you are capable, Señor; but we are only four men, and after all——"</p> <p>"And the boat's crew?"</p> @@ -9079,7 +9043,7 @@ four men, and after all——"</p> pulquero, who was standing anxiously near him—"Has anything been left with you for me?" he asked him.</p> -<p>"Yes, Excellency; this evening at Oración a man brought a trunk on his +<p>"Yes, Excellency; this evening at Oración a man brought a trunk on his shoulders."</p> <p>"Where is it?"</p> @@ -9092,7 +9056,7 @@ safety."</p> <p>"Whenever you please, Excellency."</p> -<p>"Señors," El Alferez said, addressing the two naval officers and +<p>"Señors," El Alferez said, addressing the two naval officers and Ramirez, "wait for me in this room; in ten minutes I will join you again."</p> @@ -9172,11 +9136,11 @@ American daughters.</p> <p>"Well, Caballeros," the young man said mincingly, in a sweet and harmonious voice; "do you not recognize me? I am the daughter of your -friend Doña Leonora Salcedo, Doña Mencia."</p> +friend Doña Leonora Salcedo, Doña Mencia."</p> <p>The three men bowed respectfully.</p> -<p>"Pardon me, Señorita," Don Serapio replied as he gravely kissed the tips +<p>"Pardon me, Señorita," Don Serapio replied as he gravely kissed the tips of El Alferez's fingers; "we know you perfectly well, but were so far from anticipating the happiness of meeting you here, that——"</p> @@ -9188,13 +9152,13 @@ understood nothing of what was going on, and he asked himself confidentially were he asleep or awake. In fact, he was not far from believing himself under a spell.</p> -<p>"I do not understand your surprise, Caballeros," the feigned Doña Mencia +<p>"I do not understand your surprise, Caballeros," the feigned Doña Mencia said with a stress on her words; "was it not arranged some days back between yourselves, my mother, and my husband, that we should go this morning and breakfast with Commandant Rodriguez, on board the <i>Libertad</i> corvette?"</p> -<p>"Of course," Don Serapio quickly exclaimed; "excuse me, Señorita, but I +<p>"Of course," Don Serapio quickly exclaimed; "excuse me, Señorita, but I really do not know where my head is. How could I have forgotten that?"</p> <p>"I will excuse you," El Alferez replied with a smile, "but on condition @@ -9204,13 +9168,13 @@ behaviour, by offering me your arm to go on board the corvette at once."</p> <p>"The more so," Don Cristoval added, "as we have rather a long distance to go, and I have no doubt the Commandant is expecting us."</p> -<p>"Canarios! I should think he was," Ramirez ejaculated; "why, Señor, he +<p>"Canarios! I should think he was," Ramirez ejaculated; "why, Señor, he sent me with a boat to take you aboard."</p> <p>"Since that is the case, I think we shall do well by starting without further delay."</p> -<p>"We are at your orders, Señorita."</p> +<p>"We are at your orders, Señorita."</p> <p>"Stay, my good man," El Alferez added in a soft voice, and addressing the pulquero, "take this in recollection of me."</p> @@ -9676,7 +9640,7 @@ it proclaimed its so-called independence, and his prudence did not fail him under the circumstances. Being not at all anxious to run the risk of seeing his ship boarded, he left the roads, and anchored in a solitary creek, in order to have his elbows at liberty; and then, instead of -inviting many persons at the same time, he merely requested Doña Mencia, +inviting many persons at the same time, he merely requested Doña Mencia, her father, and two of her cousins, officers in the United States' service, to pay him a visit. We know now who the persons really were who accepted the invitation.</p> @@ -9685,14 +9649,14 @@ accepted the invitation.</p> reflecting that he had two hundred and fifty men aboard, he did not think for a moment that sixteen men, apparently unarmed, would try to seize his ship, and it was with the most smiling and affectionate air -that he received Doña Mencia and the persons who accompanied her.</p> +that he received Doña Mencia and the persons who accompanied her.</p> <p>After showing them all over the corvette, he led his guests to the stern gallery, where a table had been laid, and a magnificent breakfast awaited them. Only five persons sat down, the supposed young lady, her pretended cousins, the commandant, and his first lieutenant, an old sailor like himself, full of experience and bravery. The breakfast began -in the most cordial and frank manner; the Commandant regretted that Doña +in the most cordial and frank manner; the Commandant regretted that Doña Mencia's father had been unable to accompany her, as he had promised, and a most gallant conversation went on. Presently, a warrant officer opened the door, and, at a sign from the Commandant, whispered a few @@ -9700,7 +9664,7 @@ words in his ear; the latter, after excusing himself to his guests, gave him an order in a low voice, and the officer retired as discreetly as he had come in.</p> -<p>"Señora," the Commandant said, leaning over to the young lady seated by +<p>"Señora," the Commandant said, leaning over to the young lady seated by his side; "are you afraid of the sea?"</p> <p>"I?" she replied with a smile, "Why do you ask, Commandant?"</p> @@ -9714,7 +9678,7 @@ saying that a trip to sea would be most pleasing to me under any circumstances; at this moment it would be a delightful interlude, and complete the graceful hospitality you have been kind to offer us."</p> -<p>"Very good," the Commandant said gaily; "you are a true heroine, Doña +<p>"Very good," the Commandant said gaily; "you are a true heroine, Doña Mencia; you fear nothing."</p> <p>"Or, at any rate, very little," she replied with an emphasis which @@ -9737,17 +9701,17 @@ knowing you to be in these parts, would venture to force a passage?"</p> besides, during the war of independence, I myself carried out more daring adventures than this."</p> -<p>"Then, we are about to witness a sea fight?" Doña Mencia asked timidly.</p> +<p>"Then, we are about to witness a sea fight?" Doña Mencia asked timidly.</p> -<p>"Oh, do not feel alarmed, Señorita; it will not go so far as that, I +<p>"Oh, do not feel alarmed, Señorita; it will not go so far as that, I hope; this brig, which I had lost out of sight for two days, has just reappeared, but this time with the apparent object of getting close enough to land to send a boat ashore. I will chase it vigorously, and do not doubt I shall compel it to put out to sea again, for it is impossible that it should attempt seriously to oppose us."</p> -<p>"Really, that is delightful!" Doña Mencia exclaimed with a laugh; "the -fête will be complete: a trip to sea, a chase, and, perhaps, the capture +<p>"Really, that is delightful!" Doña Mencia exclaimed with a laugh; "the +fête will be complete: a trip to sea, a chase, and, perhaps, the capture of a vessel. You are really too kind, Commandant."</p> <p>While the conversation became more and more friendly and lively in the @@ -9773,21 +9737,21 @@ to what was said around him. This guest was the lieutenant. So soon as the ship had started, he left the table, bowed to the company, and went on deck.</p> -<p>"Your lieutenant is no talker, Commandant," Doña Mencia observed; "he +<p>"Your lieutenant is no talker, Commandant," Doña Mencia observed; "he only opened his lips to eat and drink."</p> -<p>"That is true, Señorita; but pray excuse him, he is an old sailor, but +<p>"That is true, Señorita; but pray excuse him, he is an old sailor, but little accustomed to society—he felt embarrassed and almost in his wrong place with you; but few men know their profession so well as he, or are so firm and intrepid in danger."</p> -<p>At this moment a loud detonation made the vessel quiver. "Ah!" said Doña +<p>At this moment a loud detonation made the vessel quiver. "Ah!" said Doña Mencia with a cry of terror, "What does that mean?"</p> -<p>"Less than nothing, Señorita; we have merely hoisted our flag, and fired +<p>"Less than nothing, Señorita; we have merely hoisted our flag, and fired a blank shot, to oblige the brig to show her colours."</p> -<p>"Would there be any danger in going on deck?" Doña Mencia asked with +<p>"Would there be any danger in going on deck?" Doña Mencia asked with curiosity.</p> <p>"Not the least."</p> @@ -9795,7 +9759,7 @@ curiosity.</p> <p>"In that case, with your permission, we will go up and see what is happening."</p> -<p>"I am at your orders, Señorita."</p> +<p>"I am at your orders, Señorita."</p> <p>The breakfast was over; they left the table and went up on the quarterdeck. The ship offered to the sight of persons unacquainted with @@ -9881,7 +9845,7 @@ played with the hilt of his sword, taking every now and then a cold and resolute glance around him, while exerting his officers to redouble their efforts to do their duty bravely.</p> -<p>Doña Mencia and the two supposititious officers of the American navy +<p>Doña Mencia and the two supposititious officers of the American navy were standing silent and attentive by his side, probably awaiting the moment for action. At the tumult which suddenly broke out on the forecastle, they all three started and drew nearer to the commandant @@ -9940,7 +9904,7 @@ rude and fierce features, grouped in disorderly and menacing groups; and, scarce a few yards from them, a small band of calm and resolute officers, collected round the Commandant, who, standing on the quarterdeck, seemed to dominate over the men. Then, a little in the -rear, Doña Mencia and the two American officers, apparently +rear, Doña Mencia and the two American officers, apparently disinterested spectators of the events which chance compelled them to witness, but, in reality, following with anxious glance all the incidents of the drama that was being played before them. Assuredly a @@ -10023,7 +9987,7 @@ incident completely changed the aspect of affairs, and put the officers once more in the critical position from which the Commandant had extricated them with such ease.</p> -<p>We have said that Doña Mencia and her two companions attentively +<p>We have said that Doña Mencia and her two companions attentively followed the incidents of this scene, in readiness to interfere, when the moment arrived. Commandant Rodriguez had scarcely left the quarterdeck ere the young woman, or young man, whichever it may please @@ -10033,7 +9997,7 @@ privateer's position, and be assured of support if required. The brig was now only two cables' lengths from the corvette, and within a few minutes would be within hail.</p> -<p>Suddenly Doña Mencia, throwing off her feminine character, hurriedly +<p>Suddenly Doña Mencia, throwing off her feminine character, hurriedly tore off the dress that covered her, removed her bonnet, and appeared in the masculine attire El Alferez had worn at the pulqueria. This transformation had been so rapid that the officers and crew had not @@ -11531,7 +11495,7 @@ of fear.</p> greatest interest the progress of the two ships, and witnessed the final incidents from his observatory. At about two in the afternoon, however, he went down into the interior of the fort, and, after recommending the -greatest vigilance to his friends, he armed himself, threw a zarapé over +greatest vigilance to his friends, he armed himself, threw a zarapé over his shoulders, and quitted the castle. By Lanzi's care, a horse had been prepared for him near the foot of the rock: the Jaguar bounded into the saddle, and after giving one glance at the fortress, he dug in the @@ -11855,7 +11819,7 @@ Scalper, or the maiden Carmela."</p> you must not forget, is a man for whom the nomadic life of the desert possesses too great charms for him to be willing to shut himself up. And then, what would be his reason for doing so? To keep a young girl -prisoner? But Doña Carmela is no frail and timid woman, weakened by the +prisoner? But Doña Carmela is no frail and timid woman, weakened by the mephitic air of cities, without will or strength. She is a brave and courageous maiden, with a resolute heart and strong arm, who would never have consented thus to bow her head beneath the yoke. A man, however @@ -12159,7 +12123,7 @@ have a tough job."</p> <p>Tranquil smiled at this recommendation; but to please his friend, who had already laid himself down in his bunk, in the position of a man -preparing to sleep, he wrapped himself in his zarapé, leant back in his +preparing to sleep, he wrapped himself in his zarapé, leant back in his chair, and closed his eyes.</p> <p>The night, which at the beginning had been very bright and clear, had @@ -12383,7 +12347,7 @@ stopped almost within grasp, adding,—</p> <p>All at once the window was noisily burst open and Tranquil entered.</p> -<p>"I think you called, Señor?" he said, as he leaped into the room and +<p>"I think you called, Señor?" he said, as he leaped into the room and advanced with a firm and measured step.</p> <p>"My father! My father!" the poor girl shrieked, as she threw herself @@ -12395,27 +12359,27 @@ succeed in regaining his coolness. The Canadian, after lovingly replying to the maiden's warm greeting, laid her gently on the hammock, and then turned to the White Scalper, who was beginning to come to himself again.</p> -<p>"I ask your pardon, Señor," he said with perfect ease, "for not having +<p>"I ask your pardon, Señor," he said with perfect ease, "for not having advised you of my visit; but you are aware we are on delicate terms, and, as it is possible that if I had written, you would not have received me, I preferred bringing matters to the point."</p> -<p>"And pray what may you want with me, Señor?" the Scalper drily asked.</p> +<p>"And pray what may you want with me, Señor?" the Scalper drily asked.</p> -<p>"You will permit me to remark, Señor," Tranquil replied still with the +<p>"You will permit me to remark, Señor," Tranquil replied still with the same placid air, "that the question appears to me singular at the least in your mouth. I simply wish to take back my daughter, whom you carried off."</p> <p>"Your daughter?" the other said ironically.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señor, my daughter."</p> +<p>"Yes, Señor, my daughter."</p> <p>"Could you prove to me that this young person is really your daughter?"</p> <p>"What do you mean by that remark?"</p> -<p>"I mean that Doña Carmela is no more your daughter than she is mine; +<p>"I mean that Doña Carmela is no more your daughter than she is mine; that consequently our claims are equal, and that I am no more obliged to surrender her than you have a right to claim her."</p> @@ -12425,25 +12389,25 @@ surrender her than you have a right to claim her."</p> <p>Tranquil gave an ironical smile.</p> -<p>"I fancy you are strangely mistaken, Señor," he said with his old +<p>"I fancy you are strangely mistaken, Señor," he said with his old calmness.</p> <p>"Ah!"</p> <p>"Listen to me for a few moments. I will not encroach on your time, which -no doubt is valuable. I am only a poor hunter, Señor, ignorant of +no doubt is valuable. I am only a poor hunter, Señor, ignorant of worldly affairs, and the subtleties of civilization. Still, I believe that the man who adopts a child in the cradle, takes care of it, and brings it up with a tenderness and love that have never failed, is more truly its father than the man who, after giving it life, abandons it and -pays no farther attention to it; such is my idea of paternity, Señor. +pays no farther attention to it; such is my idea of paternity, Señor. Perhaps I am mistaken; but, in my idea, as I have no lessons or orders to receive from you, I shall act as I think proper, whether you like it or no. Come, my dear Carmela, we have remained here too long as it is."</p> <p>The maiden bounded to her feet, and placed herself by the hunter's side.</p> -<p>"One moment, Señor," the Scalper exclaimed; "you have learned how to +<p>"One moment, Señor," the Scalper exclaimed; "you have learned how to enter this house, but you do not yet know how to leave it."</p> <p>And seizing two pistols lying on a table, he pointed them at the hunter, @@ -12498,7 +12462,7 @@ conquering, but we will die."</p> <p>"We will, Captain," the sailors answered unanimously, as they formed front against the Mexicans.</p> -<p>"Father," said Doña Carmela, "will you let me fall alive into the hands +<p>"Father," said Doña Carmela, "will you let me fall alive into the hands of that tiger?"</p> <p>"No," said Tranquil, as he kissed her pale forehead; "here is my dagger, @@ -12512,7 +12476,7 @@ rock, and awaited with levelled bayonets the attack of the Texans.</p> <p>"Surrender, dogs!" the Scalper shouted contemptuously.</p> -<p>"Nonsense!" the Captain answered; "you must be mad, Señor. Do men like +<p>"Nonsense!" the Captain answered; "you must be mad, Señor. Do men like us ever surrender?"</p> <p>"Forward!" the Scalper shouted.</p> @@ -12526,7 +12490,7 @@ twenty minutes, that lasted an age, only twelve Texans remained on their legs. The Captain, Tranquil, Quoniam, and nine sailors, remained alone, accomplishing prodigies of valour.</p> -<p>"At last!" the Scalper shouted, as he dashed forward to seize Doña +<p>"At last!" the Scalper shouted, as he dashed forward to seize Doña Carmela.</p> <p>"Not yet," Tranquil said, as he dealt a blow at him with his axe.</p> @@ -12936,7 +12900,7 @@ with tears.</p> <p>"What is the matter?" he asked in a weak voice</p> <p>"The matter is," the Captain said rudely, "that unless a miracle take -place, we are really lost this time, as Doña Carmela says."</p> +place, we are really lost this time, as Doña Carmela says."</p> <p>And he pointed to some thirty armed boats, which were pulling up and converging round the brig, so as to enclose it in a circle, whence it @@ -12998,7 +12962,7 @@ among the persons assembled. The Captain gave him no other answer than a sign to follow. The young man, not understanding this reserve, though feeling seriously alarmed, went below, where he saw Tranquil reclining in a berth, and a weeping female seated on a chair by his side. The -Jaguar turned pale, for in the female he recognized Doña Carmela; his +Jaguar turned pale, for in the female he recognized Doña Carmela; his emotion was so extreme, that he was obliged to lean against the partition lest he should fall. At the sound of his approaching footsteps, the maiden raised her head.</p> @@ -13111,378 +13075,7 @@ destiny of a people will probably depend on the fate of a battle.]<br /><br /></ -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Freebooters, by Gustave Aimard - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE FREEBOOTERS *** - -***** This file should be named 40602-h.htm or 40602-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/6/0/40602/ - -Produced by Camille Bernard & Marc D'Hooghe at -http://www.freeliterature.org - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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