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diff --git a/40859-h/40859-h.htm b/40859-h/40859-h.htm index 8784f30..1f3d70e 100644 --- a/40859-h/40859-h.htm +++ b/40859-h/40859-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of Ponce de Leon, by William Pilling</title> <link rel="coverpage" href="images/cover.jpg" /> <style type="text/css"> @@ -108,26 +108,9 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40859 ***</div> <h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, Ponce de Leon, by William Pilling</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. 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 <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: Ponce de Leon</p> -<p> The Rise of the Argentine Republic</p> -<p>Author: William Pilling</p> -<p>Release Date: September 25, 2012 [eBook #40859]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PONCE DE LEON***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi, RSPIII,<br /> - and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team<br /> - (<a href="http://www.pgdp.net">http://www.pgdp.net</a>)<br /> - from page images generously made available by<br /> - Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org/details/toronto">http://archive.org/details/toronto</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -194,7 +177,7 @@ the Argentine Republic.</i></div> <h1> </h1> -<h3>Al Gran Pueblo Argentino ¡Salud!</h3> +<h3>Al Gran Pueblo Argentino ¡Salud!</h3> <h1> </h1> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[Pg vii]</a></span></p> @@ -261,11 +244,11 @@ the Argentine Republic.</i></div> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> I. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_I"><i>Magdalen</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">215</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> II. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_II"><i>How Don Gregorio Lopez a second time sought an Answer to the Question of the Day</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">223</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top">III. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_III"><i>Several ways of looking at one Question</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">227</td> </tr> - <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> IV. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_IV"><i>How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a Question, and how Don Carlos Evaña prepared an Answer</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">234</td></tr> + <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> IV. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_IV"><i>How the Spaniards also proposed to themselves a Question, and how Don Carlos Evaña prepared an Answer</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">234</td></tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> V. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_V"><i>How the Viceroy took Counsel with Don Roderigo</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">242</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> VI. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_VI"><i>The Eve of a great Event</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">249</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top">VII. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_VII"><i>The 1st January, 1809</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">258</td> </tr> - <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top">VIII. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_VIII"><i>Evaña's Dream</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">267</td> </tr> + <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top">VIII. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_VIII"><i>Evaña's Dream</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">267</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> IX. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_IX"><i>The Day after</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">273</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> X. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BIV_X"><i>America for the Americans</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">279</td> </tr> @@ -279,9 +262,9 @@ the Argentine Republic.</i></div> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> I. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_I"><i>The two Viceroys</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">289</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> II. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_II"><i>The Tertulia at the House of my lady Josefina</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">298</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top">III. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_III"><i>La Junta de los Comandantes</i></a> </td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">307</td> </tr> - <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> IV. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_IV"><i>How Don Carlos Evaña attacked the Wild-duck, and routed them with great slaughter</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">313</td> </tr> + <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> IV. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_IV"><i>How Don Carlos Evaña attacked the Wild-duck, and routed them with great slaughter</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom">313</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> V. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_V"><i>How the Viceroy placed a sword in the hands of the enemies of Spain</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom"> 323</td> </tr> - <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> VI. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_VI"><i>¡Caducó la España!</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom"> 331</td> </tr> + <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"> VI. </td><td class="tdl"><a href="#CHAPTER_BV_VI"><i>¡Caducó la España!</i></a></td><td class="tdr" valign="bottom"> 331</td> </tr> <tr><td class="tdr" valign="top"></td><td class="tdc"><hr /></td><td class="tdl"></td> </tr> @@ -507,7 +490,7 @@ Moors is vividly set forth:</p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Mucho luto parecia,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Llora el Rey como fembra,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Que es mucho lo que perdia,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 6em;">¡Ay de mi! ¡Alhama!"<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 6em;">¡Ay de mi! ¡Alhama!"<a name="FNanchor_1" id="FNanchor_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a></span><br /> </p> <p>Don Roderigo was proud of his ancestry, but in the diplomatic @@ -548,7 +531,7 @@ first no important trust was given into his hands, and he soon felt that his mission to South America was nothing more than an honourable but indefinite exile.</p> -<p>Before he had been two years in Buenos Aires he married Doña +<p>Before he had been two years in Buenos Aires he married Doña Constancia Lopez y Viana, a daughter of Don Gregorio Lopez. This gentleman was a wealthy Creole who had immense estates in various parts of the province of Buenos Aires, where he reared vast herds of @@ -637,7 +620,7 @@ in the year 1805 deeply imbued with the revolutionary ideas then prevalent in France, where he had spent the greater part of his time during his absence from Buenos Aires.</p> -<p>This friend, Don Carlos Evaña by name, was the only son of a +<p>This friend, Don Carlos Evaña by name, was the only son of a wealthy Creole, who, falling under the displeasure of the Spanish authorities, had died in a dungeon, leaving his then infant son to the guardianship of Don Gregorio Lopez.</p> @@ -668,7 +651,7 @@ well-built man of medium stature, with dark-brown hair and eyes, and with a clear, almost ruddy complexion. His son, as he stood up on his entrance, seemed taller by the head, but was more slimly built.</p> -<p>"Marcelino is going," said Doña Constancia; "he will not submit +<p>"Marcelino is going," said Doña Constancia; "he will not submit to these English."</p> <p>"He may stay and yet not submit," answered Don Roderigo. @@ -736,7 +719,7 @@ he passed the doorway and entered the zaguan paused and threw back the fold of his cloak which covered his face, saying to the negro in a low voice:</p> -<p>"España."</p> +<p>"España."</p> <p>"Pass forward to the second patio," answered the negro to each one.</p> @@ -905,7 +888,7 @@ in the city militia.</p> them the other day," said Puyrredon, "but they did not even do that. You set to work firing before the English came within range, and then when they came nearer you ran. All the effective resistance that the -English met was at the Puente Galvés, where Don Marcelino stopped +English met was at the Puente Galvés, where Don Marcelino stopped them for an hour or two by burning the bridge."</p> <p>"When the English charged them with the bayonet your partidarios @@ -933,7 +916,7 @@ far end.</p> seat, and with many signs of hesitation, for he had never before attempted to make a speech, began:</p> -<p>"Señores, my friends, I have invited you to meet in my house with +<p>"Señores, my friends, I have invited you to meet in my house with one sole object; our city is in the power of foreigners, our Viceroy has fled, such troops as we had are dispersed. What shall we do? Shall we submit to these foreigners, to these heretics who are the @@ -989,7 +972,7 @@ entered first, and throwing aside his cloak and hat disclosed the undress uniform of a field-officer.</p> <p>"Don Gregorio, I kiss your feet," said he, bowing to that gentleman. -"Señores todos, felices noches," he added, as he cast a +"Señores todos, felices noches," he added, as he cast a quick, searching glance round the room.</p> <p>"No fear; all are friends," said Marcelino, as he closed the @@ -1058,7 +1041,7 @@ slightly built; now he rose and stood beside the table, stretching himself to his full height, half-a-head taller than any other man there present, and spoke as follows:—</p> -<p>"Señores, I have listened quietly to all that has been said. Were +<p>"Señores, I have listened quietly to all that has been said. Were you Spaniards I would applaud your patriotism, I would praise your brave determination to risk your lives in an unequal conflict against men trained to arms. Were I a Spaniard I would join you, and @@ -1143,7 +1126,7 @@ his face with his hands. Marcelino Ponce de Leon made strokes on the paper which lay before him with a pen which had no ink in it, ever and anon glancing up at the speaker, and as quickly again dropping his eyes to the paper, while his thoughts wandered to a time not -long past when Don Carlos Evaña had told him how he had met in +long past when Don Carlos Evaña had told him how he had met in London an exile from Venezuela, who had spoken to him just such words as these.</p> @@ -1182,7 +1165,7 @@ talked eagerly together for some minutes, discussing together their several plans, and announcing their intentions. Then the door being thrown open they gradually dispersed to their several homes.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña was one of the last to leave. As he shook +<p>Don Carlos Evaña was one of the last to leave. As he shook hands with Don Gregorio, the latter said to him:</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span></p> @@ -1208,7 +1191,7 @@ when a foreigner rules in my native country?"</p> <p>"All tyrants are foreigners, Marcelino. When once we are fairly rid of our tyrants then it will be time enough to turn out these English. If it were to gain our country for ourselves none would be more forward -than Carlos Evaña."</p> +than Carlos Evaña."</p> <p>"Let us turn out the English, and then we will work together."</p> @@ -1363,7 +1346,7 @@ home. Don Isidro's ideas on military matters were vague in the extreme; previous to that day he had never seen a gun fired in anger; but he was no coward, and when the first effects of his terror had passed over he bitterly upbraided himself for his pusillanimity. Tears -had stood in the eyes of his wife, Doña Dalmacia, as she had watched +had stood in the eyes of his wife, Doña Dalmacia, as she had watched him march away, and she had spent the time during his absence on her knees in a neighbouring church, praying earnestly for his safety; but when he returned to her safe, sound, and vanquished, then those @@ -1419,7 +1402,7 @@ to them good. The folding doors between the two rooms were thrown wide open, so that the two rooms were as one, and there was much passing to and fro between them. The sala was a large, richly furnished apartment, with spindle-shanked chairs and tables, and -much gaudy frippery in the way of ornament. Here Doña Dalmacia +much gaudy frippery in the way of ornament. Here Doña Dalmacia sat in state, with a heavy velvet mantle thrown over her shoulders. She was a stout, handsome woman, something over thirty years of age, but was of that class of woman who preserves her good looks till @@ -1455,16 +1438,16 @@ now."</p> then——" His flashing eyes and clenched hands supplied the hiatus in his words.</p> -<p>"But, Don Marcelino, be cautious yet," said Doña Dalmacia. +<p>"But, Don Marcelino, be cautious yet," said Doña Dalmacia. "We have done what we can to amuse these English, but this Beresford is a crafty fox, and has his suspicions."</p> <p>"And there are traitors among us who sell news to him for gold," said a short, stout man, who stood near by, Don Felipe Navarro by -name, a brother of Doña Dalmacia.</p> +name, a brother of Doña Dalmacia.</p> <p>"Yes, you must not let anyone know where your men are," added -Doña Dalmacia; "only be ready. If Beresford hears of your preparations +Doña Dalmacia; "only be ready. If Beresford hears of your preparations he will attack you before Liniers can land."</p> <p>"Let him," said Marcelino disdainfully. "We will be ready for @@ -1472,7 +1455,7 @@ him if he ventures outside the city. We have formed an encampment at the Quinta de Perdriel, if he comes there we will know how to send him back again."</p> -<p>"That is very near," said Doña Dalmacia.</p> +<p>"That is very near," said Doña Dalmacia.</p> <p>"The less distance we have to march when the day comes the better," answered Marcelino. "But you city people, what have you @@ -1482,7 +1465,7 @@ done?" added he, turning to Don Felipe Navarro.</p> battery when the fire commences," replied Don Felipe.</p> <p>"We have two cannon hid in the almacen, and plenty of ammunition," -said Doña Dalmacia. "Isidro has all his arrangements complete. +said Doña Dalmacia. "Isidro has all his arrangements complete. This house is the headquarters for all the neighbourhood, and when he fires off two rockets, at any hour of the day or night, 200 men will meet here."</p> @@ -1493,7 +1476,7 @@ the chocolate Marcelino listened to many a strange tale about the English. Don Isidro Lorea was very anxious to get rid of the English, but while they were there his tradesman's instincts prompted him to cultivate friendly relations with them. He had never before -found such good customers, and in the daytime Doña Dalmacia had +found such good customers, and in the daytime Doña Dalmacia had frequently parties of officers in her sala, with whom she conversed in very roundabout fashion, finding much amusement in teaching them to suck mate, and gleaning what information she could from them @@ -1509,7 +1492,7 @@ sorrow to me to think that they are enemies and—heretics."</p> <p>"Little it matters to me that they are heretics," said Marcelino. "For my part I believe there is more than one way to heaven."</p> -<p>"Your friend Don Carlos Evaña appears very intimate with them," +<p>"Your friend Don Carlos Evaña appears very intimate with them," said Don Isidro, who had come from the outer room as they were speaking.</p> @@ -1528,7 +1511,7 @@ with them, but what of that?"</p> his country."</p> <p>"Don Carlos has told us that in this affair he will take no part. -He has lived in England and speaks their language well. Doña +He has lived in England and speaks their language well. Doña Dalmacia tells me that you are all doing what you can to amuse them; he is better able to amuse them than any of you."</p> @@ -1547,15 +1530,15 @@ tone:</p> Find them out and shut their mouths for them, that is all the advice I can give you."</p> -<p>"If you and the others would have taken my advice, the Señor -Evaña would have been forced to leave the city, and there would be +<p>"If you and the others would have taken my advice, the Señor +Evaña would have been forced to leave the city, and there would be one traitor the less walking amongst us to-day. What does he here, aiding us in nothing, and holding conferences every day with the English general?"</p> <p>"How!" said Marcelino, now really angry. "Have you yet that absurd idea in your head? I tell you again, Don Isidro, that as I know -my own honour so I know that of my friend Carlos Evaña. To walk +my own honour so I know that of my friend Carlos Evaña. To walk among you and to tell of your preparations to the English is to be a spy, and if you apply that word to my friend you will answer to me."</p> @@ -1563,7 +1546,7 @@ spy, and if you apply that word to my friend you will answer to me."</p> amongst us of a sounder heart than you, but every man is liable to be deceived, and your friendship blinds you to——"</p> -<p>"Isidro!" said Doña Dalmacia interrupting her husband. "Basta! +<p>"Isidro!" said Doña Dalmacia interrupting her husband. "Basta! in these circumstances it is not meet that those who are working in the good cause should quarrel."</p> @@ -1571,7 +1554,7 @@ the good cause should quarrel."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> -<p>"Isidro!" exclaimed Doña Dalmacia, again interrupting her +<p>"Isidro!" exclaimed Doña Dalmacia, again interrupting her husband.</p> <p>"Thou also!" said Don Isidro; then shrugging his shoulders, and @@ -1614,11 +1597,11 @@ goes to Mass, and scoffs at the priests; he is an infidel, a heretic—from a man like that one may suspect anything."</p> <p>"One should suspect no man without proofs," said Marcelino, -turning away. Then after taking leave with great cordiality of Doña +turning away. Then after taking leave with great cordiality of Doña Dalmacia and of those about her he went on to the ante-sala.</p> <p>"Don Isidro," said he, "I am going to see my friend Don Carlos -Evaña. I shall tell him plainly that he is suspected, and advise him +Evaña. I shall tell him plainly that he is suspected, and advise him to avoid the society of these English for the present."</p> <p>"You will not find him," said Don Isidro; "Beresford gives a @@ -1642,7 +1625,7 @@ been asked by English officers whether I knew anything of the eldest<span class= son of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon. If you go to-night you will see some of them there, there are always English officers there in the evenings, tertulias are things of every day. As your father will not fight -them, Doña Constancia does her part in amusing them."</p> +them, Doña Constancia does her part in amusing them."</p> <p>"Hum!" said Marcelino. "I do not wish to meet any of them until we meet sword in hand."</p> @@ -1671,11 +1654,11 @@ negresses, the servants of his father's household.</p> <p>"What are you women doing here?" asked Marcelino sternly.</p> -<p>"The night is fine, and the Señora permits us to watch the dancing," +<p>"The night is fine, and the Señora permits us to watch the dancing," answered one.</p> <p>"It is Don Marcelino," whispered another. "What joy for the -Señora; I will run and tell her."</p> +Señora; I will run and tell her."</p> <p>"Stay where you are; I want to see who are here first." So saying Marcelino went up to one of the sala doors, and opening it softly @@ -1719,13 +1702,13 @@ before spoken—</p> summons an aged negro presented himself.</p> <p>"Ah! Patroncito Marcelino," said the old negro as he saw him; -"so much as the Señora has hoped for you, and no one could tell +"so much as the Señora has hoped for you, and no one could tell where you were. The Patron said you would be back in a few days, -but now it is weeks. In what can I be of service to your Señoria?"</p> +but now it is weeks. In what can I be of service to your Señoria?"</p> -<p>"Have you seen Don Carlos Evaña to-day?"</p> +<p>"Have you seen Don Carlos Evaña to-day?"</p> -<p>"I saw the Señor Evaña not half-an-hour ago, when I went in +<p>"I saw the Señor Evaña not half-an-hour ago, when I went in with a tray of dulces."</p> <p>"Go and tell him that I am come, but do not let anyone else hear @@ -1744,10 +1727,10 @@ what you say."</p> <p>The meeting between Marcelino Ponce de Leon and his friend -Don Carlos Evaña was very cordial; they embraced like brothers. +Don Carlos Evaña was very cordial; they embraced like brothers. Then Don Carlos proceeded to question Marcelino concerning all that he had done during the past three weeks. To every question Marcelino -answered unreservedly, Evaña listening to him with a tender +answered unreservedly, Evaña listening to him with a tender light playing in his usually stern eyes, and an approving smile upon his lips.</p> @@ -1761,13 +1744,13 @@ have no experience, but I can see the follies they do; one man like you were worth more than all the rest put together."</p> <p>"Of all those you have named to me, Don Juan Martin and yourself -seem the only ones at all fitted to command," replied Evaña. "Why +seem the only ones at all fitted to command," replied Evaña. "Why are you only a subordinate?"</p> <p>"There is so much jealousy among them, all want to command, so I thought I should set a good example by showing how to obey."</p> -<p>"Would there were more like you," said Evaña, with a sigh.</p> +<p>"Would there were more like you," said Evaña, with a sigh.</p> <p>"There would be one more and one better than me, if you would only join us," replied Marcelino.</p> @@ -1789,7 +1772,7 @@ over these English."</p> in our own strength."</p> <p>"And ignorance of our own weakness; that is the danger I foresee," -said Evaña. "It will be painful to me to see my own countrymen +said Evaña. "It will be painful to me to see my own countrymen defeated by a foreigner, but believe me, Marcelino, it will be the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</a></span> greatest good that can happen to our country, if it teach us that success can only be gained by self-abnegation."</p> @@ -1798,7 +1781,7 @@ success can only be gained by self-abnegation."</p> strangers to us."</p> <p>"I have talked much with their General Beresford during the last -month," said Evaña.</p> +month," said Evaña.</p> <p>"So I have been told," said Marcelino abruptly.</p> @@ -1829,7 +1812,7 @@ are many suspect you."</p> <p>"Of being a spy of the English."</p> <p>"A spy! Me a spy of the English! Can you sit there quietly, -Marcelino, and say that to me?" exclaimed Evaña, springing to his +Marcelino, and say that to me?" exclaimed Evaña, springing to his feet.</p> <p>"I know you, Carlos, therefore I can sit here quietly and tell you @@ -1864,12 +1847,12 @@ the watch. I will show him that your aid to either side will turn the scale, then perhaps he may decide at once for an alliance with <i>us</i>."</p> <p>The two friends talked little more together that night, the room -door was opened by an eager hand, Doña Constancia and Dolores +door was opened by an eager hand, Doña Constancia and Dolores came in, and in the joy of meeting them again Marcelino thought -no more of the projects of his friend Evaña, but spoke only of the +no more of the projects of his friend Evaña, but spoke only of the speedy expulsion of the English from their city.</p> -<p>The next day, in the forenoon, Don Carlos Evaña left his house +<p>The next day, in the forenoon, Don Carlos Evaña left his house and walked through the city to the Plaza Mayor, and thence to the fort, where he inquired for General Beresford. On his way he had met and passed many of his countrymen; sometimes they stood in @@ -1886,18 +1869,18 @@ and his heart grew bitter within him.</p> closely round him; "when I do but seek to prevent them forging fresh fetters for themselves. The fools!"</p> -<p>"There goes Evaña to visit the friend," said one as he turned into +<p>"There goes Evaña to visit the friend," said one as he turned into a street leading to the Plaza Mayor; and they to whom this man spoke gave him no salutation, and looked after him, as he passed on, scowlingly.</p> <p>General Beresford was writing, but was not particularly occupied -for the moment, and rose smilingly to meet Evaña as he entered his -apartment, stretching out his hand to him in welcome. Evaña took +for the moment, and rose smilingly to meet Evaña as he entered his +apartment, stretching out his hand to him in welcome. Evaña took his hand somewhat coldly, and laying his hat on a table seated himself.</p> <p>"You do well to keep your cloak on," said Beresford, walking up and down, and stamping his feet upon the tiled floor. "There is one -thing of which you Porteños have no notion, and that is how to make +thing of which you Porteños have no notion, and that is how to make yourselves comfortable in cold weather. Look here at this large, half-empty room without a fireplace, how can you expect a Christian to live in such a room in such weather as this? Why in England the @@ -1908,7 +1891,7 @@ and windows in little gusts which would give a horse his death of cold, to say nothing of a man."</p> <p>"Yet we don't die quicker than other people, that I can see," -replied Evaña; "our city is noted for its healthiness."</p> +replied Evaña; "our city is noted for its healthiness."</p> <p>"That you owe to the Pampero, as you call this south-west wind, which clears the air for you about once a month, and a very good @@ -1923,7 +1906,7 @@ windows, hear how they rattle."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span></p> <p>"Unless you make up your mind quickly to some decisive action -they will not annoy you much longer," replied Evaña.</p> +they will not annoy you much longer," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"Ha, ha, my friend!" said Beresford; "that is your little game, is it? I thought you looked unusually solemn this morning. That @@ -1944,12 +1927,12 @@ the mighty Liniers?"</p> <p>"The people of Buenos Aires."</p> <p>General Beresford paused in his walk up and down the room and -looked earnestly at Evaña, and a grave look came over his face as he +looked earnestly at Evaña, and a grave look came over his face as he slowly answered:</p> <p>"You mean what you say?"</p> -<p>Evaña merely bowed his head in reply, and Beresford renewed his +<p>Evaña merely bowed his head in reply, and Beresford renewed his pacing up and down, evidently in deep thought. Then pausing again he resumed:</p> @@ -1968,7 +1951,7 @@ them flying with one volley of musketry, as I did a month ago."</p> <p>"That they fled from you then was because they had no heart in the cause. Why should they fight for Spain? I tell you that if you fight them again you will find them a much more stubborn foe. Shopkeepers -you call them and gauchos!" said Evaña, rising to his feet; +you call them and gauchos!" said Evaña, rising to his feet; "you will find that whatever be their occupation they are men. The next time you set your bull-dogs on them they will not turn like frightened sheep, but will meet you foot to foot and hand to hand. @@ -1994,7 +1977,7 @@ you stand."</p> have no wish to try their strength. What I have done in the way of outposts and patrols is a necessity."</p> -<p>"You are a soldier, and act on military rules," said Evaña, resuming +<p>"You are a soldier, and act on military rules," said Evaña, resuming his seat. "If you wish success to your enterprise, you must learn to be a diplomatist as well as a soldier."</p> @@ -2008,11 +1991,11 @@ remind you that, as I have told you before, I have no authority—my words would be but as words spoken to the wind. Who is there that can give me any answer, or can come forward to treat with me?"</p> -<p>"No one," answered Evaña, with a sigh; "but your words would +<p>"No one," answered Evaña, with a sigh; "but your words would not be spoken to the wind, they would speak to the hearts of men, and would disarm those who are now arming against you."</p> -<p>"Look you, Señor Evaña, the Home Government knows nothing +<p>"Look you, Señor Evaña, the Home Government knows nothing of this expedition; it is an affair entirely arranged by Sir Home Popham and myself. We have taken your city from the Spaniards, and intend to hold it until we get instructions from England. Our @@ -2051,7 +2034,7 @@ ill-defined; I could but treat with its members as with private individuals, besides which they are Spaniards. With Don Gregorio<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[Pg 34]</a></span> Lopez, or with any other of the wealthy Creoles? What I might arrange with them might be all cancelled by the first popular government -you might appoint. No, Señor Evaña, you are a man who has +you might appoint. No, Señor Evaña, you are a man who has studied much in books, but you have not studied men as I have. I can make no treaty, except with some recognised authority, and no such authority exists among you. A declaration from me as general @@ -2067,11 +2050,11 @@ between us. You shake your head, you cannot do it! Then allow me to tell you, my friend, that you were born too soon. Men who will not fight for their own freedom are not yet ripe for independence."</p> -<p>To this Evaña answered nothing for a space, but rising from his +<p>To this Evaña answered nothing for a space, but rising from his chair, commenced to walk with hasty strides about the room, while Beresford, seating himself at his desk, took up his pen and went on -calmly with some writing on which he had been engaged when Evaña -entered. Ten minutes so elapsed, then Evaña stopped in front of +calmly with some writing on which he had been engaged when Evaña +entered. Ten minutes so elapsed, then Evaña stopped in front of Beresford, and laying one hand on the table, said:</p> <p>"Can I, then, promise that you will aid us?"</p> @@ -2079,7 +2062,7 @@ Beresford, and laying one hand on the table, said:</p> <p>"I can promise nothing officially, personally, there is nothing I should like better."</p> -<p>"Too late! too late!" said Evaña, in a bitter tone. "Our men +<p>"Too late! too late!" said Evaña, in a bitter tone. "Our men are eager for the struggle, nothing but an open declaration from you will now give me any influence with them."</p> @@ -2092,7 +2075,7 @@ have had the folly to collect a strong force of their levies not far from here, right under my nose, as it were, but where they are I do not exactly know. Where are they?"</p> -<p>"Nay, do not ask me," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Nay, do not ask me," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"Though you will not tell me I shall easily find it out, and you may tell them, if you like, that I am going to beat up their quarters; @@ -2116,7 +2099,7 @@ British Government would receive the idea very favourably. But I tell you now, that you will not get six or eight men to listen to me, whom I would care to speak to."</p> -<p>"Not now perhaps, but they may," replied Evaña, with some +<p>"Not now perhaps, but they may," replied Evaña, with some hesitation.</p> <p>"Yes, when they have had a lesson to show them their weakness."</p> @@ -2134,7 +2117,7 @@ Spaniards."</p> Pack, his orders will be to disperse them. If he finds it necessary he will fire, not otherwise."</p> -<p>Evaña turned from him and walked to the far end of the room, +<p>Evaña turned from him and walked to the far end of the room, where he stood for some moments at a window, gazing with dreamy eyes out upon the parade-ground, where British sentries in long grey coats paced between the Spanish guns which had so recently changed @@ -2163,7 +2146,7 @@ Then turning back to Beresford, he looked him sternly in the face.</p> <p>"There it is that your pupils await you."</p> <p>A smile flitted over the face of the English general as he bowed in -reply. Evaña without another word left the room and walked with +reply. Evaña without another word left the room and walked with hasty strides away to his own home.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -2178,7 +2161,7 @@ hasty strides away to his own home.</p> <h3>PERDRIEL</h3> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña spent the afternoon, evening, and night of the +<p>Don Carlos Evaña spent the afternoon, evening, and night of the 31st July shut in his own apartments, seeing no one, studying not at all, reading by fits and starts, and knowing nothing of what he read, thinking always. He could not sleep; before dawn he mounted to his @@ -2193,7 +2176,7 @@ himself.</p> <p>"Buenos dias, Carlos," said Don Gregorio; "you are early abroad in spite of the cold."</p> -<p>"Milagro!" replied Evaña; "it is a frequent custom of mine to +<p>"Milagro!" replied Evaña; "it is a frequent custom of mine to pass the night in study, and then to breathe the morning air before I go to bed."</p> @@ -2208,7 +2191,7 @@ liable to interruption when all others are asleep."</p> World. Like many of your ideas it is out of place in the New."</p> <p>"My ideas are out of place solely because they are new," replied -Evaña; "but the new will be old when their time comes."</p> +Evaña; "but the new will be old when their time comes."</p> <p>"True. Some day you will be as old as I am, Carlos; perhaps, I should say, for if you pass your nights without sleep continuously you @@ -2229,7 +2212,7 @@ tree increases in size and beauty."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[Pg 37]</a></span></p> -<p>"Till the day comes," said Evaña, as Don Gregorio paused, "when +<p>"Till the day comes," said Evaña, as Don Gregorio paused, "when a storm tears up the old tree by the roots and it gives place to younger trees. Your simile does not hold good, Don Gregorio; even Nature finds violence a necessity at times to remove some obstruction @@ -2246,7 +2229,7 @@ what will be the result of the storm you would fain raise amongst us?"</p> <p>"If the nation is to be, it is born already, but it is not yet strong enough to walk alone."</p> -<p>"And therefore requires assistance," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"And therefore requires assistance," said Evaña.</p> <p>"We shall know before long what sort of assistance we may expect from your friends the English. I was awakened an hour ago by their @@ -2260,16 +2243,16 @@ trampling along the street; they do not treat us very much like friends."</p> <p>"A reconnoitring party would not take guns with them."</p> -<p>"Guns!" said Evaña, with an involuntary shudder of apprehension; +<p>"Guns!" said Evaña, with an involuntary shudder of apprehension; "what direction did they take?"</p> <p>"Westward. I have no doubt that they have gone to wake up our friends at Perdriel. Marcelino is there, so, as you may imagine, I am very anxious. It is that has brought me so early to the azotea."</p> -<p>Evaña turned away sick at heart. Marcelino was in danger, the +<p>Evaña turned away sick at heart. Marcelino was in danger, the English must anticipate resistance, or they would not take guns with -them. Evaña knew the daring spirit of his friend; with raw levies +them. Evaña knew the daring spirit of his friend; with raw levies of men, the whole brunt of the fighting, if there were any, would be borne by such as he. He had brought this danger upon him, he had not even attempted to warn him of it. Marcelino had reposed such @@ -2277,7 +2260,7 @@ confidence in him that he had told him of all their plans, and had confided in him as though he were one of themselves, though he had openly refused to join them. He had stood forth alone to defend him when treachery was imputed to him; he had taken as an insult to -himself a calumny which was a calumny no longer. Evaña shivered, +himself a calumny which was a calumny no longer. Evaña shivered, but it was not with cold, as he folded his cloak more closely round him. Two or three turns he took on the azotea, then going back to Don Gregorio, the two paced up and down for some time in silence, @@ -2290,7 +2273,7 @@ other as a mute sympathy.</p> them, there came to them from afar off the crackling sound of an irregular fire of musketry, which lasted about ten minutes, when there came the louder report of a cannon, then all was still. As minute -after minute passed and there was no further sound of fighting, Evaña +after minute passed and there was no further sound of fighting, Evaña breathed more freely.</p> <p>"It is all over now," said he to Don Gregorio.</p> @@ -2300,11 +2283,11 @@ breathed more freely.</p> <p>"So it appears," replied the elder gentleman. "Thank God, there has not been much of it."</p> -<p>"I will go and see what has happened," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"I will go and see what has happened," said Evaña.</p> <p>"Do, Carlos, and bring me word as soon as you return."</p> -<p>Evaña descended at once to his own house, and going to an inner +<p>Evaña descended at once to his own house, and going to an inner patio where his horse was tied under a shed, he saddled him himself, led him out into the street, mounted, and rode off. As he passed along he saw many men looking out from the doors of their houses, stopping @@ -2318,7 +2301,7 @@ was no longer the irregular dropping fire of skirmishers, it was the regular file firing of trained infantry hotly engaged, and presently mingled with it came the thunder of artillery.</p> -<p>Evaña drove his spurs into his horse's flanks and galloped on at full +<p>Evaña drove his spurs into his horse's flanks and galloped on at full speed, but ere he reached the scene of action the firing had ceased, and light clouds of grey smoke drifting away were all that he could see of the recent conflict. Passing a hollow without slacking speed, @@ -2329,7 +2312,7 @@ beyond the plain was dotted with flying horsemen. Now and then one of these pickets would halt, there was a shimmer of glistening steel as their muskets fell to the "present," there was a flash of fire and a light cloud of smoke, then on marched the infantry as before. Further -and further away galloped the horsemen, and Evaña saw that the rout +and further away galloped the horsemen, and Evaña saw that the rout of his own countrymen was complete.</p> <p>He knew that it would be so, he had said that their victory would @@ -2347,7 +2330,7 @@ them, and their bodies twisted into strange contortions; some lay crushed under their dead horses. Some few there were who were sitting up, striving in a helpless manner to stanch the blood from some deep wound which was draining their life away. Forcing his frightened -horse to carry him into the midst of this scene of horror, Evaña, his +horse to carry him into the midst of this scene of horror, Evaña, his heart wildly beating with a terror hitherto unknown to him, gazed eagerly around looking for something which he felt he could willingly give up his own life not to find, the body of his friend Marcelino. His @@ -2813,7 +2796,7 @@ beside his sister in his mother's sala only two nights ago.</p> <p>"Yes, frequently," answered the young officer, his face lighting up with pleasure.</p> -<p>"I will write a line for Doña Constancia if you will carry it for me."</p> +<p>"I will write a line for Doña Constancia if you will carry it for me."</p> <p>"Certainly I will," answered the other, who began to have some idea of who he was speaking to.</p> @@ -2849,19 +2832,19 @@ fellows!"</p> <h3>IN WHICH IT APPEARS THAT A LESSON MAY BE WELL TAUGHT AND YET NOT LEARNED</h3> -<p>As Marcelino left the quinta on one side, Evaña galloped in by the +<p>As Marcelino left the quinta on one side, Evaña galloped in by the gate on the other. The Highland officer in command knew him slightly, having seen him frequently in company with General Beresford, and seeing his agitation divined the object of his visit, and invited him to dismount.</p> -<p>"Are there any killed here?" asked Evaña.</p> +<p>"Are there any killed here?" asked Evaña.</p> <p>"Several," replied the officer.</p> <p>The men were collecting the bodies of the slain from among the trees and from the azotea, and laid them in the patio side by side; -some wounded also they removed within the house. Eagerly Evaña +some wounded also they removed within the house. Eagerly Evaña scrutinised them one by one as the soldiers brought them forward; as they brought the last his heart gave a bound of joy, Marcelino was not among them.</p> @@ -2872,14 +2855,14 @@ will go and see if I can assist them."</p> <p>"I will send a party to collect them and bring them here," replied the officer.</p> -<p>But without waiting for aid, Evaña remounted his horse, rode back +<p>But without waiting for aid, Evaña remounted his horse, rode back to the scene of horror which lay without, and set to work to aid the wounded to the best of his ability, tearing strips from the clothing of the dead to bind up the wounds of those for whom there was yet hope.</p> <p>One man he saw lying on his face with a leg hid under the body of his dead horse. As he passed him the man turned his head slightly -to look at him; he was not dead. Evaña knelt down beside him to +to look at him; he was not dead. Evaña knelt down beside him to see if he was past all aid; he could see no wound on him.</p> <p>"Speak," said he to him, "where are you wounded?"</p> @@ -2887,33 +2870,33 @@ see if he was past all aid; he could see no wound on him.</p> <p>"Leave me," answered the man; "for God's sake, leave me. I am not wounded, but if they know that I am alive they will kill me."</p> -<p>"I am alive, and they do not kill me," said Evaña. "Don't be a +<p>"I am alive, and they do not kill me," said Evaña. "Don't be a fool; the fight is over now, get up and help me with these wounded."</p> -<p>Then taking up a lance-shalt which lay by, Evaña pushed it under +<p>Then taking up a lance-shalt which lay by, Evaña pushed it under the body of the fallen horse, and using it as a lever raised the dead animal sufficiently to let the man draw his leg out from underneath. He staggered to his feet, and limped about, his leg was bruised but he was otherwise unhurt.</p> <p>"Ah! I am lost! Here come the heretics," he exclaimed, as -Evaña chafed his leg for him to restore the circulation; then he threw +Evaña chafed his leg for him to restore the circulation; then he threw himself again flat on the ground, saying, "Mount your horse and fly while you can."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[Pg 48]</a></span></p> -<p>Evaña looked round and saw a party of Highlanders headed by an +<p>Evaña looked round and saw a party of Highlanders headed by an officer, and carrying stretchers, coming towards him from the quinta. As they drew near he saw with pleasure that the officer was one he knew, Lieutenant Gordon; he had met him more than once at the house of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon.</p> -<p>"Señor Evaña, good-morning; you are well employed," said the +<p>"Señor Evaña, good-morning; you are well employed," said the lieutenant. "I have come to help you. Most of them appear to be killed, if there are any wounded we will carry them inside."</p> -<p>"There are few," answered Evaña sadly; then giving him a kick +<p>"There are few," answered Evaña sadly; then giving him a kick in the ribs, he said to the man lying at his feet, "Get up, you fool, and help us."</p> @@ -2926,10 +2909,10 @@ them, and they were placed in the care of the women and a few men belonging to the quinta who had taken no part in the fighting and had not fled with the rest.</p> -<p>When the wounded were all sent off, Evaña commenced a search +<p>When the wounded were all sent off, Evaña commenced a search among the dead; they were all swarthy, roughly dressed paisanos. The man whom he had rescued from the fallen horse knew several of -them and told him their names, which Evaña at once took down in +them and told him their names, which Evaña at once took down in his pocket-book, and then inquired of him if he knew anything of Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon, or had seen anything of him that day.</p> @@ -2946,7 +2929,7 @@ was always wanting us to do exercise and was never satisfied, and very much a friend with Don Juan Martin. I did not see him to-day, but there was some fighting in the quinta, perhaps he was there."</p> -<p>"I will go at once and inquire there," replied Evaña, walking +<p>"I will go at once and inquire there," replied Evaña, walking towards his horse.</p> <p>"And what shall I do?" asked the man. "Are you going to leave @@ -2955,41 +2938,41 @@ me here among these?"</p> <p>"Take your recao and bridle off your horse and follow me; if I cannot get you another horse I will give you mine."</p> -<p>When they reached the quinta Evaña found many others there who +<p>When they reached the quinta Evaña found many others there who had come from the city to see what had happened, to whom the Highlanders were offering stray horses which they had captured for sale. He bought one for two dollars and gave it to the man who had followed him, who lost no time in saddling and mounting.</p> -<p>"Patron," said he to Evaña, as he settled himself in the saddle, +<p>"Patron," said he to Evaña, as he settled himself in the saddle, "you have saved my life. My life, my services, and all that I have are at your disposal. I am only a poor gaucho, but you have only to speak, and I will do whatever you wish for you."</p> <p>He still thought that the English had only removed the wounded to the house so that they might cut their throats at their leisure, and -that they would have killed him at once had not Evaña been there to +that they would have killed him at once had not Evaña been there to speak for him.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[Pg 49]</a></span></p> -<p>"Vaya con Dios," replied Evaña, and as the man galloped off he +<p>"Vaya con Dios," replied Evaña, and as the man galloped off he smiled, remembering that he had neither told him his name nor where he came from, so that he knew not where to apply for his services should he require them.</p> -<p>Evaña dismounted in the patio of the quinta and then went in +<p>Evaña dismounted in the patio of the quinta and then went in search of Lieutenant Gordon, whom he found inside the house superintending the arrangements for the comfort of the wounded.</p> -<p>"Señor Gordon," said he, drawing him to one side, "I have come +<p>"Señor Gordon," said he, drawing him to one side, "I have come here in search of a friend of mine, who I have reason to believe was one of the garrison of the quinta this morning. I am very anxious about him."</p> <p>"What was his name?" asked the lieutenant.</p> -<p>"I do not wish to mention his name," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"I do not wish to mention his name," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"Was it the same as this?" asked the other, drawing from his waistcoat-pocket a small piece of paper folded into the form of a letter @@ -2997,10 +2980,10 @@ and addressed to—</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">La Sra:</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Doña Constancia Lopez y Viana.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Doña Constancia Lopez y Viana.</span><br /> </p> -<p>"No," answered Evaña, as a thrill of joy shot through him; he +<p>"No," answered Evaña, as a thrill of joy shot through him; he recognised the handwriting of his friend.</p> <p>Lieutenant Gordon looked at him for a moment with a puzzled @@ -3016,20 +2999,20 @@ away the last of them all. But it is not his fault that he is safe, if they had been all like him we should not have got in so easily."</p> <p>"If they were all like him you would not have got in at all," replied -Evaña warmly, at which the young officer smiled and shrugged his +Evaña warmly, at which the young officer smiled and shrugged his shoulders.</p> -<p>"Excuse me," continued Evaña, "but that note is to his mother. +<p>"Excuse me," continued Evaña, "but that note is to his mother. If you will permit me I will take it to her at once."</p> <p>A look of disappointment came over Lieutenant Gordon's face, he seemed loth to part with the letter, but after pondering a little he -handed it to Evaña, saying:</p> +handed it to Evaña, saying:</p> <p>"Yes, you had better take it, you can go at once, but I may probably be here all day."</p> -<p>Evaña put it carefully into his pocket-book.</p> +<p>Evaña put it carefully into his pocket-book.</p> <p>"You will not mention his name to anyone," he said, turning to go away.</p> @@ -3038,19 +3021,19 @@ go away.</p> and as he did not mention his name there will be no need to tell it, but probably no questions will be asked."</p> -<p>As Evaña rode out of the gate he met the commanding officer returning +<p>As Evaña rode out of the gate he met the commanding officer returning from the pursuit, and stopped to speak with him. He recognised him as Colonel Pack, General Beresford's second in command.</p> <p>"I shall remain here till the afternoon," said the colonel, in reply -to a question of Evaña's. "They have carried off most of their +to a question of Evaña's. "They have carried off most of their wounded with them; those fellows are deuced difficult to unhorse, but we have some here, I believe, and it will be well if you can send me some native surgeon to look after them."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[Pg 50]</a></span></p> -<p>This Evaña promised to do, and then started at once for the city +<p>This Evaña promised to do, and then started at once for the city at a quick gallop.</p> <p>At the house of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon he found all in a @@ -3062,15 +3045,15 @@ detachment sent to oppose him, and was now advancing upon the city; others, that the English had fallen upon the levies at Perdriel, and had massacred them. Many not belonging to the household were there, seeking information, or giving information upon which no -reliance could be placed. Among them Doña Constancia wandered +reliance could be placed. Among them Doña Constancia wandered restlessly, listening to all, but believing nothing of what was said.</p> -<p>The entrance of Evaña into the sala, booted and spurred, and +<p>The entrance of Evaña into the sala, booted and spurred, and flushed with his rapid gallop, caused a general cessation of talk. Taking out his pocket-book he drew from it the folded paper and -handed it to Doña Constancia with a reassuring smile.</p> +handed it to Doña Constancia with a reassuring smile.</p> -<p>"Gracias à Dios!" exclaimed she, as she read the few words +<p>"Gracias à Dios!" exclaimed she, as she read the few words written by Marcelino. "He has spared my son to me yet again."</p> <p>Her daughter Dolores, leaning on her shoulder, read the words @@ -3080,10 +3063,10 @@ her face in her bosom, she burst into tears.</p> <p>"Yes; thank God that Marcelino is safe," she murmured; "but why should they fight when they might be such good friends?"</p> -<p>Evaña heard the low words, and a tender look came over his +<p>Evaña heard the low words, and a tender look came over his usually stern features as he gazed upon her; then turning away he gave Don Roderigo and the others a rapid account of what he had -seen and heard that morning. As he spoke Doña Constancia came +seen and heard that morning. As he spoke Doña Constancia came and stood beside her husband, resting her crossed hands upon his shoulder, while Dolores leaned upon her father with his right arm thrown round her.</p> @@ -3095,14 +3078,14 @@ Roderigo.</p> they made some attempt to defend the place. Mr Gordon spoke very highly of the way he had behaved."</p> -<p>"And the Señor Gordon intended to have brought this note himself?" -said Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"And the Señor Gordon intended to have brought this note himself?" +said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"Yes; and he seemed much disappointed that he was not able to do so."</p> <p>"You will find him for me, and will bring him here, Roderigo?" -said Doña Constancia.</p> +said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"I will," said Don Roderigo, "We shall hear all the particulars from him. But have you no idea, Don Carlos, where Marcelino has @@ -3115,7 +3098,7 @@ can do."</p> <p>"He will go and join Liniers now, and they will fight again," said Dolores.</p> -<p>"God protect us!" said Doña Constancia. "Have we not already +<p>"God protect us!" said Doña Constancia. "Have we not already thought of this?"</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[Pg 51]</a></span></p> @@ -3128,7 +3111,7 @@ among themselves vows of vengeance, and the name of Liniers passed frequently from lip to lip; in him was now all their hope.</p> <p>Late in the afternoon many of them were gathered together in the -dining-room of Don Gregorio Lopez. Don Carlos Evaña had made +dining-room of Don Gregorio Lopez. Don Carlos Evaña had made another effort to bring them to look favourably upon the English; the only answers he received were fierce threats and upbraidings: the threats he treated with contempt, the upbraidings he suffered in @@ -3162,7 +3145,7 @@ for them, then we will kill them all the same, but more slowly, with the knife."</p> <p>"If you had listened to me before, this disaster would never have -happened," said Evaña. "The partidarios were armed, therefore +happened," said Evaña. "The partidarios were armed, therefore their encampment was a challenge. General Beresford does not make war upon peaceable citizens."</p> @@ -3171,12 +3154,12 @@ he has made war upon us. We are men; if we cannot fight him we know at least how to die with honour. Come with me, I have something to say to you in private."</p> -<p>Don Gregorio took Evaña with him into a smaller room, and locking +<p>Don Gregorio took Evaña with him into a smaller room, and locking the door, he seated himself.</p> <p>"Do you know what these say of you?" said he.</p> -<p>"Sufficient evil, I make no doubt," answered Evaña.</p> +<p>"Sufficient evil, I make no doubt," answered Evaña.</p> <p>"More than sufficient, my friend. They say you have reasons for thus speaking in favour of the English."</p> @@ -3190,7 +3173,7 @@ of these English."</p> <p>"I know you love your country. There are some who say that you love English gold better."</p> -<p>"I know they say that too," answered Evaña, looking straight at +<p>"I know they say that too," answered Evaña, looking straight at Don Gregorio.</p> <p>"I know you better, Carlos," said Don Gregorio. "But men make @@ -3208,7 +3191,7 @@ Gregorio."</p> <p>"I know it is, and I request you as a personal favour to myself to see him no more."</p> -<p>Evaña made an impatient gesture as he answered:</p> +<p>Evaña made an impatient gesture as he answered:</p> <p>"I have already made a considerable impression upon him, he has even assured me that he would be very willing to join us in a war for @@ -3223,7 +3206,7 @@ older than you, Carlos, and knows much more of his own countrymen than you do. I tell you that all alliance between us and the English is at present impossible. Promise me that you will see him no more."</p> -<p>"What must be, must be," said Evaña with a sigh. "I will not +<p>"What must be, must be," said Evaña with a sigh. "I will not visit him again for fifteen days; by then we shall have seen what Liniers can do."</p> @@ -3234,14 +3217,14 @@ and things you like from your own house, for anything that you wish you have nothing to do but to ask."</p> <p>"You wish me to be your prisoner; can you not trust me, Don -Gregorio?" asked Evaña sadly.</p> +Gregorio?" asked Evaña sadly.</p> <p>"Trust you? of course I do; your word is better security to me than any prison, you are as a son to me; I propose this for your own safety."</p> <p>"What! not content with calumny, they would assassinate me -too!" exclaimed Evaña.</p> +too!" exclaimed Evaña.</p> <p>"I fear it," said Don Gregorio.</p> @@ -3250,7 +3233,7 @@ too!" exclaimed Evaña.</p> <p>"As you will," answered Don Gregorio, then unlocking the door, he grasped his hand warmly, and they walked out together.</p> -<p>Evaña went straight to his own house, and shut himself up in +<p>Evaña went straight to his own house, and shut himself up in his own rooms to ponder upon the failure of this scheme, and to devise a fresh one, while throughout the city Don Gregorio Lopez, Don Isidro Lorea, and many others were eagerly consulting together @@ -3312,7 +3295,7 @@ the force under the command of General Liniers. Don Isidro Lorea had not left town, and was as attentive as ever to his business, but he had always two rockets at hand in one corner of his almacen, his sword<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[Pg 54]</a></span> and a brace of loaded pistols lay ever on a small table in his ante-sala, -covered over by some embroidery work of his wife Doña Dalmacia, +covered over by some embroidery work of his wife Doña Dalmacia, who had regained all her confidence in him, and was prodigal of her caresses.</p> @@ -3323,7 +3306,7 @@ country, undeterred by their defeat, had joined Liniers by hundreds. Under skilful management their reckless valour would not be thrown away, and their numbers made them dangerous. Moreover, he had seen nothing since the last day of July of his friend Don Carlos -Evaña, and on sending to his house to inquire for him he had been +Evaña, and on sending to his house to inquire for him he had been informed that he had left the city. Without his intervention any attempt to come to an arrangement with the townspeople was impossible. On the 10th he received a summons from Liniers to surrender @@ -3671,7 +3654,7 @@ sunk behind a dense bank of clouds on the horizon; though the sky overhead was yet clear there was evidently a storm brewing somewhere, but the weather occasioned no inquietude to three persons who were sitting under the front verandah of the Quinta de Ponce. These three -were Doña Constancia, the wife of Don Roderigo, Dolores his daughter, +were Doña Constancia, the wife of Don Roderigo, Dolores his daughter, and Lieutenant Gordon of the 71st Highlanders, who had been their guest since the preceding 12th August—their guest, but at the same time a prisoner of war.</p> @@ -3690,12 +3673,12 @@ under the verandah he did not look like a prisoner of war, nor did he feel like one either, talking gaily with the two ladies who were his companions.</p> -<p>Doña Constancia had an embroidery-frame before her, but her +<p>Doña Constancia had an embroidery-frame before her, but her daughter seemed to have nothing particular to do, as she sat on a low stool beside her, laughing at some absurd mistake in Spanish which Gordon had just made, for in spite of the best of teaching the young soldier was by no means yet a proficient in the language of the country. -No man could wish for better teachers than he had. Doña Constancia, +No man could wish for better teachers than he had. Doña Constancia, tall and stately, was a model of matronly beauty, and the clear, rich tones of her voice as she spoke sounded like music to the ear; her daughter, much smaller in person, and differing greatly from @@ -3713,7 +3696,7 @@ and already spoke it himself with considerable fluency, but not with perfect correctness, and so not unfrequently made ludicrous mistakes, at which Dolores laughed.</p> -<p>Porteña ladies do not generally laugh at the mistakes in language +<p>Porteña ladies do not generally laugh at the mistakes in language made by inexperienced foreigners, their innate good-breeding makes them very tolerant of inaccuracies; but Dolores did laugh at the mistakes made by Lieutenant Gordon, and her laughter was a sign of the @@ -3722,11 +3705,11 @@ was very fond of laughing, and Gordon liked to hear her laugh, and to see the merriment lighting up her face and shining in her deep grey eyes, half veiled by the long dark lashes which fell over them.</p> -<p>"Why do you laugh so much, Dolores?" said Doña Constancia; +<p>"Why do you laugh so much, Dolores?" said Doña Constancia; "I feel sure that when you try to talk English you make far worse mistakes than Mr Gordon does in Spanish."</p> -<p>"Indeed she does, Doña Constancia," said Gordon, "fifty times +<p>"Indeed she does, Doña Constancia," said Gordon, "fifty times worse."</p> <p>"And then you laugh at me," said Dolores, still laughing; "and it @@ -3749,10 +3732,10 @@ is it?"</p> <p>"Yes; it is a novel called 'Evelina.' All the young ladies in England read it, and in my country too."</p> -<p>"A novel!" said Doña Constancia, somewhat gravely; "I do not +<p>"A novel!" said Doña Constancia, somewhat gravely; "I do not wish Dolores to read novels. I never read a novel."</p> -<p>"You never read a novel, Doña Constancia," said Gordon. "Well +<p>"You never read a novel, Doña Constancia," said Gordon. "Well to be sure you have no novels in Spanish, or hardly any other books either, that I can see."</p> @@ -3769,7 +3752,7 @@ that Padre Jacinto lends me sometimes, though Marcelino tells me that they are all false. Padre Jacinto was very angry with him for telling me that, but Marcelino knows more than Padre Jacinto does."</p> -<p>"Those legends are sanctioned by the Church, Lola," said Doña +<p>"Those legends are sanctioned by the Church, Lola," said Doña Constancia, "and so it is very right that you should read them, but you have no need to tell Padre Jacinto what Marcelino says about them."</p> @@ -3779,7 +3762,7 @@ had a house of his own he would never allow a padre to come inside his doors."</p> <p>"Those are the French ideas that Marcelino has learnt from Don -Carlos Evaña," said Doña Constancia sadly. "He will learn better +Carlos Evaña," said Doña Constancia sadly. "He will learn better some day."</p> <p>"But nearly all the young men who are at all clever have just the @@ -3791,25 +3774,25 @@ like Padre Jacinto can go to heaven, I would rather go—somewhere else with Marcelino."</p> <p>"Hush, Dolores! you do not know what you are saying," said -Doña Constancia. "It is getting so dark that I can hardly see to +Doña Constancia. "It is getting so dark that I can hardly see to work any longer. Let us walk down the road a little, Marcelino is late this evening."</p> <p>"Papa said he would try and come out this evening, so I suppose Marcelino has waited for him," said Dolores.</p> -<p>Doña Constancia wore an immense tortoise-shell comb at the back +<p>Doña Constancia wore an immense tortoise-shell comb at the back of her head, secured in the thick folds of her luxuriant hair, over this she threw a light shawl of black lace, the ends of which she brought<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[Pg 66]</a></span> forward over her shoulders. This was the "mantilla," a style of head-dress -which suited well the stately beauty and graceful figure of Doña +which suited well the stately beauty and graceful figure of Doña Constancia. Her daughter threw a similar light shawl over her head, but she wore no comb, and her hair, arranged in large plaits, formed a golden background to the interlaced flowers and leaves of black silk which made up the gossamer-like web which she used as a head-covering.</p> <p>"If your Padre Jacinto could read English I do not think he would -object to Dolores reading 'Evelina,' Doña Constancia," said Gordon, +object to Dolores reading 'Evelina,' Doña Constancia," said Gordon, as they walked down the road side by side. "My sisters have both read it, and were delighted with it. In fact the book is a present to me from one of them."</p> @@ -3841,9 +3824,9 @@ hide their faces, so that one cannot see what they are like."</p> <p>"Oh yes! There are more pretty girls there than in any other country in the world."</p> -<p>At this Doña Constancia and Dolores both laughed very heartily.</p> +<p>At this Doña Constancia and Dolores both laughed very heartily.</p> -<p>"You say that with enthusiasm, Mr Gordon," said Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"You say that with enthusiasm, Mr Gordon," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"I suppose he has good reasons for being enthusiastic," said Dolores. "Does not your heart beat quicker when you think of @@ -3853,7 +3836,7 @@ them, Mr Gordon?"</p> to me it reminds me that I am a prisoner of war."</p> <p>"Do not think of that, you will not be a prisoner always," said -Doña Constancia. "You will be able to go back some day and see +Doña Constancia. "You will be able to go back some day and see the pretty English girls you think so much of."</p> <p>"I am very sorry I said that," said Dolores. "But you should @@ -3889,7 +3872,7 @@ gave their horses in charge to these two, who were peons.</p> <p>"Your blessing, papa," said Dolores, running up to Don Roderigo, and in another minute she was in his arms.</p> -<p>"Your blessing, papa," said Doña Constancia, gliding in her usual +<p>"Your blessing, papa," said Doña Constancia, gliding in her usual stately manner up to Don Gregorio Lopez, who answered a few low words and kissed her gravely on the forehead.</p> @@ -3910,7 +3893,7 @@ poured upon them which contrasted somewhat dazzlingly with the darkness from which they had emerged. The four new-comers all wore light ponchos and were booted and spurred. Dolores ran inside to see that extra covers were laid for the unexpected guests, -Doña Constancia followed her more slowly; as she went Gordon +Doña Constancia followed her more slowly; as she went Gordon saw her turn and gaze wistfully upon him; at the same time he noticed an unusual gravity upon the faces of the others, even his fast friend Marcelino seemed anxious not to meet his eye.</p> @@ -3998,7 +3981,7 @@ prisoner they will give him back for you?"</p> <p>Gordon hesitated, looking wistfully at his friend ere he answered:</p> <p>"I should have to do my duty, but do not let us suppose anything -like that. Have you heard nothing of your friend the Señor Evaña? +like that. Have you heard nothing of your friend the Señor Evaña? You told me you thought he had gone to England."</p> <p>"No, I have heard nothing from him since I received that letter @@ -4031,7 +4014,7 @@ so say all of us."</p> <p>"When Sobremonte comes back the first thing he will do will be to disarm your militia."</p> -<p>"Disarm the Patricios and Arribeños!<a name="FNanchor_3" id="FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> He had better not try to +<p>"Disarm the Patricios and Arribeños!<a name="FNanchor_3" id="FNanchor_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> He had better not try to do that."</p> <p>"He will, you will resist it, and then will commence your war of @@ -4115,7 +4098,7 @@ you anything about faith?"</p> <p>"The one lesson which the Bible teaches is simple faith, the rest is mainly historical."</p> -<p>"Some day I will read the Bible, I have one somewhere, Evaña +<p>"Some day I will read the Bible, I have one somewhere, Evaña brought it for me from England as a curiosity," said Marcelino. "I should like to know more about this faith you tell me of. If the Bible is really a message from God, as some people say it is, everyone ought @@ -4134,7 +4117,7 @@ battalions of infantry. The first and second battalions were composed of Creoles of Spanish descent, the third was composed of negroes and mulattoes, all natives of Buenos Aires; these three battalions formed the regiment of the "Patricios." The fourth battalion was composed of provincials and -was known as the "Arribeño" regiment.</p></div> +was known as the "Arribeño" regiment.</p></div> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -4149,7 +4132,7 @@ was known as the "Arribeño" regiment.</p></div> <h3>THE YEOMANRY OF BUENOS AIRES</h3> -<p>"What, Marcelino! are you going too?" asked Doña Constancia +<p>"What, Marcelino! are you going too?" asked Doña Constancia the next morning, as she saw her son, after fully equipping his friend Gordon for a journey, getting himself ready also.</p> @@ -4193,7 +4176,7 @@ Liniers to form a separate command for myself if I can find men."</p> a stop to the project if they knew of it, but once I get the men together Liniers will bear me out."</p> -<p>Doña Constancia attempted no more to dissuade him from the idea, +<p>Doña Constancia attempted no more to dissuade him from the idea, and before the sun was two hours high all were ready for the road except Don Roderigo, who remained at the quinta, and who had promised to read "Evelina," and to report upon the book on their @@ -4259,7 +4242,7 @@ over there," replied their host with a jerk of his head.</p> <p>"Are you by chance one of the Vianas?" asked Don Gregorio.</p> -<p>"Just so. I am Venceslao Viana, at your service, Señor, and this +<p>"Just so. I am Venceslao Viana, at your service, Señor, and this is my wife. When I married, my father gave me some cows, and I have built this place for myself. We were married at the Guardia, for, as my father said to me, people of family should marry."</p> @@ -4276,7 +4259,7 @@ social standing.</p> <p>"I call myself Gregorio Lopez," said Don Gregorio in reply, "and I congratulate you both."</p> -<p>"Many thanks, Señor. Don Gregorio of the Barrancas, is it not so?"</p> +<p>"Many thanks, Señor. Don Gregorio of the Barrancas, is it not so?"</p> <p>"Exactly."</p> @@ -4362,7 +4345,7 @@ do less than go when he invited me."</p> <p>"And how did it go with him?" asked Don Gregorio.</p> <p>"Well. He did not find himself at the fight, he had gone the -night before to visit some friends at San José de Flores."</p> +night before to visit some friends at San José de Flores."</p> <p>"And afterwards?"</p> @@ -4533,7 +4516,7 @@ arming of the slaves.</p> <p>Marcelino received the letter in the morning, and sunset found him the guest of Don Fausto Velasquez. His uncle had laughed at him as he bade him good-bye, telling him that he might be a very clever -fellow in the city, but that in the campaña he was worse than useless.</p> +fellow in the city, but that in the campaña he was worse than useless.</p> <p>"You do not understand our people," he said; "it is necessary to order them, and they obey, but you must not give reasons to them, for @@ -4671,7 +4654,7 @@ him on the cheek.</p> raising the boy to his shoulder he danced with him up and down the long room, the child shouting and tossing his arms about with delight.</p> -<p>Doña Josefina, the boy's mother, had meanwhile sunk back again +<p>Doña Josefina, the boy's mother, had meanwhile sunk back again upon her cushions, following him with her eyes, and seemed to care little whether Marcelino resumed the conversation or not, but there were other ladies there younger than she, who had listened eagerly to @@ -4707,7 +4690,7 @@ from his arguments, some of which were very wide of the conclusion to which he wished to point. One of them, a young girl, plainly dressed, and of very plain features, with a sallow complexion and brown hair, asked him no questions, and spoke to him no word. -Listening to him, she had crept nearer till she leaned upon Doña +Listening to him, she had crept nearer till she leaned upon Doña Josefina, resting her folded hands upon her shoulder, and her chin upon them, her thin lips pressed tightly together, and her whole life seemingly concentrated in her large grey eyes.</p> @@ -4718,7 +4701,7 @@ drawing herself up and pressing her hands together, exclaimed:</p> <p>"Look! look at Malena!"</p> -<p>"What have you, Niña?" said Doña Josefina.</p> +<p>"What have you, Niña?" said Doña Josefina.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[Pg 81]</a></span></p> @@ -4770,7 +4753,7 @@ regiment," said Marcelino.</p> <p>"But I do not see yet why such a step is necessary," said one of the strangers. "With the new regiments, Liniers has sufficient infantry -in the city, and in the campaña we can collect thousands of partidarios +in the city, and in the campaña we can collect thousands of partidarios in an emergency."</p> <p>"Yes, you can," replied Marcelino, "and they would give very @@ -4933,7 +4916,7 @@ in his power.</p> <p>Weeks passed, busy weeks for Marcelino Ponce de Leon. Every -morning at cockcrow the reveillé sounded at the Chacra de Los Sauces, +morning at cockcrow the reveillé sounded at the Chacra de Los Sauces, at sunrise the recruits mustered, and the first six hours of the day were spent in steady drill and in long marches. Marcelino had but a dozen muskets which had been lent him by the commandant of the @@ -4960,13 +4943,13 @@ give him arms for them at once.</p> <p> </p> <p>It was the second week in February; Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon -and his wife Doña Constancia had a houseful of guests at their quinta. +and his wife Doña Constancia had a houseful of guests at their quinta. The paved verandah round the house had resounded all day with the clanking of sabres and the jingling of armed heels. The Reconquistador and his staff had breakfasted with them that day at noon, after inspecting the cavalry regiment from Las Barrancas and the negro recruits under the command of Marcelino Ponce de Leon. Her -military guests had done full justice to the plentiful breakfast Doña +military guests had done full justice to the plentiful breakfast Doña Constancia had placed before them, patriotic toasts had been honoured with enthusiasm, cheerfulness and confidence had shone in every face.</p> @@ -4977,7 +4960,7 @@ the negroes, now fully armed and accoutred, had marched and wheeled with a rapidity and precision which surprised the general, and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_86" id="Page_86">[Pg 86]</a></span> had elicited a warm eulogium from Major Belgrano of the Patricios, for whose opinion the commandant of the negroes had a very high -regard. All this was very pleasing to Doña Constancia, but nevertheless, +regard. All this was very pleasing to Doña Constancia, but nevertheless, now that Liniers and his staff had returned to town, and her remaining guests were chiefly members of their own family, sitting at her ease under the front verandah with her favourite son beside her, she @@ -5073,7 +5056,7 @@ as he set foot on the brick pavement. One word only he said:</p> <p>"Mamita!"</p> -<p>"Juan Carlos! my son!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, springing +<p>"Juan Carlos! my son!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, springing from her chair and throwing herself into his arms.</p> <p>At her cry many others came forward from inside and from under @@ -5082,7 +5065,7 @@ hand or embracing him, all of them asking him but one question:</p> <p>"What news?"</p> -<p>"What matter the news?" said Doña Constancia; "I have my +<p>"What matter the news?" said Doña Constancia; "I have my son again, let me look at him."</p> <p>She drew him into the sala, into the lamplight.</p> @@ -5106,7 +5089,7 @@ iron pillars of the verandah, stood a tall man, with his hat thrust back from his forehead, while an amused smile flitted over his sallow features, lighting them up into a kind of stern beauty.</p> -<p>"Evaña!" exclaimed Marcelino, who was the first to recognise +<p>"Evaña!" exclaimed Marcelino, who was the first to recognise him, and ran out at once to seize him by the hand and draw him forward.</p> @@ -5114,20 +5097,20 @@ forward.</p> thank him, for to him I probably owe my life, and certainly my escape from an English prison."</p> -<p>"Don Carlos!" said Doña Constancia; "you are back? This is +<p>"Don Carlos!" said Doña Constancia; "you are back? This is the second time that you have been the one who has given me happiness when I was anxious for my sons. Are you their guardian angel? God bless you for it, I can only give you the thanks of a grateful mother."</p> -<p>"And that is reward sufficient, Señora," said Evaña, as he raised +<p>"And that is reward sufficient, Señora," said Evaña, as he raised her hand to his lips in courtly salutation. "But I fear that the news we bring will not give equal pleasure to all of you."</p> <p>"What of Monte Video?" asked Don Roderigo. "What has been done?"</p> -<p>Evaña turned away without answering, leaving Juan Carlos to +<p>Evaña turned away without answering, leaving Juan Carlos to answer for him.</p> <p>"You said you came from Monte Video; what has happened?" @@ -5177,11 +5160,11 @@ would prevent the English from attempting an assault."</p> <p>"About 5000," answered Juan Carlos.</p> -<p>"They have the city, but they have not yet the campaña," said +<p>"They have the city, but they have not yet the campaña," said Don Gregorio Lopez, who had already sent off his recruits to their homes, but who had remained himself at the quinta.</p> -<p>"The campaña, with Sobremonte to keep it, is the same as lost," +<p>"The campaña, with Sobremonte to keep it, is the same as lost," said Marcelino.</p> <p>"Henceforward we can only look upon the Banda Oriental as a @@ -5218,14 +5201,14 @@ the invaders when they land, and not to let them see the city at all."</p> <p>Don Gregorio and the major carried on the discussion for some time, but no one else paid any further attention to the matter, crowding round Juan Carlos as he told of his adventures since he had left -Buenos Aires, and questioning Evaña as to where he had been for +Buenos Aires, and questioning Evaña as to where he had been for months past, but not pressing their questions, as he seemed little inclined to satisfy their curiosity.</p> <p> </p> <p>It was nearly midnight. Marcelino and his friend Don Carlos -Evaña sat in an inner room talking earnestly together, seated one on +Evaña sat in an inner room talking earnestly together, seated one on each side of a small table, on which stood a shaded lamp. Both had been smoking, but Marcelino had let his cigar go out, so absorbed was he in the subject on which they conversed together.</p> @@ -5237,7 +5220,7 @@ he passed the open door in company with Don Gregorio Lopez; "you might be talking treason, you look so solemn."</p> <p>"Something very like treason, according to my friend here," -answered Evaña, stretching himself on his chair, and puffing a long jet +answered Evaña, stretching himself on his chair, and puffing a long jet of smoke from his lips. "Come in; I should like to hear your opinion on the subject, Major, and yours too, Don Gregorio."</p> @@ -5245,7 +5228,7 @@ on the subject, Major, and yours too, Don Gregorio."</p> to him, "with my uncle there is danger in such ideas; he does not understand you as I do."</p> -<p>"Danger!" replied Evaña laughing; "I should like all the world +<p>"Danger!" replied Evaña laughing; "I should like all the world to listen to me, my opinions are no secret. I see you in your ignorance rushing headlong to destruction; I am no traitor, but a friend, when I try to open your eyes to your danger. What do you say, Don @@ -5278,11 +5261,11 @@ Beresford; let them send ten Beresfords, we will serve them all the same."</p> <p>"Whatever harm they may yet do us, they have at least done us -one service," replied Evaña; "they have taught us our own strength. -I know and rejoice at it. Am I not also a Porteño of Buenos Aires? +one service," replied Evaña; "they have taught us our own strength. +I know and rejoice at it. Am I not also a Porteño of Buenos Aires? Shall I not glory in the prowess of my own countrymen?"</p> -<p>"Well, it may be so. You are a Porteño and a fellow-countryman, +<p>"Well, it may be so. You are a Porteño and a fellow-countryman, but you sympathise strangely with the enemies of our country. How is that?"</p> @@ -5307,7 +5290,7 @@ with the English and they will be our friends."</p> <p>"We have none, but we can make one. The day we hoist our own flag we declare our independence and achieve it."</p> -<p>"You deceive yourself, Evaña," said Belgrano; "the time has not +<p>"You deceive yourself, Evaña," said Belgrano; "the time has not yet come. To tear down that flag now would be to kindle at once a civil war amongst us, that flag alone it is that binds us together."</p> @@ -5318,10 +5301,10 @@ upon us as enemies, and will not be content till they have trampled us under their feet."</p> <p>"We have more chance than we had last year," said Belgrano. -"We have 8000 trained infantry in the capital, and the campaña +"We have 8000 trained infantry in the capital, and the campaña will rise as one man when the enemy lands."</p> -<p>"To say nothing of the slaves," said Evaña laughing. "How +<p>"To say nothing of the slaves," said Evaña laughing. "How many of them have you, Marcelino?"</p> <p>"I have enough to commence with, and I have many promises of @@ -5330,7 +5313,7 @@ more to-day."</p> <p>"And not one of them has yet fired a musket. Can your Patricios yet fire a musket without shutting their eyes, Belgrano?"</p> -<p>To this Major Belgrano did not answer, and Evaña continued:</p> +<p>To this Major Belgrano did not answer, and Evaña continued:</p> <p>"Give up this idea of a foolhardy resistance to an overwhelming force; you are brave men, show that you are also wise, receive the @@ -5340,7 +5323,7 @@ to organise a provisional government of our own, there wants but one step more to consolidate our independence, a separate treaty with the English."</p> -<p>As Evaña ceased the three others looked doubtfully at one another, +<p>As Evaña ceased the three others looked doubtfully at one another, his words had made a deep impression upon them, for with two of them at least their independence of Spain was second in importance in their eyes only to their freedom from the enforced authority of @@ -5363,14 +5346,14 @@ more to-morrow, and will consult with Don Roderigo."</p> <p> </p> <p>"These ideas of yours are not so new to us as they were," said -Marcelino to Evaña, when they were again alone. "General Beres<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span>ford +Marcelino to Evaña, when they were again alone. "General Beres<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_92" id="Page_92">[Pg 92]</a></span>ford and his officers openly declare that the British Government would cordially welcome an alliance with us if we would declare our independence of Spain, but they may make peace with Spain any day and withdraw their help from us. I can only see danger in such an alliance until we have some solid organisation of our own."</p> -<p>"Do they mix freely with the citizens?" asked Evaña eagerly.</p> +<p>"Do they mix freely with the citizens?" asked Evaña eagerly.</p> <p>"They were for two months at liberty on parole," replied Marcelino; "but they spoke so very openly that Liniers and the Cabildo took @@ -5387,7 +5370,7 @@ Paraguay, but you will require to be very cautious."</p> <p> </p> <p>The following morning Don Roderigo, Don Gregorio, Major Belgrano, -and Don Carlos Evaña, rode in together to the city. Before +and Don Carlos Evaña, rode in together to the city. Before sundown the latter had interviews with most of the principal native residents, and with many Spaniards also. The result of his propaganda appeared on the 10th February, when the various corporations of @@ -5460,7 +5443,7 @@ did not speak confidently, he said that neither the militia nor the Spanish regiments could face half their number of English troops in the open field.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña lived again at his house, near to that of Don +<p>Don Carlos Evaña lived again at his house, near to that of Don Gregorio Lopez, taking no part in the military preparations and thereby incurring general censure, but passing his days in study and his evenings at the houses of his more particular friends, talking little, @@ -5487,17 +5470,17 @@ Colonel Lopez of the Barrancas cavalry, who had the command of that important station, and whose regiment was spread in detachments along the coast.</p> -<p>One of the ladies present was Doña Dalmacia, the wife of Don +<p>One of the ladies present was Doña Dalmacia, the wife of Don Isidro Lorea.</p> <p>"Come and talk to me, Don Marcelino," said she to him, as he crossed the room and passed near her chair. "I wish to speak to you about a friend of yours."</p> -<p>"Always at your orders, Señora," said Marcelino, seating himself +<p>"Always at your orders, Señora," said Marcelino, seating himself beside her.</p> -<p>"Your friend Don Carlos Evaña is a patriot, so say you and some +<p>"Your friend Don Carlos Evaña is a patriot, so say you and some others who know him better than I do; but for my part I understand nothing of such patriotism. An invasion is coming, all our young men take some part in the preparations except he, he shuts himself @@ -5521,12 +5504,12 @@ I do not agree with him."</p> <p>"I should think not. If we are beaten the loss and the dishonour will be ours. But I have no fear; on the 12th August we had no troops, now we have thousands; we shall win, and the glory will be -ours. You will have your part in it, my friend, but as for Evaña—Pish! -I am sorry that he is a friend of yours, and a protegé of Don +ours. You will have your part in it, my friend, but as for Evaña—Pish! +I am sorry that he is a friend of yours, and a protegé of Don Gregorio; if he were not he would long since have been where such traitors ought to be, in calabozo."</p> -<p>"Forgive me for differing from you, Doña Dalmacia, but Evaña is +<p>"Forgive me for differing from you, Doña Dalmacia, but Evaña is no traitor, he is simply an enemy of Spain. If we drive back the English we shall have the glory, as you say, but Spain will reap the reward."</p> @@ -5540,16 +5523,16 @@ detachment Beresford took our city with a year ago."</p> <p>"A surprise; now we are ready; 'el hombre prevenido nunca fue vencido.'"<a name="FNanchor_5" id="FNanchor_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a></p> -<p>"Evaña says we are not 'prevenido,' our militia cannot face the +<p>"Evaña says we are not 'prevenido,' our militia cannot face the English in the field, and I agree with him. I have not seen much of the English, but their soldiers are better than our militia. Gordon has told me much about their drill and discipline."</p> -<p>"Do you know I like that English friend of yours," said Doña Dalmacia. +<p>"Do you know I like that English friend of yours," said Doña Dalmacia. "He is very simple, but he is not wanting in intelligence."</p> <p>"And he is a soldier, therefore his opinion is of more value than -that of either Evaña or myself; he says that one English division +that of either Evaña or myself; he says that one English division would be sufficient to rout all the infantry now in the city, in the open field."</p> @@ -5557,27 +5540,27 @@ field."</p> He told me that he had been to pay you a visit, and that your negroes were very good soldiers."</p> -<p>"My negroes are not citizen soldiers, Doña Dalmacia."</p> +<p>"My negroes are not citizen soldiers, Doña Dalmacia."</p> <p>"But you will not tell me that they are equal to Isidro's company."</p> <p>To this Marcelino merely bowed in answer, and hastened to turn the conversation.</p> -<p>"But about Evaña, Señora," said he; "I am sorry that you should +<p>"But about Evaña, Señora," said he; "I am sorry that you should think so ill of him as to say that he merits the calabozo."</p> <p>"There are some who would put him there to-morrow but for fear of offending Don Gregorio, and perhaps they may do. I called you to me to tell you so. Several officers of the Patricios met together to-day at our house; Isidro has brought them here, and has asked -Don Gregorio to send for Don Carlos Evaña, so that they may question +Don Gregorio to send for Don Carlos Evaña, so that they may question him privately as to where he was last year, and if he was in England what he was doing there. If he refuses to answer their questions they will denounce him to the Reconquistador and he will be arrested to-morrow."</p> -<p>"Many thanks, Señora, for having told me this. If Evaña comes he +<p>"Many thanks, Señora, for having told me this. If Evaña comes he will at any rate have one friend beside him."</p> <p>"Don Gregorio is his friend."</p> @@ -5609,7 +5592,7 @@ left sleeve a scarlet badge, on which was embroidered in black letters the words "Buenos Aires"; these were officers in the regiment of the Patricios. In front of them, leaning back in a chair, with his legs crossed, and a scornful smile flitting over his features, sat Don Carlos -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p>"Why do you speak to us of the Spaniards? leave them," said one of the Patricios to him, as Marcelino entered. "It is not of them @@ -5618,7 +5601,7 @@ we wish to speak, it is of the English."</p> <p>"How came you to be with the English when they captured Monte Video?" asked Don Isidro Lorea.</p> -<p>"The thing is very simple," answered Evaña. "I came back from +<p>"The thing is very simple," answered Evaña. "I came back from Europe in an English ship."</p> <p>"And you joined them in the assault, and entered the town with @@ -5659,7 +5642,7 @@ here each street corner will be a breach, and the street itself will be their grave."</p> <p>"Well said! well said! Viva Don Isidro!" shouted the officers, -clapping their hands. Even Evaña smiled encouragement upon his +clapping their hands. Even Evaña smiled encouragement upon his accuser.</p> <p>"Let us be friends, Don Isidro," said he, rising and stretching out @@ -5675,10 +5658,10 @@ let them keep it; but if they come here they are enemies, and the sword alone will make treaty between us."</p> <p>"They say there is a new general come out to take command of the -English," said Marcelino, as Evaña, somewhat disconcerted, reseated -himself. "Do you know him, Evaña?"</p> +English," said Marcelino, as Evaña, somewhat disconcerted, reseated +himself. "Do you know him, Evaña?"</p> -<p>"His name is Whitelock," answered Evaña.</p> +<p>"His name is Whitelock," answered Evaña.</p> <p>"He might be more willing than the other to make some arrangement with us," said Don Gregorio, "as he has left England later. @@ -5698,10 +5681,10 @@ friendship with the English of some use to us and we shall no longer look upon you as a traitor. Something you will have done, though you care not to risk your life in the defence."</p> -<p>"I am not more careful of my life than other men," answered Evaña +<p>"I am not more careful of my life than other men," answered Evaña angrily, "but I am not fool enough to——"</p> -<p>"Say you will go, Evaña," interrupted Marcelino; "I believe you +<p>"Say you will go, Evaña," interrupted Marcelino; "I believe you may possibly do some good, and you can bring us information upon which we can rely. To-morrow I leave this for Ensenada, come with me, and I will manage somehow to get you put across the river."</p> @@ -5710,7 +5693,7 @@ me, and I will manage somehow to get you put across the river."</p> <p>"Probably not before noon, but I will send you word."</p> -<p>"Then adios, Don Gregorio," said Evaña, shaking hands with the +<p>"Then adios, Don Gregorio," said Evaña, shaking hands with the old gentleman. "If the English hang me as a spy they will do me less injustice than these friends of yours, who would shoot me as a traitor."</p> @@ -5819,7 +5802,7 @@ box upon wheels, which was called a "galera," was drawn up in the street in front of the house of Don Roderigo. It was a capacious conveyance, and had need to be so, for it had a heavy load to carry that day. Marcelino with his two brothers, Lieutenant Gordon, and -Don Carlos Evaña formed an escort.</p> +Don Carlos Evaña formed an escort.</p> <p>As they left the city a feeling of sadness oppressed them all. What might happen before they met there again? Should they ever @@ -5858,14 +5841,14 @@ their regular drills.</p> <p>On the 26th June his brother Evaristo galloped into his encampment, bringing him letters from the quinta and from the city. Among -them was a short one from his friend Evaña, accompanying a sort of +them was a short one from his friend Evaña, accompanying a sort of circular letter which he had addressed to Don Gregorio Lopez and to several other leading citizens of Buenos Aires.</p> <p>"I have done what I can," he said in his letter to Marcelino, "but it is all in vain; the English insist upon the surrender of the city, and their new general, Whitelock, brings with him his commission as -Governor of Buenos Aires, with a salary of £12,000 per annum. This +Governor of Buenos Aires, with a salary of £12,000 per annum. This Whitelock appears to me to be very inferior to General Beresford both in intelligence and in military skill, but as he has some first-class officers with him. Although I cannot join you in defence of the flag of Spain, @@ -5887,14 +5870,14 @@ leave the result to God was the essence of faith. He was satisfied that he was doing right, and that the result would be in some unseen way for the future welfare of his country.</p> -<p>As the bugles sounded the reveillé the next morning, there came a +<p>As the bugles sounded the reveillé the next morning, there came a knock of the door of the rancho in which Marcelino had taken up his quarters. He sprang from his catre, and, hurrying on a few clothes, opened the door.</p> <p>"Adelante," he said, and a negro sergeant stepped into the room.</p> -<p>"Señor Comandante," said the sergeant, "the Señor Lieutenant +<p>"Señor Comandante," said the sergeant, "the Señor Lieutenant sends me to advise you that the river is covered with ships, which appear to be coming here."</p> @@ -5919,7 +5902,7 @@ in a military salute.</p> <p>"Buenos dias, Asneiros," said Marcelino, returning his salute; "it appears that we have them at last."</p> -<p>"So it appears, Señor Comandante," replied the other.</p> +<p>"So it appears, Señor Comandante," replied the other.</p> <p>Asneiros was a Spaniard who had formerly been a sergeant in the garrison of Chascomus. He was now first lieutenant of the negro @@ -6109,7 +6092,7 @@ when Colonel Lopez, who had all this time watched them in silence, turned to his nephew and said:</p> <p>"Rejoin your negroes and march by the highroad to the Puente -Galvès, there you will halt and await orders from General Liniers, I +Galvès, there you will halt and await orders from General Liniers, I will keep these in sight."</p> <p>Marcelino touched his hat and rode off; the colonel, leaving the @@ -6139,7 +6122,7 @@ the Cabildo and inquired for General Liniers.</p> <p>"What news?"</p> -<p>"A letter for the Señor Reconquistador."</p> +<p>"A letter for the Señor Reconquistador."</p> <p>"He is very busy, is it anything urgent?"</p> @@ -6151,10 +6134,10 @@ the Cabildo and inquired for General Liniers.</p> together in consultation. Don Gregorio Lopez was the only native member of that body, and had been only recently appointed, the others were all Spaniards. Don Gregorio had just read to them part of -a letter he had received some days previously from Don Carlos Evaña.</p> +a letter he had received some days previously from Don Carlos Evaña.</p> -<p>"From this letter, Señores," he said, "it is evident that the Señor -Evaña considers it impossible that we oppose any effectual resistance +<p>"From this letter, Señores," he said, "it is evident that the Señor +Evaña considers it impossible that we oppose any effectual resistance to the powerful force which is now coming against us. Resistance will only cause useless bloodshed and expose the city to all the horrors of a sack by infuriated soldiery. He counsels us to surrender @@ -6163,7 +6146,7 @@ the city and then to attempt some negotiation."</p> <p>At this a low murmur of disapproval ran round the room, and several cried: "No! no!"</p> -<p>"I pray you to listen to me yet, Señores," continued Don Gregorio, +<p>"I pray you to listen to me yet, Señores," continued Don Gregorio, "though I fear I shall try your patience. We none of us wish to see our country disgraced, but it is well that we shut not our eyes to the peril which hangs over us. We have but one experienced soldier @@ -6193,7 +6176,7 @@ Don Martin Alzaga.</p> <p>"I am quite of your opinion, Don Martin," said Don Gregorio; "but I am sorry to say that I cannot consider the army able to meet the English in the open field. Therefore with all due deference to -the greater experience of the illustrious Señor Reconquistador, I beg to +the greater experience of the illustrious Señor Reconquistador, I beg to submit to you whether it would not be better to turn our attention solely to the defence of the city. The flat roofs of our houses, and the barred windows, make each block a separate fortress; by cut<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_106" id="Page_106">[Pg 106]</a></span>ting @@ -6211,26 +6194,26 @@ dissent as Don Gregorio resumed his seat. General Liniers glanced rapidly round the room, and then with a smile on his face rose to reply.</p> -<p>"Permit me, Señor Don Gregorio," said he, "to congratulate you +<p>"Permit me, Señor Don Gregorio," said he, "to congratulate you upon the knowledge you have so unexpectedly shown on military matters, but I do not at all agree with you. So long as I retain the command in chief I do not intend to let the English approach within cannon-shot of the city; if I fall there will be time enough to dig -ditches and fortify the azoteas, in which case, Señores, you know now +ditches and fortify the azoteas, in which case, Señores, you know now where you may find my successor."</p> -<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio, very calmly, "I make no pretence +<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio, very calmly, "I make no pretence to any knowledge of military affairs, but the words I have spoken have -not been spoken unadvisedly. The Señor Evaña has to some extent +not been spoken unadvisedly. The Señor Evaña has to some extent studied the science of war. He has surveyed the city, and has drawn up a plan of defence, which I have with me now. In his letter to me he adds in a postscript, "If you still determine on resistance remember -the plan I gave you, that is your only chance." Now, Señores, I appeal +the plan I gave you, that is your only chance." Now, Señores, I appeal to you. Why not——"</p> <p>Here the speaker was interrupted by the entrance of a young officer.</p> -<p>"A chasque from Quilmes for the Señor General," he said.</p> +<p>"A chasque from Quilmes for the Señor General," he said.</p> <p>"Admit him," said Liniers.</p> @@ -6244,14 +6227,14 @@ for the purpose of holding the stirrup. He held his hat in his hand, and as he came forward his huge iron spurs clanked at each step he took.</p> -<p>"I seek the Señor General Liniers," said he, looking round him +<p>"I seek the Señor General Liniers," said he, looking round him with the greatest nonchalance, and tossing his poncho on to his shoulder to free his arm as he drew a letter from a pocket in the tirador which he wore round his waist.</p> <p>"I am he," said General Liniers.</p> -<p>"A letter from the Señor Colonel Lopez."</p> +<p>"A letter from the Señor Colonel Lopez."</p> <p>"You can retire," said Liniers, as he took the letter, "but remain at hand, I may want you."</p> @@ -6259,12 +6242,12 @@ at hand, I may want you."</p> <p>Liniers returned to his seat, and did not open the letter until the man had retired.</p> -<p>"Señores, with your permission," said he, as soon as the door was +<p>"Señores, with your permission," said he, as soon as the door was closed; then breaking the seal he opened the letter. As he read it<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_107" id="Page_107">[Pg 107]</a></span> his face flushed with a proud joy, then rising to his feet he looked steadily at each of the watching faces before him.</p> -<p>"Señores, they come," he said; then as no one answered, each +<p>"Señores, they come," he said; then as no one answered, each waiting breathlessly for his next word, he continued, "and we, we are ready; I shall at once give orders that the alarm-guns be fired, and then each man to his post. Wait till I have given the order, and @@ -6279,11 +6262,11 @@ letter from Colonel Lopez, read as follows:—</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">"La Reduction de Quilmes,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">"1 de Julio 1807,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;">"à las 7 de la mañana.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 5.5em;">"à las 7 de la mañana.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">"A su Excelencia,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 3.5em;">"El General Don Santiago Liniers,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">"Excelentissimo Señor,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">"Excelentissimo Señor,</span><br /> </p> <p>"As I had the honour to advise Y. E. in my despatches of @@ -6299,12 +6282,12 @@ perfectly equipped, and with a large park of artillery, but they have no cavalry, or very few. Their entire force is now clear of the swamps, and is echelloned on the highroad between this and the Ensenada. Of their intention there can be no longer any doubt; they are this -morning marching straight upon the Puente Galvès; their advanced +morning marching straight upon the Puente Galvès; their advanced guard is already within a league of this.</p> <p>"I shall continue myself with my cavalry in observation of their movements, but have despatched the infantry corps under the command -of Captain Ponce de Leon to occupy the Puente Galvès. Doubtless +of Captain Ponce de Leon to occupy the Puente Galvès. Doubtless this officer has already reported to himself to Y. E.</p> <p>"The advanced guard of the enemy, which marches more than a @@ -6312,7 +6295,7 @@ league in advance of the main body, consists apparently of about 3000 men with four guns.</p> <p>"I shall this evening concentrate my forces and encamp in the -neighbourhood of the Puente Galvès, where I shall await orders +neighbourhood of the Puente Galvès, where I shall await orders from Y. E.</p> <p> @@ -6326,14 +6309,14 @@ from Y. E.</p> -<p>"Señores," said Liniers, as he finished reading, "I shall put myself +<p>"Señores," said Liniers, as he finished reading, "I shall put myself at the head of the troops and march at once against the invader. I shall do my duty, I feel sure my troops will do theirs; I shall return victorious, or you will never see me again. Meantime I leave to you<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[Pg 108]</a></span> the care of the city, and trust that you will attend with the utmost speed to any requisition for supplies that I may make upon you."</p> -<p>"Señores," said Don Martin Alzaga, "we are grateful to the illustrious +<p>"Señores," said Don Martin Alzaga, "we are grateful to the illustrious soldier who has just spoken for the confidence he has placed in us. To show our appreciation of his trust, and our determination to aid him to the utmost of our ability, I propose that this Cabildo @@ -6397,7 +6380,7 @@ Patricios claiming as their right the post of honour, at the head of the column on the march, on the right flank in action. About an hour before sundown the whole force was marshalled in order, and marched away through the city and out by the wide, sandy road which led to -the Puente Galvès, now the Barraca bridge.</p> +the Puente Galvès, now the Barraca bridge.</p> <p>Men, women, and children crowded in the streets through which they passed, gazing upon them in silence, broken only by words of @@ -6424,16 +6407,16 @@ to whom she had confided her honour and her defence.</p> of Buenos Aires and their Spanish brethren in arms, who to the number of about 8000, with fifty guns, under the command of General Don Santiago Liniers, the Reconquistador, the hero of the 12th -August, had crossed the Riachuelo by the Puente Galvès after nightfall, +August, had crossed the Riachuelo by the Puente Galvès after nightfall, and had encamped in the open country beyond, there to await the advance of the English upon the city. Tents they had none, baggage little more than each man could carry for himself, and their commissariat was of the most limited extent. The mounted auxiliaries -from the campaña, many of whom had arrived at the general rendezvous, +from the campaña, many of whom had arrived at the general rendezvous, had driven herds of beeves before them; many of these beeves were slaughtered, abundant rations of raw meat were served out to the hungry soldiery, but for the cooking of it each man had to -trust to his own devices. The hardy horsemen of the campaña were +trust to his own devices. The hardy horsemen of the campaña were accustomed to such emergencies, they threw slices of the meat into the ashes of their bivouac fires; when the outside of the meat was burned to a cinder they considered it cooked, and devoured it half @@ -6452,7 +6435,7 @@ Felipe Navarro, and several other officers were grouped round a fire, talking together in low tones and puffing wreaths of blue smoke into the chilly night air from under the wide brims of their hats.</p> -<p>"Felices noches, Señores," said the horseman, drawing rein beside +<p>"Felices noches, Señores," said the horseman, drawing rein beside them.</p> <p>"Ah! Don Marcelino," said Captain Lorea, starting to his feet; @@ -6514,7 +6497,7 @@ if it were adopted the English could never take our city by assault, every street is a new line of defence. The man who drew out that plan——"</p> -<p>"Your friend Evaña," said Lorea scornfully. "All that he does +<p>"Your friend Evaña," said Lorea scornfully. "All that he does is well done in the eyes of a Ponce de Leon, and there is no Ponce de Leon among you who is not worth three of him! Bah! we will speak no more of it. How did your negroes stand the march?"</p> @@ -6524,7 +6507,7 @@ after a good supper; come and see them. I can give you a good cup of coffee to warm you up for the night."</p> <p>The negro corps, which was known as "Los Morenos de Ponce," -was encamped near to the Puente Galvès, almost in the centre of the +was encamped near to the Puente Galvès, almost in the centre of the position occupied by the army; sentries paced to and fro between the watch-fires; round each fire groups of men lay wrapped in their thick ponchos, sleeping soundly; beside each fire stood a row of @@ -6817,7 +6800,7 @@ wounded, and missing.</p> <p>On receiving intelligence of the passage of the Riachuelo by the invaders at the Paso Chico, from which a good road led to the Puente -Galvès, General Liniers at once counter-marched to his former position +Galvès, General Liniers at once counter-marched to his former position and occupied the bridge, having previously sent off an aide-de-camp with instructions to the Comandante de los Morenos to rejoin him there with all possible speed.</p> @@ -6829,7 +6812,7 @@ all idea of attacking the bridge, and had marched away by a road which led from the Paso Chico to the Corrales de la Miserere.</p> <p>General Liniers became alarmed for the safety of the city, and -leaving General Balviani's division to hold the Puente Galvès, marched +leaving General Balviani's division to hold the Puente Galvès, marched back at once with the rest of his troops, pressing on as fast as the wearied state of the men would permit. The citizen soldiers, and not less so the Spanish regulars, unused to long marches, were fatigued by @@ -6871,7 +6854,7 @@ where cattle were penned previous to slaughter. These corrales, being formed of rough posts strongly bound together by transverse beams tied to each post by thongs of raw hide, formed an excellent stockade.</p> -<p>In spite of the detachment of a division to hold the Puente Galvès +<p>In spite of the detachment of a division to hold the Puente Galvès and the numerous stragglers, Liniers had yet under his orders, when he reached the Plaza Miserere, more than double the number of men comprising the entire British vanguard, and spared no exertion to reinspire @@ -7032,7 +7015,7 @@ of conflicting rumours were current, every horseman who appeared in the streets was beset by a crowd of eager questioners, men ran to and fro and went from house to house, gleaning what intelligence they could. According to some General Liniers had marched from the -Puente Galvès at dawn in search of the enemy, according to others +Puente Galvès at dawn in search of the enemy, according to others he was yet encamped there and beset by the entire English army. As either hope or fear gained the ascendant, so each man spoke as his hopes or his fears prompted him.</p> @@ -7146,9 +7129,9 @@ let the enemy have nothing more than ruins over which to triumph.</p> <p>Such were the thoughts of Don Martin Alzaga as he rose from his chair at the head of the council-table and spoke as follows:—</p> -<p>"Señores, a great disaster has befallen us. Our army is destroyed, +<p>"Señores, a great disaster has befallen us. Our army is destroyed, we know not what has become of our general-in-chief, the illustrious -Señor Don Santiago Liniers; in his absence the responsibility falls +Señor Don Santiago Liniers; in his absence the responsibility falls upon us. There is now no time for vacillation, we must look our danger straight in the face, and, if it please God, we shall yet find a way for our deliverance. We have now no army, but the dispersed @@ -7175,7 +7158,7 @@ summons and shall return it with disdain, without waiting to know what terms he may offer; never shall any treaty for the surrender of our city bear the signature of Martin Alzaga.</p> -<p>"What say you, Señores? Will you show yourselves worthy to be +<p>"What say you, Señores? Will you show yourselves worthy to be rulers of Buenos Aires? Will you aid me to vindicate the outraged honour of our country?"</p> @@ -7187,17 +7170,17 @@ sought his, brilliant with hope. Springing to their feet they crowded round him, assuring him that they were all of one mind, and that mind was to lay the city in ruins rather than surrender.</p> -<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio Lopez, "we will entrench the city +<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio Lopez, "we will entrench the city and defend it block by block against the invaders. Old as I am I encharge myself with the defence of my own quarter."</p> <p>"Yet you have your plan, Don Gregorio!" said Don Martin Alzaga gaily. "I believe it comes now very much to the point."</p> -<p>"The plan of my young friend Evaña," replied Don Gregorio.</p> +<p>"The plan of my young friend Evaña," replied Don Gregorio.</p> <p>"Let it be whose it may, we will study it together, and we two -will decide what can be done with it, but first, Señores, there are other +will decide what can be done with it, but first, Señores, there are other things more urgent. The people are in despair, and night has covered the city with mourning; the first thing we have to do is to raise the spirit of the people. Once that we reinspire them with confidence, @@ -7208,7 +7191,7 @@ illuminations; the sorrow and the shame will give place to enthusiasm."</p> <p>"Well said," said Don Gregorio Lopez. "The illuminations will also attract the fugitives, who may yet be dispersed about the suburbs. It also appears that General Balviani took no part in the engagement -with the English, and is yet encamped at the Puente Galvès with his +with the English, and is yet encamped at the Puente Galvès with his division; let us send for him at once, and we shall have a nucleus upon which to reform the stragglers."</p> @@ -7245,7 +7228,7 @@ triumphant entry of a victorious army than the return of the remnant of a beaten one.</p> <p>Meantime some of the elder members of the Cabildo had been -occupied in a careful examination of the plan of the Señor Evaña for +occupied in a careful examination of the plan of the Señor Evaña for the defence of the city. It was improbable that the English would at once attack them, a day at least must elapse before they could bring up their entire force from the Ensenada. But the plan was much too @@ -7284,7 +7267,7 @@ as yet as to the losses which the army had suffered in the action at the Corrales de la Miserere.</p> <p>The plan of defence thus adopted was a part only of that sketched -out by Don Carlos Evaña, which was modified by the suppression of +out by Don Carlos Evaña, which was modified by the suppression of an exterior line of defence and of sundry details, for the carrying out of which the time was too short. The garrisons of the Retiro and the Residencia, which formed two most important outposts to the @@ -7293,7 +7276,7 @@ themselves to the last extremity.</p> <p> </p> -<p>Two hours after sundown on that night of sorrow, Doña Dalmacia +<p>Two hours after sundown on that night of sorrow, Doña Dalmacia Navarro sat alone in her sala, alone and in darkness, save for a lamp which burned dimly in the ante-sala on the writing-table of her husband. So had she sat alone ever since the firing had ceased on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[Pg 126]</a></span> @@ -7354,7 +7337,7 @@ his face in the cushions.</p> <p>"Do not touch me, do not come near me," he said, as she bent over him. "You know not what has happened."</p> -<p>"The English have been too strong for you," said Doña Dalmacia, +<p>"The English have been too strong for you," said Doña Dalmacia, seating herself beside him, and laying one soft arm on his neck.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[Pg 127]</a></span></p> @@ -7375,7 +7358,7 @@ pity and of sympathy.</p> brightening eye. "I am a runaway and a coward. Are you not ashamed of me, Dalma?"</p> -<p>"You are no coward, Isidro," said Doña Dalmacia, throwing her +<p>"You are no coward, Isidro," said Doña Dalmacia, throwing her arms round his neck; "you are tired and have eaten nothing; to-morrow will be another day."</p> @@ -7389,7 +7372,7 @@ thrown himself wearily into an arm-chair.</p> day, and we without an army shall have all the invaders upon us. Those we saw to-day were only the vanguard."</p> -<p>"Without an army," exclaimed Doña Dalmacia, looking round at +<p>"Without an army," exclaimed Doña Dalmacia, looking round at him with a fresh terror in her eyes. "Have then so many fallen? And the Reconquistador, what has become of him?"</p> @@ -7409,14 +7392,14 @@ came at us in a long line close together we felt that they were men. If we had waited for them the half of our men would have stopped there for ever."</p> -<p>"Have many stopped there?" said Doña Dalmacia. "I have +<p>"Have many stopped there?" said Doña Dalmacia. "I have heard heavier firing at a review."</p> <p>"Of ours we have lost very few," replied Don Isidro. "The corps on the left, where Liniers was, were all in disorder, and I don't think they lost many. But I fear me much, Dalma, we have lost a friend."</p> -<p>"Say!" said Doña Dalmacia, nervously closing one hand upon his +<p>"Say!" said Doña Dalmacia, nervously closing one hand upon his shoulder.</p> <p>"'Los Morenos de Ponce,' are almost annihilated."</p> @@ -7424,7 +7407,7 @@ shoulder.</p> <p>"Marcelino sacrificed himself and his men to save the others," said Felipe Navarro.</p> -<p>"It is what one might foretell of him," said Doña Dalmacia, bursting +<p>"It is what one might foretell of him," said Doña Dalmacia, bursting into tears.</p> <p>"Do not weep, my soul," said Don Isidro. "As yet we know<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[Pg 128]</a></span> @@ -7441,7 +7424,7 @@ her tears. "To-morrow will be another day."</p> <p>Just then there came a knock at the outer door, and a loud voice shouted:</p> -<p>"Order from the Señores of the Cabildo. That three lights be +<p>"Order from the Señores of the Cabildo. That three lights be placed in every window and a lamp hung in every doorway."</p> <p>Again the knock was repeated.</p> @@ -7465,7 +7448,7 @@ speak to no one before he went?"</p> "he has gone to join Marcelino; he said he would be with him when the fighting began, and Evaristo always does what he says he will."</p> -<p>"What can he do? a mere boy like him?" said Doña Constancia, +<p>"What can he do? a mere boy like him?" said Doña Constancia, clasping her hands and looking tearfully at her husband.</p> <p>"Do not cry, Mamita," said Dolores, half crying herself, "God will @@ -7484,7 +7467,7 @@ her hands.</p> <p>"Where?" said Don Roderigo, putting himself in the way of the terrified mulatta, and stamping his foot to bring her to her senses.</p> -<p>"The English Señor, Patron, the English Señor, Don Alejandro, +<p>"The English Señor, Patron, the English Señor, Don Alejandro, he has climbed up a tree, and he can see them on the highroad. They go straight for the city, he knows them. Oh! my God! what will become of us?"</p> @@ -7496,7 +7479,7 @@ they will not come here."</p> into his tree, giving an account of all the movements he saw in the open country round him. Three hours after the passing of this first body, which Gordon had calculated at about 2000 men, and which -had marched by the highroad leading to the Puente Galvès, there came +had marched by the highroad leading to the Puente Galvès, there came a much larger body, which left the road, and crossing camp about half-<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[Pg 129]</a></span>a-league to the south of the Quinta de Ponce, marched round the headwaters of the Arroyo Maciel and then turned northwards towards @@ -7504,14 +7487,14 @@ the Paso Zamorra on the Riachuelo.</p> <p>Anxiously the day passed with them all. About noon the sound of cannon and musketry came to them from a direction far to the west of -the Puente Galvès, but it soon ceased, and no more was heard till close +the Puente Galvès, but it soon ceased, and no more was heard till close upon sundown, when it commenced again, dying gradually away as darkness came on. Again Gordon climbed into his tree; over the tree-tops of the quintas about the Plaza Miserere there hung light clouds of white smoke, then night came on, all was again silent; what had happened?</p> -<p>This question Doña Constancia asked herself as she sat in a low +<p>This question Doña Constancia asked herself as she sat in a low chair in the sala. Dolores, seated beside her on a low stool, resting her head upon her mother's knee, asked herself that question also. Don Roderigo, Juan Carlos, and Gordon each also asked himself that @@ -7521,13 +7504,13 @@ relief, hiding from each the anxiety which clouded the faces of them all; and in silence, for each feared to give utterance to his own thoughts. There came a barking of dogs, a trampling of horses' feet, and a confused sound of voices outside; the door opened, a servant -came in bearing a lighted lamp and announced: "El Señor Colonel +came in bearing a lighted lamp and announced: "El Señor Colonel Lopez."</p> <p>As Colonel Lopez entered the room he bowed gravely to all -present, then advancing to Doña Constancia he ceremoniously kissed +present, then advancing to Doña Constancia he ceremoniously kissed her hand. They crowded round him in silence, waiting for him to -speak, all save Doña Constancia, who sat still in her chair twining her +speak, all save Doña Constancia, who sat still in her chair twining her fingers together nervously, and looking eagerly at him. But he spoke not, throwing his hat on to a chair, and fumbling with the throat-buttons of his cloak.</p> @@ -7541,7 +7524,7 @@ significantly at Don Roderigo.</p> <p>"Come this way," said the latter.</p> -<p>"No, no!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, springing to her feet +<p>"No, no!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, springing to her feet and clutching him with both hands by one arm. "My son! have you seen him? Quick, tell me, anything is better than this uncertainty."</p> @@ -7555,7 +7538,7 @@ what has become of him?"</p> <p>"I tell you, Constancia, I know nothing."</p> -<p>"He is dead!" said Doña Constancia, sinking back into her chair +<p>"He is dead!" said Doña Constancia, sinking back into her chair and covering her face with her hands.</p> <p>"Uncle," said Dolores in a hoarse voice, "tell all you know. I @@ -7583,7 +7566,7 @@ added he, laying his hand on the shoulder of Don Roderigo.</p> <p>These two left the room together; the others remained, looking at one another in consternation.</p> -<p>"Do not believe him, Doña Constancia," said Gordon, kneeling +<p>"Do not believe him, Doña Constancia," said Gordon, kneeling down beside her. "You have been so good to me, I cannot bear you to look like that. What he has said is simply impossible; I am a soldier and know how these things are done. Marcelino would @@ -7591,20 +7574,20 @@ never have passed the river unless he had supports, and Liniers had five times as many men as those English I saw."</p> <p>While Gordon with Juan Carlos and Dolores did all they could to -calm the anxiety of Doña Constancia, Don Roderigo heard enough +calm the anxiety of Doña Constancia, Don Roderigo heard enough from the colonel to fill him with even deeper anxiety than before. Leaving him, he went out, called for his horse, and then returned to the sala, covered from neck to ankles in a large horseman's cloak, and with a brace of pistols in his waist-belt.</p> -<p>"You leave us?" exclaimed Doña Constancia, as she saw him +<p>"You leave us?" exclaimed Doña Constancia, as she saw him return.</p> <p>"Yes," said he, bending over her caressingly. "I am not a soldier; while we had an army I left this work to soldiers, now we have no army I shall do my duty as a citizen. Adios!"</p> -<p>So he left them, and Doña Constancia, leaning upon the shoulder +<p>So he left them, and Doña Constancia, leaning upon the shoulder of Juan Carlos, said dreamily:</p> <p>"Father, sons, husband, all that I have, and this is what they call @@ -7744,7 +7727,7 @@ plan of defence will be set aside."</p> <p>"That, no; we have determined to act on the defensive without consulting him, we must tell him that it is to take command of the defence -alone that we recall him. What do you say, Señores?" said Don +alone that we recall him. What do you say, Señores?" said Don Roderigo, addressing himself to the other members. "Shall we not do better with a soldier to command our troops?"</p> @@ -7762,7 +7745,7 @@ about him with an air of the most complete indifference.</p> man who brought from Colonel Lopez the news of the advance of the English upon Quilmes?"</p> -<p>"Just so," answered the man. "The Señor General Liniers took +<p>"Just so," answered the man. "The Señor General Liniers took me with him that day, and yesterday I was with him to the end."</p> <p>"Then you were present at the fight on the Plaza Miserere?"</p> @@ -7789,16 +7772,16 @@ the open camp; we will teach them."</p> <p>"It appears that my son has had a warrior among his men."</p> -<p>"Your son, Señor! Who will he be?"</p> +<p>"Your son, Señor! Who will he be?"</p> <p>"Colonel Lopez, who was your chief two days ago."</p> -<p>"And your worship, will you be the Señor Don Gregorio +<p>"And your worship, will you be the Señor Don Gregorio Lopez?"</p> <p>"I am he. And you, what is your name?"</p> -<p>"I call myself Venceslao Viana, at your service, Señor Don +<p>"I call myself Venceslao Viana, at your service, Señor Don Gregorio."</p> <p>At this Don Gregorio rose from his seat with a grave look on his @@ -7812,7 +7795,7 @@ abrupt termination of his conversation with Don Gregorio.</p> <p>Then folding up the letter and sealing it with the official seal of the Cabildo, Don Roderigo handed it to Venceslao Viana.</p> -<p>"This to the Señor General Liniers," he said. "But first tell me, +<p>"This to the Señor General Liniers," he said. "But first tell me, have you seen anything of the English to-day?"</p> <p>"Much, I came right through their lines. There is another army @@ -7863,7 +7846,7 @@ nothing, and my horse will die of hunger."</p> <p>"Of that have no fear, remain with me, I will find something for you to do."</p> -<p>"With very much pleasure; Señor, I am at your service," answered +<p>"With very much pleasure; Señor, I am at your service," answered Venceslao.</p> <p>"Then go to my house, there you will find plenty of comrades. @@ -7874,7 +7857,7 @@ negro sentry at the doorway, that is my house. The 'Morenos de Ponce' are quartered there; tell Lieutenant Asneiros that Don Roderigo sent you. I shall be there myself later on."</p> -<p>"Hasta luego, Señor Don Roderigo," said Venceslao, mounting +<p>"Hasta luego, Señor Don Roderigo," said Venceslao, mounting his horse and trotting off.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[Pg 135]</a></span></p> @@ -7882,7 +7865,7 @@ his horse and trotting off.</p> <p>As he settled himself in the saddle he shook his head meditatively and said to himself, "Certainly he must be some relation of mine. Look you, when a man is of family he has duties of which others know -nothing. This Señor Don Roderigo must have some claim on my +nothing. This Señor Don Roderigo must have some claim on my services, for that it is that he sends me. It is necessary then that I obey, so here goes to join the 'Morenos de Ponce.' I have seen something of them, and now that I think of it, the comandante is that @@ -7911,7 +7894,7 @@ his curiosity concerning his relationship remained unsatisfied.</p> <p> </p> <p>Meantime the news of the landing of the English had spread over -the campaña, and the chiefs of the partidarios hastily collected their men +the campaña, and the chiefs of the partidarios hastily collected their men together. On the night of the 3rd July messengers from them made their way into the city, bearing letters asking instructions from the Reconquistador. To all the same answer was returned, that the @@ -7979,27 +7962,27 @@ features entered the room.</p> <p>"Excuse me, General," said he in very good English, but with a foreign accent, "I knew not that you were engaged, I will retire."</p> -<p>"By no means, Señor," said General Whitelock. "Come in and +<p>"By no means, Señor," said General Whitelock. "Come in and sit down, I thought we had left you in Monte Video."</p> <p>"I landed at Quilmes this morning, and Colonel Mahon informed me where I should find you."</p> <p>"Craddock," said the general to an aide-de-camp, "a chair for the -Señor Evaña."</p> +Señor Evaña."</p> <p>"Have you heard of the answer I have received from these citizens -of Buenos Aires to my summons?" asked the general as Evaña seated +of Buenos Aires to my summons?" asked the general as Evaña seated himself.</p> -<p>"I have heard that they refuse to surrender," answered Evaña +<p>"I have heard that they refuse to surrender," answered Evaña coldly.</p> <p>"Refuse! Yes, and in terms which would come well from a victorious army, but not from a defeated mob of militia. See there, read -for yourself," added the general, handing an open despatch to Evaña.</p> +for yourself," added the general, handing an open despatch to Evaña.</p> -<p>Evaña took the despatch and read it. A flush spread over his +<p>Evaña took the despatch and read it. A flush spread over his features as he read the proud disdainful words in which the men of an<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[Pg 137]</a></span> open city defied the menace of a soldier at the head of a well-appointed army. He glanced at the signatures, and saw amongst @@ -8016,17 +7999,17 @@ cuidao, as your people say, the sun will shine for the last time to-morrow upon the Spanish flag in that fort over yonder, and you will have some shopkeeping countrymen the fewer."</p> -<p>"God grant that that flag come down," said Evaña; "too long +<p>"God grant that that flag come down," said Evaña; "too long has it crushed out the soul of my country, but, General, as I told you before, you do not know my countrymen. If you would but have made allies of them, that flag would have come down without your risking the lives of thousands of men in pulling it down."</p> <p>"It would have given place to some new-fangled flag of a republic -I suppose. Enough of that, Señor Evaña, the flag that has to fly there +I suppose. Enough of that, Señor Evaña, the flag that has to fly there to-morrow is the English flag."</p> -<p>"Then you purpose taking the city by assault?" said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Then you purpose taking the city by assault?" said Evaña.</p> <p>"Just so," answered the general; "I intend to give those saucy citizens of yours another taste of the cold steel, it seems that one lesson @@ -8036,21 +8019,21 @@ is not enough for them."</p> the river, I should have thought a blockade would have been much more certain and would have spared useless bloodshed."</p> -<p>"The calculation of a civilian and not of a soldier, Señor Evaña. +<p>"The calculation of a civilian and not of a soldier, Señor Evaña. What do you say, Craddock? Do you think you would win your spurs by starving them out?"</p> <p>"I should precious soon tire of that work," answered the aide-de-camp; "besides which you would have to shoot me, General, for I should begin to smuggle provisions into the city as soon as I heard -that the pretty Porteñas were beginning to look thin on siege rations."</p> +that the pretty Porteñas were beginning to look thin on siege rations."</p> <p>"Always thinking of the girls, Craddock," said the general laughing. "Well, I can promise you that you won't have to wait much longer before you can begin making love to them."</p> <p>"He may chance to have his love-making spoiled before he even -sees them," said Evaña, bending over the table and examining the +sees them," said Evaña, bending over the table and examining the map of the city which lay before him.</p> <p>"Every bullet has its billet," said the aide-de-camp, with a sneer; @@ -8062,27 +8045,27 @@ council left the room, but two or three still remained. One of them was a strikingly handsome man of medium stature, with curly brown hair and hazel eyes.</p> -<p>"Perhaps the Señor Evaña would like to know our plan of assault," +<p>"Perhaps the Señor Evaña would like to know our plan of assault," said this officer.</p> <p>"Explain it to him, Craddock," said the general.</p> <p>"We shall keep 1000 men in reserve at the corrales," said Crad<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[Pg 138]</a></span>dock, "besides Colonel Mahon's brigade, which will advance to the -Galvès bridge to-morrow. The rest of the troops we divide into three +Galvès bridge to-morrow. The rest of the troops we divide into three columns of attack, which will advance by parallel streets through the city to the river-side, and will then unite in a combined attack upon the great square, where we understand the principal force of the enemy is entrenched."</p> -<p>"I see a great many streets marked on the plan," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"I see a great many streets marked on the plan," said Evaña.</p> <p>"Exactly so," replied the aide-de-camp; "each column will march in subdivisions by adjacent streets, which will mutually support each other in case of need."</p> <p>"And each subdivision will be separated from the next by a block -of barricaded houses 140 yards long," interrupted Evaña.</p> +of barricaded houses 140 yards long," interrupted Evaña.</p> <p>"You see, General," said the handsome officer, "he has hit upon your weak place at once."</p> @@ -8098,7 +8081,7 @@ attack upon the centre."</p> <p>"We have learnt to-day that they are running up barricades in some parts of the city," said the officer who had spoken before.</p> -<p>"Are they?" exclaimed Evaña eagerly, as he thought of the plan +<p>"Are they?" exclaimed Evaña eagerly, as he thought of the plan of defence he had left with Don Gregorio Lopez. "Do you know where they have placed these barricades?"</p> @@ -8112,7 +8095,7 @@ with cannon before we make our second advance. See, these are the churches I told you of. On the north there is this place, a large convent, I believe."</p> -<p>"Las Monjas Catalinas," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Las Monjas Catalinas," said Evaña.</p> <p>"A convent is always a good place to occupy as a post, it is——"</p> @@ -8124,7 +8107,7 @@ convent after establishing a strong rearguard at the bull-ring here to the north of the city," resumed Craddock. "Then in the centre there is this church, San Miguel I think they call it."</p> -<p>Evaña nodded his head.</p> +<p>Evaña nodded his head.</p> <p>"This church stands in the highest part of the city. When the three columns have reached their stations, we shall march a part of @@ -8134,7 +8117,7 @@ the south, where Crauford has the command," said Craddock, nodding to the brown-haired officer, "we have first a large detached house surrounded by iron railings."</p> -<p>"The Residencia," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"The Residencia," said Evaña.</p> <p>"I believe that is what it is called. Colonel Guard will be de<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[Pg 139]</a></span>tached to occupy this position. Then farther on, only three blocks @@ -8142,10 +8125,10 @@ from the great square, we have a large church with a dome and two lofty towers. General Crauford with the rest of the column of the right will form his base of attack upon this church."</p> -<p>"How do you call that church, Señor Evaña?" asked General +<p>"How do you call that church, Señor Evaña?" asked General Crauford.</p> -<p>"The church of Santo Domingo," answered Evaña.</p> +<p>"The church of Santo Domingo," answered Evaña.</p> <p>"Crauford takes great interest in that church," said Craddock; "he has been all day on the roof examining it through a telescope, @@ -8161,7 +8144,7 @@ the city and captured the fort. I penetrated through the suburbs to the head of a street which Pack told me leads straight to the great square."</p> -<p>"It is a pity you did not," said Evaña; "the city was panic-struck +<p>"It is a pity you did not," said Evaña; "the city was panic-struck from what I hear; you would probably have captured the fort without firing a shot. To-morrow you will find it a very different matter to march down those long, straight streets."</p> @@ -8171,17 +8154,17 @@ march down those long, straight streets."</p> position, and then you will see that Frenchman will have had enough of it, and he will surrender."</p> -<p>"You know not what you are doing, General," said Evaña; "if you +<p>"You know not what you are doing, General," said Evaña; "if you had studied for a year you could not have devised a plan which would have entailed greater sacrifice of life. I tell you that if you carry out this plan of yours, those streets of Buenos Aires will be to you and your men pathways of death."</p> -<p>"Señor Evaña," replied General Whitelock, rising brusquely from +<p>"Señor Evaña," replied General Whitelock, rising brusquely from his chair, "when I need the advice of so distinguished a <i>militaire</i> as yourself be certain that I shall not forget to ask for it."</p> -<p>To this Evaña made no answer, but rising from his seat he took +<p>To this Evaña made no answer, but rising from his seat he took up his hat, bowed formally to all present, and left the room.</p> <p>"This native friend of ours has somewhat nettled the general," @@ -8200,7 +8183,7 @@ for Liniers, you and Gower showed us on Thursday what he is worth."</p> <p> </p> -<p>Long after nightfall Don Carlos Evaña walked by himself on the +<p>Long after nightfall Don Carlos Evaña walked by himself on the flat roof of the quinta house, wrapped in a large cloak which kept the cold from his body, and in thought which made him oblivious to all<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[Pg 140]</a></span> that passed around him. He heeded nothing the buzz and bustle @@ -8230,16 +8213,16 @@ braved great danger.</p> <p>In either case the dream of a republic of Argentines, of the rise of a great, young nation on the banks of La Plata, was at an end, and an -Argentine Republic was the dream of Evaña's life.</p> +Argentine Republic was the dream of Evaña's life.</p> -<p>Therefore Don Carlos Evaña was sad at heart, and the hope of +<p>Therefore Don Carlos Evaña was sad at heart, and the hope of years had died away within him.</p> <p>Yet his cheek flushed with pride as he thought of the defiant answer his countrymen had returned to the summons of the British general. On what grounded they their confidence? Surely the Corrales de la Miserere had taught them plain enough that their troops -could not meet those of England on equal terms! Then Evaña +could not meet those of England on equal terms! Then Evaña thought of his own plan of defence.</p> <p>"If they have adopted it only in part," said he to himself, "the @@ -8355,7 +8338,7 @@ ones. Even so, many of the men of these two companies entered into action without flints.</p> <p>The division under the command of Colonel Mahon, which advanced -from Quilmes to the Puente Galvès on the 5th July, consisted +from Quilmes to the Puente Galvès on the 5th July, consisted of about 1800 men, infantry, artillery and dismounted cavalry, the 9th and 17th Light Dragoons, and 200 sailors from the squadron, who had been landed by Admiral Murray to assist in dragging the cannon @@ -8387,7 +8370,7 @@ in darkness and in mist.</p> <p>Liniers had made every preparation for a vigorous defence. Including the regular troops, the three battalions of Patricios, the -Arribeño regiment, armed citizens, slaves,<a name="FNanchor_6" id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> and the dismounted +Arribeño regiment, armed citizens, slaves,<a name="FNanchor_6" id="FNanchor_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> and the dismounted paisanos, he had over 15,000 men under his command. The regular troops were concentrated about the defences of the Plaza Mayor, but the militia were spread about on the azoteas all over the city.</p> @@ -8505,7 +8488,7 @@ Nugent then hoisted his colours on the flag-staff, and opened fire with the captured gun upon the bull-ring.</p> <p>Meantime Sir Samuel Auchmuty had advanced with the 87th regiment -by the Calles Arenales and Santa Fé, thinking that they would +by the Calles Arenales and Santa Fé, thinking that they would lead him to the left flank of the enemy's position on the Plaza del Retiro; instead of which, after a march of more than two miles, he found himself directly in front of their position, and was received by a tremendous @@ -8649,7 +8632,7 @@ of his house and almacen he placed three men, two of whom were to load while the other fired; his own company of Patricios he stationed on the azotea and took command of them himself. He had barely completed his arrangements when the salvo of British guns gave the signal -for the attack. At the report of the guns Doña Dalmacia ascended to +for the attack. At the report of the guns Doña Dalmacia ascended to the azotea.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_148" id="Page_148">[Pg 148]</a></span></p> @@ -8669,7 +8652,7 @@ death. With her maids around her she went on with the work from which the report of the guns had roused her—appliances for the relief of the wounded and for the alleviation of the sufferings of the dying.</p> -<p>Hardly had Doña Dalmacia left the azotea than the report of a +<p>Hardly had Doña Dalmacia left the azotea than the report of a musket was heard in the suburbs somewhat to the right, then another, then came shouts and cries, and the musketry grew into one continuous rattle, gradually spreading over the whole city to the north and to the @@ -8781,16 +8764,16 @@ complete wreck. Then the troopers, in open order, again advanced, firing steadily at the Patricios on the azotea, and at the loop-holed windows.</p> -<p>Fiercely occupied as each man was at his own post, Doña Dalmacia +<p>Fiercely occupied as each man was at his own post, Doña Dalmacia was the first to notice the shattered door. Leaving her own room she ran across the patio to the almacen, calling upon the men there to bring out boxes and barrels to block up the zaguan. Excited men rushed out into the patio as they heard her voice, not comprehending what she said amid the roar of musketry. Seeing the open doorway -they fired from the patio upon the advancing troops. In vain Doña +they fired from the patio upon the advancing troops. In vain Doña Dalmacia ran among them, entreating them to block up the entrance at once, they were mad with fury of the fight. English bullets came -amongst them, several of them fell, then Doña Dalmacia, running into +amongst them, several of them fell, then Doña Dalmacia, running into the sala, brought out a heavy chair and threw it on its side in the middle of the zaguan. Hardly had she done so ere a bullet struck her in the throat, she fell forward upon the chair, clinging to it with @@ -8946,7 +8929,7 @@ guns upon these houses near the beach, and upon the church of Las Monjas Catalinas. Then sending for Asneiros, he directed him to return at once with the "Morenos" to his former station contiguous to the church of San Miguel, and to instruct Don Roderigo Ponce de -Leon to concert measures with the commander of the Arribeño regiment, +Leon to concert measures with the commander of the Arribeño regiment, which occupied the two neighbouring blocks, for the recapture of that position. Having so provided for the north and west, he then turned his attention to the recapture of the church of Santo @@ -8984,19 +8967,19 @@ to securing that position.</p> Ponce de Leon held the command on the morning of the 5th July, having under his orders the "Morenos de Ponce" and about 300 armed citizens and slaves, the adjacent blocks fronting him being -held by detachments of the Arribeño regiment.</p> +held by detachments of the Arribeño regiment.</p> <p>Lieutenant-colonel Duff, marching down the Calle Piedad in the early morning with his wing of the 88th regiment, had attempted to force an entrance into the church of San Miguel, but the massive -door resisted all his efforts to break it open, and the fire of the Arribeños +door resisted all his efforts to break it open, and the fire of the Arribeños from the opposite azoteas was so destructive that he was compelled to relinquish his attempt and march on, leaving thirty of his men lying dead or badly wounded under the porch.</p> <p>When a second party of English attacked the church some hours later, Don Roderigo had few men with him. The "Morenos" and -the Arribeños had been summoned by General Liniers to aid in the +the Arribeños had been summoned by General Liniers to aid in the attack upon the 88th regiment, and many of the armed citizens had gone with them. With such as remained under his orders, Don<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_154" id="Page_154">[Pg 154]</a></span> Roderigo withdrew to the far side of the block, out of range of the @@ -9015,17 +8998,17 @@ de Leon.</p> <p>On the return of Asneiros, Don Roderigo left the azotea, and descending into the cross street where the "Morenos" were halted, -proceeded to make arrangements with the commandant of the Arribeño +proceeded to make arrangements with the commandant of the Arribeño regiment for the recapture of the church. In half an hour the streets to the north and east of the church were occupied by strong -parties of the Arribeños, and hundreds of armed citizens, flushed +parties of the Arribeños, and hundreds of armed citizens, flushed with their recent triumph over the 88th regiment, poured on to all the adjacent azoteas, crouching down behind the parapets, and creeping nearer and nearer to the British position.</p> <p>"Now we shall see what you are worth, Morenitos," said Venceslao Viana, as he galloped up to Don Roderigo with a message from the -commander of the Arribeño regiment that all was ready.</p> +commander of the Arribeño regiment that all was ready.</p> <p>"Adelante! Marchen!" shouted Asneiros, as Don Roderigo gave him a signal.</p> @@ -9043,7 +9026,7 @@ of the cannon had given the signal, men sprang to their feet on every azotea round about, on every side militia marched into the open streets. The red-coated soldiery, facing in every direction, kept their foes at bay with a steady fire of musketry, one gun was wheeled round, -and a shower of grape drove back the Arribeños, who came by the +and a shower of grape drove back the Arribeños, who came by the cross street from the north straight upon the church.</p> <p>Again Asneiros formed up the negro corps. Don Roderigo himself @@ -9102,13 +9085,13 @@ wheels and body behind him.</p> "yet there is a Ponce de Leon to show you the way."</p> <p>The negroes yelled, and losing all order, followed him pell-mell; a -party of the Arribeños followed them, wild cheers and shouts rose +party of the Arribeños followed them, wild cheers and shouts rose from all sides, the fire from the azoteas was more furious than ever. The negroes drove the English infantry before them from the front of the church and captured the other gun, but were in their turn charged and driven back, but they took the gun with them.</p> -<p>Then the Arribeños again advanced by the cross street from the +<p>Then the Arribeños again advanced by the cross street from the north, poured in a volley at not more than twenty yards' distance, and charged. The small English force was cut in two, one part made good its retreat to the suburbs, the other, driven into the church by a @@ -9412,7 +9395,7 @@ prisoners, with him as his guests. The disorderly crowd, armed with swords and pistols rushed in over the drawbridge in front of the escort, and forced their way into the dining-room, shouting—</p> -<p>"Señor Pack! Señor Pack! come out, we have something to arrange +<p>"Señor Pack! Señor Pack! come out, we have something to arrange with you."</p> <p>It had been represented to the people by the Spanish authorities @@ -9439,7 +9422,7 @@ they would lose their own lives rather than permit any harm to befall him.</p> <p>The following day the treaty of capitulation was signed by Santiago -Liniers, Cæsar Balviani, and Bernardo Velasco on the part of the +Liniers, Cæsar Balviani, and Bernardo Velasco on the part of the Spaniards; and by General Whitelock and Admiral Murray on behalf of the British, the latter agreeing to evacuate Monte Video within two months.</p> @@ -9538,7 +9521,7 @@ son to the twice victorious General Liniers.</p> their own strength, and in the organization of their militia, which they preserved after all danger from Great Britain had vanished, in spite of the opposition of their Spanish rulers. The regiments of the -Patricios and the Arribeños were afterwards the nucleus upon which +Patricios and the Arribeños were afterwards the nucleus upon which were formed those conquering armies which eventually annihilated the power of Spain in South America.</p> @@ -9562,7 +9545,7 @@ March.</p> of General the Rt. Hon. Sir W. Meadows, K. B. One active member of this court-martial was Lieutenant-general Sir John Moore, K. B., who as yet recked nothing of the disastrous retreat through -Galicia or of the blood-stained ramparts of Coruña.</p> +Galicia or of the blood-stained ramparts of Coruña.</p> <p>Nearly all the officers in command of regiments or subdivisions of regiments on the 5th July, 1807, the general officers, and the officers @@ -9657,7 +9640,7 @@ avenge the two defeats she had suffered in Buenos Aires, never reached the shores of La Plata. Troops mustered at Cork, but ere they embarked their destination was changed. In Portugal, under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley, they won the two victories of -Roliça and Vimeira, the first in that long list of victories which is +Roliça and Vimeira, the first in that long list of victories which is called by English historians the Peninsular War.</p> @@ -9685,7 +9668,7 @@ turning it and holding it in a position to read was a labour to him.</p> <p>There came a footstep in the patio outside, a hand was laid upon the latch of the door, Marcelino hurriedly rolled up the paper and pushed it under the pillow behind him. The door was softly opened, -and Don Carlos Evaña walked in.</p> +and Don Carlos Evaña walked in.</p> <p>"It is you, Carlos," said Marcelino; "I thought it was my host, for he has not been to see me to-day. Come and sit down and talk."</p> @@ -9711,7 +9694,7 @@ to grow strong enough to be moved."</p> <p>"There again, and none of them will come to see me while I am here, not even my mother!"</p> -<p>"Poor Doña Constancia! I can tell you it has cost her many +<p>"Poor Doña Constancia! I can tell you it has cost her many tears, but Don Roderigo's orders are positive. Luckily I followed General Whitelock here, or I don't think they would ever have heard of you till you got well enough to seek them yourself."</p> @@ -9728,7 +9711,7 @@ of Crauford's brigade."</p> even give thanks; but God knows who he is, and will reward him."</p> -<p>"Pish!" answered Evaña; "did you not do the same for that +<p>"Pish!" answered Evaña; "did you not do the same for that English friend of yours, Gordon?"</p> <p>"The circumstances were quite different. I could not have done @@ -9747,7 +9730,7 @@ without my seeing him again."</p> <p>"I don't know whether I am doing right in letting you talk so much, but you do look very much better to-day, and your voice is -quite clear again. That will be good news for Doña Constancia and +quite clear again. That will be good news for Doña Constancia and Dolores; I shall go and see them this afternoon."</p> <p>"Who is this Don Alfonso? He has been to me the best physician @@ -9804,19 +9787,19 @@ same rights that Spaniards have in Spain."</p> <p>Then Marcelino lay back wearily on his pillows, and a shade of sadness passed over his face.</p> -<p>"I have let you talk too much," said Evaña; "and I should not +<p>"I have let you talk too much," said Evaña; "and I should not have told you of this yet but that I thought you had heard before of Don Alfonso Miranda. Let me read to you; I have brought you another paper."</p> -<p>So saying, Evaña drew another paper from the breast-pocket of his +<p>So saying, Evaña drew another paper from the breast-pocket of his coat, and began reading it aloud to his sick friend, every now and then pausing to make comments and to add observations of his own. Marcelino listened dreamily with his eyes half closed, and a smile playing over his lips for some time, till his eyes closed altogether, and -Evaña looking at him saw that he was asleep.</p> +Evaña looking at him saw that he was asleep.</p> -<p>For two hours Evaña sat in silence at the bedside of his friend, +<p>For two hours Evaña sat in silence at the bedside of his friend, listening to his low, regular breathing, looking at him now and then and marking the ravages which sickness and pain had made upon his young face. As he looked an expression of pain came into his own @@ -9839,7 +9822,7 @@ knew right well.</p> bearing a tray with a basin of broth and some thin slices of bread on a plate.</p> -<p>"Here is your broth," said Evaña, as Marcelino awoke at the +<p>"Here is your broth," said Evaña, as Marcelino awoke at the sound of the opening door; "let us see if you will leave less of it than you did yesterday."</p> @@ -9847,7 +9830,7 @@ you did yesterday."</p> "But first, Carlos, tell me, that daughter of Don Alfonso's you spoke of, what is she like?"</p> -<p>"I have never seen her," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"I have never seen her," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"I was at the Pajonales last summer, I must have met her there."</p> @@ -9859,7 +9842,7 @@ fifteen years old. She had a snub nose, and the most beautiful large grey eyes I ever saw."</p> <p>"That would be her; you appear to remember her very well," said -Evaña smiling; "but she must be more than fifteen, those English +Evaña smiling; "but she must be more than fifteen, those English always look younger than their real age. Her name is Magdalen."</p> <p>"Magdalen! Malena, I think I heard them call her so."</p> @@ -9876,19 +9859,19 @@ most beautiful of all, if a sympathetic heart shines through them."</p> <p>"I have seen one pair which I shall never forget."</p> -<p>"And I also," said Evaña to himself; but he added aloud, "never +<p>"And I also," said Evaña to himself; but he added aloud, "never mind about eyes just now, you can dream of them after you have taken your broth."</p> -<p>When Evaña covering him carefully up, left the room, Marcelino +<p>When Evaña covering him carefully up, left the room, Marcelino lay back on his pillows, thinking dreamily of those gray eyes that -Evaña's talk had brought back to his recollection. He had never +Evaña's talk had brought back to his recollection. He had never spoken a dozen words to the Inglesita, but she had listened attentively to what he had said to others; he had looked at her, had seen his own ideas reflected in her eyes, and those eyes had haunted him ever since.</p> -<p>Next morning at his usual hour Don Carlos Evaña was again at the +<p>Next morning at his usual hour Don Carlos Evaña was again at the Quinta de Don Alfonso. Marcelino's eyes brightened as he took his seat beside him after making enquiries about his progress.</p> @@ -9920,13 +9903,13 @@ If it had not been for him Liniers would never have been able to rescue the city from Beresford. And after that, who has done as much as he for the equipment of the militia?"</p> -<p>"No one," answered Evaña smiling. "Why you are strong enough +<p>"No one," answered Evaña smiling. "Why you are strong enough to be quite indignant."</p> <p>"Indignant! I should think I am."</p> <p>"They only tolerated him so long as he was useful to them," replied -Evaña. "I think he has done very well to resign."</p> +Evaña. "I think he has done very well to resign."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_173" id="Page_173">[Pg 173]</a></span></p> @@ -9939,7 +9922,7 @@ if he has joined any regiment yet."</p> there were many Spaniards among us like him we could never have the country to ourselves, they would beat us if we came to fighting."</p> -<p>"There are many Spaniards as good as he," replied Evaña; "but +<p>"There are many Spaniards as good as he," replied Evaña; "but not for that have I any fear. The Spanish system keeps the good men down, that is the weakness of Spain, and that is also the reason why we must free ourselves from Spain. We have many good men @@ -9989,14 +9972,14 @@ on the 12th August, with Don Isidro Lorea to help him."</p> <p>"Don Isidro! what about him? Now your voice changed when you spoke of him," said Marcelino, raising himself on his elbow and -looking earnestly at Evaña.</p> +looking earnestly at Evaña.</p> -<p>"It was a slip," said Evaña sadly. "I did not intend to have told +<p>"It was a slip," said Evaña sadly. "I did not intend to have told you yet, but you must know some day. He was killed, fighting like a hero at the head of his men. Could you wish for a better death yourself—fighting for his country in defence of his own home?"</p> -<p>"And Doña Dalmacia! what a blow for her! How does she +<p>"And Doña Dalmacia! what a blow for her! How does she bear it?"</p> <p>"I have not seen her since. He completely beat the English and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[Pg 174]</a></span> @@ -10027,7 +10010,7 @@ so they tell me."</p> <p>"And then, after looking at himself in those eyes for a month or so, he gets tired of them, and goes away, and never thinks of them any -more," said Evaña. "Frankly, I cannot understand a man like that, +more," said Evaña. "Frankly, I cannot understand a man like that, yet I believe there are such men."</p> <p>"Of them there are many, but you are not one of them, Carlos, @@ -10035,14 +10018,14 @@ therefore you cannot understand my uncle. If you ever love it will be for all your life; you are a tyrant to every one else, but you would be a slave to a woman you loved."</p> -<p>"Therefore I had better never love," replied Evaña; "man was +<p>"Therefore I had better never love," replied Evaña; "man was not made to be slave to any, but to be lord over the whole earth."</p> <p>"But not lord over his own heart, Carlos, that is in no man's power. Proud as you are, your time will come."</p> <p>"Let me read you some more of the 'Estrella del Sur,'" said -Evaña hastily.</p> +Evaña hastily.</p> <p>"I have it safe under my pillow, no one has seen it," replied Marcelino. "Ah! Carlos, if the English had only made war upon @@ -10050,7 +10033,7 @@ the Spaniards with these newspapers instead of with cannon-balls, then we could have received them as friends."</p> <p>"Be it then our work to teach the lesson they have failed to teach," -replied Evaña.</p> +replied Evaña.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -10068,7 +10051,7 @@ replied Evaña.</p> pronounced him well enough to bear removal, and very readily acquiesced in the desire of Don Roderigo that he should pass his convalescence under another roof. A covered litter, carried by slaves -and escorted by Don Carlos Evaña and Lieutenant Gordon, made its +and escorted by Don Carlos Evaña and Lieutenant Gordon, made its appearance at the quinta one fine morning in September. That night Marcelino slept under his father's roof and his pillow was smoothed for him by his mother's hand. The change did him good, a few days @@ -10076,16 +10059,16 @@ more and he was able to spend the afternoons on a sofa in his mother's sala.</p> <p>Little by little he learnt all the particulars of the struggle of the 5th -and 6th July. The sad fate of Doña Dalmacia Navarro caused him +and 6th July. The sad fate of Doña Dalmacia Navarro caused him deep sorrow, but on the whole he was surprised to learn the small extent of the loss suffered by his fellow-citizens, and his heart swelled with pride as anecdote after anecdote of their bravery and of their tender care for the victims of the fight, were poured into his willing ear.</p> <p>One afternoon as his sister Dolores, aided by his two friends Don -Carlos Evaña and Lieutenant Gordon, were doing their best to amuse +Carlos Evaña and Lieutenant Gordon, were doing their best to amuse him, Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon hurriedly entered the room and -requested Don Carlos Evaña to favour him with his company for a few +requested Don Carlos Evaña to favour him with his company for a few minutes.</p> <p>"What is there?" asked Marcelino, as the door closed. "My @@ -10110,7 +10093,7 @@ Mauricia appeared to the Colonel of cavalry the handsomest woman he had ever seen in his life. He at once fell deeply in love with her, and felt that life without her to share it with him would be a burden<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_176" id="Page_176">[Pg 176]</a></span> to him greater than he could bear. This sensation was no novelty to -the Señor Colonel Don Gregorio Lopez, it was commonly reported of +the Señor Colonel Don Gregorio Lopez, it was commonly reported of him in Buenos Aires that he experienced it at least once every six months, nevertheless he pursued this new love with all the ardour of a first affection and prospered in his suit.</p> @@ -10127,7 +10110,7 @@ from Buenos Aires, who, being better acquainted than the rest with the Colonel's habits, before many days had traced them to the Guardia Ranchos.</p> -<p>So much Don Roderigo told to Don Carlos Evaña as they stood in +<p>So much Don Roderigo told to Don Carlos Evaña as they stood in an ante-room together, then he added—</p> <p>"This man insists upon the Colonel marrying his sister at once, @@ -10143,7 +10126,7 @@ has so carefully avoided all connection with Don Francisco Viana, that I believe he would rather see his eldest son dead than married to one of his daughters."</p> -<p>Evaña did not answer immediately, but stood with his eyes fixed on +<p>Evaña did not answer immediately, but stood with his eyes fixed on the ground, pulling nervously at his moustache with one of his long, white hands.</p> @@ -10151,7 +10134,7 @@ white hands.</p> opening a side door. "You will find him in here, and while you speak to him I will go and consult Constancia."</p> -<p>Evaña entered the room of which Roderigo had opened the +<p>Evaña entered the room of which Roderigo had opened the door, and saw before him a handsome dark-featured man, in the ordinary rough dress of a paisano, seated on a chair twirling his hat round between his fingers. The man looked up at him as he closed the @@ -10161,7 +10144,7 @@ door behind him, then dropping his hat he started to his feet, exclaiming— when I have been in this city since, I have looked for you. Thanks be to God that I again see you."</p> -<p>"Who are you?" replied Evaña, looking at him in surprise. "I +<p>"Who are you?" replied Evaña, looking at him in surprise. "I have never that I know of done you any service, or even seen you before."</p> @@ -10185,34 +10168,34 @@ assistance."</p> all assistance, for I knew nothing of their speech, and you spoke for me. You saved my life."</p> -<p>"Hum!" answered Evaña, looking steadily at the eager eyes of +<p>"Hum!" answered Evaña, looking steadily at the eager eyes of the man before him.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señor, I owe you my life," said Venceslao, somewhat abashed -by the cold, searching gaze of Evaña. "I owe you my life, and, as I +<p>"Yes, Señor, I owe you my life," said Venceslao, somewhat abashed +by the cold, searching gaze of Evaña. "I owe you my life, and, as I told you then, my services, everything that I have is at your disposal, send me where you will and I will go, tell me anything I may do for you and I will do it."</p> -<p>"Perhaps some day I may need your services," replied Evaña; +<p>"Perhaps some day I may need your services," replied Evaña; "then I will apply to you freely, and shall count upon you."</p> <p>"God grant that it be soon," said Venceslao, as a flush of pleasure brightened his face.</p> -<p>Evaña started, Venceslao had echoed his own thoughts in his ready +<p>Evaña started, Venceslao had echoed his own thoughts in his ready words. Again he looked searchingly into the bright eyes of the paisano, but he could read nothing more there than the gratitude which prompted a simple nature to acknowledge and repay as he best could a signal service, there was no ulterior thought.</p> -<p>"Sit down," said Evaña, taking a chair to himself. "Some other +<p>"Sit down," said Evaña, taking a chair to himself. "Some other day we will talk of that. I have come to speak with you on a matter in which perhaps I may be able to help you better than Don Roderigo. Tell me all about this affair between your sister and Colonel Lopez."</p> -<p>Half an hour they sat talking together, during which time Evaña +<p>Half an hour they sat talking together, during which time Evaña learnt all about the family and connections of Don Francisco Viana, and much about Colonel Lopez of which he had no idea, for though he had necessarily seen much of the latter he had never been intimate @@ -10222,7 +10205,7 @@ parts of the province, and was looked up to by all the stout yeomanry as their natural chief.</p> <p>"Then you all knew of the Colonel's love for your sister?" said -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p>"Yes, all of us, it was no secret. The Colonel was always at our house when his duties permitted him; he came and went just as he @@ -10278,11 +10261,11 @@ privileges to a man, but it also imposes upon him duties. I am nothing more than a simple paisano, but I am an honest man, and the honour of my family is dearer to me than my own life, as dear to me as that of any of the grandees of the city is to him. It appears -that the Señor Coronel thinks little of the honour of his father's +that the Señor Coronel thinks little of the honour of his father's family, to me it remains to teach him that being people of family all are equal."</p> -<p>Evaña's eyes glistened; that all honest men were equal, and that +<p>Evaña's eyes glistened; that all honest men were equal, and that rank and wealth were but as tinsel adornments, was one of the leading articles of his political creed. That many of his own standing agreed with him, he knew, but he did not know that such ideas would find @@ -10299,36 +10282,36 @@ between us. I wish to be your friend, and I wish also to be a friend to Colonel Lopez, I desire that he and you may be friends together and not enemies. Trust me, he shall marry your sister."</p> -<p>"Ah! Señor, if you can manage that you will lift a great weight +<p>"Ah! Señor, if you can manage that you will lift a great weight from my heart, and will do me a greater service than when you saved<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_179" id="Page_179">[Pg 179]</a></span> me from the English. Before this I greatly liked the Colonel Lopez, as a chief I never wish to find one whom I would follow with greater -pleasure. This has been a great tribulation to all of us. Oh! Señor, +pleasure. This has been a great tribulation to all of us. Oh! Señor, save us if you can, the service you will do us is infinite." So saying, Venceslao reseated himself on his chair and bowing his face on his hands burst into tears, sobbing till his shoulders shook with the violence of his grief.</p> -<p>Evaña took two or three turns up and down the room, then coming +<p>Evaña took two or three turns up and down the room, then coming back to Venceslao he again laid his hand on his shoulder.</p> <p>"I am going to see Don Gregorio, the father of the Colonel, he is the only one who has any power over his son, stay here with Don -Roderigo till I see you again"; so saying, Evaña turned from him and +Roderigo till I see you again"; so saying, Evaña turned from him and left the room.</p> -<p>In another room he found Don Roderigo and Doña Constancia, +<p>In another room he found Don Roderigo and Doña Constancia, the latter held a handkerchief in her hand and had evidently been weeping.</p> <p>"You have heard what he says?" asked Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"He has told me everything," replied Evaña, "and I am going to +<p>"He has told me everything," replied Evaña, "and I am going to see Don Gregorio."</p> <p>"I will go with you," said Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"No, no," said Doña Constancia; "let Don Carlos go alone. It +<p>"No, no," said Doña Constancia; "let Don Carlos go alone. It is right that my father should know of this, but I do not wish that you should have any dispute with him. Such an idea! If you mention it to him he will never speak to you again."</p> @@ -10336,15 +10319,15 @@ it to him he will never speak to you again."</p> <p>"Constancia says that it is absolutely impossible to think of such a thing as a marriage between them," said Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"The idea is folly," said Doña Constancia. "That Gregorio should +<p>"The idea is folly," said Doña Constancia. "That Gregorio should amuse himself with a gauchita, to that we are accustomed, but Roderigo says that they insist upon him marrying her!"</p> -<p>"I fear me, Señora," said Evaña, "that is the only course left +<p>"I fear me, Señora," said Evaña, "that is the only course left open to him. This Mauricia is no gauchita, she is a cousin of your -own, Señora."</p> +own, Señora."</p> -<p>"Cousin! we recognise no such relationship," replied Doña Constancia +<p>"Cousin! we recognise no such relationship," replied Doña Constancia haughtily. "What are you going to tell my father, Don Carlos?"</p> @@ -10354,13 +10337,13 @@ whether he will interfere at all in the matter."</p> <p>"But you will be careful not to mention to him that these Vianas insist upon him marrying the girl?"</p> -<p>"I shall tell him that also, Señora, and shall do my best to prevail +<p>"I shall tell him that also, Señora, and shall do my best to prevail upon him to consent to it."</p> -<p>"Don Carlos!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, clasping her hands +<p>"Don Carlos!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, clasping her hands and looking at him in astonishment.</p> -<p>"I see nothing so extravagant in the idea, Señora. For years you +<p>"I see nothing so extravagant in the idea, Señora. For years you have all been wishing that Don Gregorio would marry, he is old enough to know what sort of a wife will suit him best."</p> @@ -10373,7 +10356,7 @@ fitted."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_180" id="Page_180">[Pg 180]</a></span></p> -<p>Evaña went and saw Don Gregorio, for more than two hours they +<p>Evaña went and saw Don Gregorio, for more than two hours they talked together.</p> <p>"My son could seek a wife in the first families. Of those Vianas @@ -10381,7 +10364,7 @@ of Chascomus I wish no one to speak to me, for me they are as though they did not exist," said Don Gregorio, as he walked up and down the dining-room in his anger.</p> -<p>But Evaña would speak of the Vianas, and of their existence Don +<p>But Evaña would speak of the Vianas, and of their existence Don Gregorio was most painfully aware.</p> <p>"I know what you mean, Carlos," said Don Gregorio; "though @@ -10396,13 +10379,13 @@ son, and there is less disgrace in her in their present connection than would come to my son by their marriage."</p> <p>"In their own way they are a most respectable family, from all I -can hear," replied Evaña; "and they feel keenly the disgrace which +can hear," replied Evaña; "and they feel keenly the disgrace which has come upon them."</p> <p>"Bah! what matters it, that family! Bring that man here to see me, Carlos, I will speak to him myself."</p> -<p>It was nightfall before Don Carlos Evaña returned to the house of +<p>It was nightfall before Don Carlos Evaña returned to the house of Don Gregorio Lopez, accompanied by Venceslao Viana. They were shown into a small room in the first patio and were soon joined by Don Gregorio. Don Gregorio looked hard at the roughly dressed but @@ -10432,7 +10415,7 @@ shall write to him, that on pain of my severest displeasure he return your sister at once to her father's house, that is the first thing he must do, then we will see what further——"</p> -<p>"No, Señor, excuse me," interrupted Venceslao, "that is not the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span> +<p>"No, Señor, excuse me," interrupted Venceslao, "that is not the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_181" id="Page_181">[Pg 181]</a></span> first thing. The first thing he has to do is to make her his wife, after that, if he cares for her no longer, the door of her father's house will be open to her, not before."</p> @@ -10440,7 +10423,7 @@ be open to her, not before."</p> <p>"Do me the favour to listen to me. You must be aware that an alliance——"</p> -<p>"Excuse me, Señor Don Gregorio. By the side of a great Señor as +<p>"Excuse me, Señor Don Gregorio. By the side of a great Señor as you are, my father is but a poor man, but we are an honest family, and of good name. Our honour is as dear to us as your own is to you, and we will not permit a stain to be cast upon our good name by any @@ -10461,7 +10444,7 @@ here."</p> <p>"What is that you say?" said Don Gregorio, frowning angrily.</p> -<p>"I think it is useless to speak any more," said Evaña, "I see that +<p>"I think it is useless to speak any more," said Evaña, "I see that it can have no good result; I will go to the Guardia Ranchos, and will see Colonel Lopez myself."</p> @@ -10483,7 +10466,7 @@ head of the family; it appears that the honour of the family is to you of small value, I am a man of another stamp, and will know how to take my measures. I will know what measures to take."</p> -<p>"Talk no more in that way, Venceslao," said Evaña; "you forget +<p>"Talk no more in that way, Venceslao," said Evaña; "you forget the respect you owe to an old man."</p> <p>"It is not alone in respect that he is wanting," said Don Gregorio; @@ -10497,7 +10480,7 @@ Venceslao.</p> <p>"I have spoken; I know my duty, and shall do it."</p> -<p>"You apprehend danger?" said Evaña to Don Gregorio, taking +<p>"You apprehend danger?" said Evaña to Don Gregorio, taking him aside. "Dismiss all fear of that. Those who talk much never do anything. Leave it all to me; as I told you, I will go to-morrow to the Guardia Ranchos, and will see Gregorio myself, we shall arrange<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_182" id="Page_182">[Pg 182]</a></span> @@ -10509,11 +10492,11 @@ that he must submit to any demand they may make upon him, and that I will not see him again until he has completely severed all connection between himself and this family."</p> -<p>"I will tell him what you say, word for word," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"I will tell him what you say, word for word," said Evaña.</p> <p> </p> -<p>Two days after this, Don Carlos Evaña and Colonel Don Gregorio +<p>Two days after this, Don Carlos Evaña and Colonel Don Gregorio Lopez sat talking together in the plainly-furnished sala of a house in the frontier town of Ranchos, which is situated about ten leagues to the north-east of the Guardia Chascomus. For more than an hour they @@ -10523,10 +10506,10 @@ him, his hat, loosely set on, completely concealed his forehead, his eyes being just visible under the wide flap. He was smoking, and was apparently more intent upon watching the white rings of smoke, which he now and then succeeded in puffing into the air, than upon -the conversation of the Senor Evaña. Everything in his demeanour +the conversation of the Senor Evaña. Everything in his demeanour and attitude denoted careless ease, yet now and then there was a hurried, anxious glance in his eye, which showed that the ease was -more apparent than real. Don Carlos Evaña was not at all at his +more apparent than real. Don Carlos Evaña was not at all at his ease, and made no attempt to appear so. He had laid aside his cloak and hat, and walked up and down the room, nervously rolling a cigar between his fingers.</p> @@ -10535,7 +10518,7 @@ between his fingers.</p> "Mauricia is a pearl among women, the more I know of her the more precious she is to me."</p> -<p>"Then marry her, and make her yours for life," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Then marry her, and make her yours for life," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"And break for ever with my father! no!"</p> @@ -10571,7 +10554,7 @@ they rewarded my father?"</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_183" id="Page_183">[Pg 183]</a></span></p> <p>"They despise him, and kick him out from amongst them as though -he were a dog," replied Evaña.</p> +he were a dog," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"Pues! why then should I be comandante, to drill troops and run upon the fire, if need be, for them?"</p> @@ -10651,7 +10634,7 @@ to see them again."</p> <p>"Yet she was much attached to them all. Do you think she has forgotten them?"</p> -<p>As Don Gregorio did not answer this question, Evaña continued:</p> +<p>As Don Gregorio did not answer this question, Evaña continued:</p> <p>"Men cut themselves off from their families and form homes for themselves, but women never forget the homes of their childhood. @@ -10663,7 +10646,7 @@ her."</p> she ever lived in before, servants to wait upon her, and nothing to do but amuse herself."</p> -<p>"Nothing to do!" answered Evaña. "Idleness either in man or +<p>"Nothing to do!" answered Evaña. "Idleness either in man or woman is destructive of happiness. If she has nothing to do she will soon be miserable; she has been accustomed always to have plenty of work on her hands. If she were your wife she would feel that this @@ -10676,19 +10659,19 @@ sisters."</p> replied Don Gregorio, laughing. "Formerly you cared for nothing but books."</p> -<p>Evaña turned impatiently away from him and did not answer, +<p>Evaña turned impatiently away from him and did not answer, whereupon Don Gregorio arose from his chair, saying:</p> <p>"I will go and speak with Mauricia, for her happiness I am ready to make any sacrifice."</p> -<p>Evaña relighted his cigar and threw himself full-length upon a sofa; +<p>Evaña relighted his cigar and threw himself full-length upon a sofa; the cigar was long smoked out ere Don Gregorio returned.</p> <p>For several days past Mauricia had been less cheerful than she was wont to be. Don Gregorio had noticed this once or twice when he had come upon her unawares; he had found her in tears, which -she had striven to hide from him. When he left Evaña he found her +she had striven to hide from him. When he left Evaña he found her sitting alone with some embroidery work before her, but her fingers were idle, traces of recent tears were on her cheeks, yet as he sat down beside her she cast her sad thoughts to the winds, and turned to greet @@ -10759,12 +10742,12 @@ him frantically.</p> <p> </p> <p>It was a Sunday forenoon, three weeks after this, that Don Carlos -Evaña accompanied by Venceslao Viana, rode up to the estancia of +Evaña accompanied by Venceslao Viana, rode up to the estancia of Don Francisco Viana. Many horses were tethered about, and dogs rushed out barking fiercely at them, but no one came to bid them welcome.</p> -<p>"They are at service," said Venceslao, as he tied Evaña's horse for +<p>"They are at service," said Venceslao, as he tied Evaña's horse for him to the palenque; "would you like to see? It is a thing you will not see on other estancias."</p> @@ -10780,20 +10763,20 @@ rugs or sheepskins. Don Francisco himself, a venerable-looking old man with white hair, which hung down to his shoulders, and a long white beard, stood behind a small table at one end of the room, reading from a large book which lay open on it before him—the service<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_186" id="Page_186">[Pg 186]</a></span> -of the day. His eye flashed a cordial greeting to Evaña as he entered, +of the day. His eye flashed a cordial greeting to Evaña as he entered, he paused for one moment to bow a mute salutation, and then calmly resumed his reading.</p> -<p>Evaña took a seat on a chair which stood near the door, looking +<p>Evaña took a seat on a chair which stood near the door, looking with curiosity upon a scene such as he had never before witnessed, and many a furtive glance was cast upon him by the worshippers, more especially from the front row, where Mauricia knelt with her mother and her sisters. Don Gregorio was not present, and Venceslao -whispered to Evaña that he had ridden into the Guardia that morning, +whispered to Evaña that he had ridden into the Guardia that morning, and would be back before sundown. As the service ended all knelt down, bowing their heads, and Don Francisco, raising his hands, pronounced the benediction; then as the others rose to their feet he -made his way through them, and came up to Evaña with tears in his +made his way through them, and came up to Evaña with tears in his eyes and both hands stretched out in welcome.</p> <p>"May God all-powerful and the most Holy Virgin have you ever @@ -10801,7 +10784,7 @@ in their keeping, and return to you tenfold the benefits you have worked for us. You have saved a whole family from misery, and have brought joy and contentment back to our household."</p> -<p>A feeling of shame came over Evaña as he stammered out some +<p>A feeling of shame came over Evaña as he stammered out some incoherent words in answer, then he said:</p> <p>"I had no idea you had so large a family. Are all these yours?"</p> @@ -10810,31 +10793,31 @@ incoherent words in answer, then he said:</p> mine, sons, daughters, and relatives of my wife. I have no stranger in my household, we are but one family."</p> -<p>Then taking Evaña by the hand he introduced him to his wife and +<p>Then taking Evaña by the hand he introduced him to his wife and daughters, who kissed his hands, and the mother, a stout, well-featured woman, with dark complexion and coarse black hair, thanked him and blessed him with many fervent words for having restored her daughter to her when she wept over her as lost.</p> <p>"Boys," said Don Francisco, turning to the male members of his -family, "you see this Señor, we owe to him a benefit which we can +family, "you see this Señor, we owe to him a benefit which we can never repay; through fire and through water our lives and all that we have are at his service if the day ever comes that he need them."</p> -<p>Then he added in a low voice to Evaña:</p> +<p>Then he added in a low voice to Evaña:</p> <p>"Don Gregorio has told me that the day may come when you may need a few stout horsemen at your back. Look round, you will see stout men among my household. All are yours when you call for them."</p> -<p>Evaña remained three days at the estancia of Don Francisco, days -which were held as fête days by the family and their neighbours, and +<p>Evaña remained three days at the estancia of Don Francisco, days +which were held as fête days by the family and their neighbours, and passed in all manner of rural sports and games. On the Tuesday there was a grand ostrich hunt, in which over 200 horsemen took a part. Many were the feats of horsemanship performed, and the choicest -trophies were laid at the feet of Don Carlos Evaña, though the hunt -was nominally to celebrate the wedding of the Señor Coronel Don +trophies were laid at the feet of Don Carlos Evaña, though the hunt +was nominally to celebrate the wedding of the Señor Coronel Don Gregorio Lopez and the fair Mauricia, daughter of Don Francisco Viana.</p> @@ -10850,9 +10833,9 @@ Viana.</p> <h3>WATCH AND WAIT</h3> -<p>When Don Carlos Evaña left the estancia of Don Francisco Viana, +<p>When Don Carlos Evaña left the estancia of Don Francisco Viana, Colonel Lopez accompanied him for about a league on his way. As -he drew rein to turn back, he stretched out his hand to Evaña, saying:</p> +he drew rein to turn back, he stretched out his hand to Evaña, saying:</p> <p>"May God keep you, my friend. If you had not come to see me I should never have married her, and now I know it is the best thing @@ -10861,18 +10844,18 @@ with my father. I have written to him announcing my marriage, but have no answer from him. If he will receive me I will go in and visit him at once, but of course Mauricia will remain on the estancia."</p> -<p>In consequence of this Evaña went in by way of the Casa-teja, +<p>In consequence of this Evaña went in by way of the Casa-teja, having an idea that he might find Don Gregorio there. In this he was not disappointed, but he was much disappointed at the reception he met with. Don Gregorio told him plainly that he believed his son -to be the victim of a conspiracy, to which he, Evaña, had lent himself +to be the victim of a conspiracy, to which he, Evaña, had lent himself for some unknown purposes of his own, so that the interview between -them was highly unpleasant to both of them, and Evaña gave a sigh +them was highly unpleasant to both of them, and Evaña gave a sigh of relief as he swung himself once more into his saddle, and galloped off for the Quinta de Ponce.</p> <p>Here also he met with disappointment. He had always been a -great favourite with Doña Constancia, but now she received him very +great favourite with Doña Constancia, but now she received him very coldly.</p> <p>"And you tell me that it is actually true, Carlos?" she said. "You @@ -10881,7 +10864,7 @@ to it by being present? I always looked upon you as one of ourselves, Carlos."</p> <p>"I have no dearer wish in life than that you should continue to do -so, Doña Constancia," replied Evaña. "In what I have done I have +so, Doña Constancia," replied Evaña. "In what I have done I have acted as I considered that the interests of the Colonel himself demanded. Had I considered my own interests I should have refused to have anything to do in the affair either one way or another. Your @@ -10890,7 +10873,7 @@ blame upon me. I am content that he should do so if by so doing he learns to forgive his son. But if you blame me I shall feel that I have incurred a very heavy and most unmerited misfortune."</p> -<p>"You are always generous, Carlos," said Doña Constancia, "and I +<p>"You are always generous, Carlos," said Doña Constancia, "and I should be sorry to blame you more than you deserve. Your intentions may have been quite right, but you have at any rate shown great want of judgment, and we did not expect that from you. That my brother @@ -10900,7 +10883,7 @@ angry with you for the share you have had in causing him this sorrow."</p> <p> </p> -<p>If Evaña felt sore at the reception Doña Constancia gave him, he +<p>If Evaña felt sore at the reception Doña Constancia gave him, he was amply compensated by the cordial greeting of her daughter Dolores, who on this subject held very different ideas from either her mother or grandfather, and declared them boldly, fortified as her own @@ -10908,8 +10891,8 @@ opinion was by the few words which Don Roderigo had said upon the subject.</p> <p>She, Marcelino, and Lieutenant Gordon were seated under the front -verandah when Evaña joined them after his short conversation with -Doña Constancia.</p> +verandah when Evaña joined them after his short conversation with +Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"What a time you have been away, more than a month, but you have been well employed, I think," said Dolores, smiling upon him. @@ -10923,12 +10906,12 @@ wife himself."</p> <p>"Sit down and tell us all about it, Don Carlos," said Dolores.</p> -<p>Evaña sat down and remained talking with them for nearly an hour.</p> +<p>Evaña sat down and remained talking with them for nearly an hour.</p> <p>"I have quite a curiosity to see that Don Francisco," said Dolores; "he must be like one of the old patriarchs."</p> -<p>"And lives like one too," said Evaña. "His wife and daughters +<p>"And lives like one too," said Evaña. "His wife and daughters make clothes for the whole household, they spin and weave the wool of their own sheep, and the whole of the outside work is done by the boys, I do not think they have any slaves."</p> @@ -10939,7 +10922,7 @@ that is proper," said Dolores.</p> <p>"Ask Padre Jacinto," said Marcelino; "he will tell you that it is very wicked."</p> -<p>"He does not say Mass exactly, at least I think not," said Evaña. +<p>"He does not say Mass exactly, at least I think not," said Evaña. "He reads passages of Scripture, and psalms, and prayers, and no Latin, so every one can understand him."</p> @@ -10955,29 +10938,29 @@ say?" said Dolores. "Don Carlos! I have something to tell you. The wonderful French carriage that you sent out to grandpapa has actually been used at last."</p> -<p>"There is some hope for us then yet," replied Evaña. "When +<p>"There is some hope for us then yet," replied Evaña. "When carriages are used then we shall begin to be civilised."</p> <p>"But it was a very special occasion. Grandpapa took Marcelino to the Miserere, and they spent a day with Don Alfonso."</p> -<p>"And how was the medico?" asked Evaña. "As grumpy as ever?"</p> +<p>"And how was the medico?" asked Evaña. "As grumpy as ever?"</p> <p>"Oh, no; all smiles and hospitality," replied Marcelino. "He received me as my grandfather's grandson, and you know he can re<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_189" id="Page_189">[Pg 189]</a></span>fuse nothing to Don Gregorio. Gordon went with us, we were both told that the house was ours, and we mean to go again."</p> -<p>"Bravo!" exclaimed Evaña. "Don Alfonso is coming out in a +<p>"Bravo!" exclaimed Evaña. "Don Alfonso is coming out in a new line. It is something new for him to invite young men to his house."</p> <p>"You do not call yourself old, do you?" asked Gordon.</p> -<p>"Don Alfonso treats me as if I was," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Don Alfonso treats me as if I was," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"That is because you are so learned and wise," said Dolores, at -which speech Evaña looked uncomfortable and the others laughed.</p> +which speech Evaña looked uncomfortable and the others laughed.</p> <p>"My paisanita was there too," said Gordon, "so we passed a very pleasant day I can tell you."</p> @@ -10988,7 +10971,7 @@ said Dolores.</p> <p>"She talks Spanish as well as you do, so why should I?" said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"You must ride every day while you are here," said Evaña. +<p>"You must ride every day while you are here," said Evaña. "When you are strong enough to ride there she will teach you English better than Gordon can."</p> @@ -10997,7 +10980,7 @@ said Marcelino; "I am going into harness. I suppose you don't know the last news. Juan Carlos is going to Spain and I am to take his place at the Consulado."</p> -<p>"Juan Carlos going to Spain!" said Evaña. "What is he going +<p>"Juan Carlos going to Spain!" said Evaña. "What is he going there for?"</p> <p>"Papa arranged it all," said Dolores. "As a reward for Marcelino's @@ -11029,7 +11012,7 @@ to command my negroes when the English come again?"</p> not come again. Have they not enough with two defeats? Do you think they will come again, Mr Gordon?"</p> -<p>At this Gordon looked troubled and made no answer, but Evaña +<p>At this Gordon looked troubled and made no answer, but Evaña answered for him.</p> <p>"I have lived in England and know the English, I think they will," @@ -11048,12 +11031,12 @@ trees, and Dolores, looking after him as he went, said sadly:</p> <p>"It is a barbarity, this war, why cannot we be friends?"</p> -<p>"Our masters the Spaniards will not let us," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Our masters the Spaniards will not let us," said Evaña.</p> <p>"The Spaniards! always the Spaniards," said Dolores impatiently, then she also rose from her chair and went inside the house.</p> -<p>"So you do not care to be Viceroy of Buenos Aires?" said Evaña, +<p>"So you do not care to be Viceroy of Buenos Aires?" said Evaña, as he and Marcelino were left alone.</p> <p>"I think I have as good a chance of becoming Viceroy by remaining @@ -11070,9 +11053,9 @@ upon the Patricios. Don Cornelio Saavedra is his particular friend, Liniers does nothing without consulting him; the opinions of the people are the opinions of Don Cornelio, and he has his way in spite of the secret hostility of the Cabildo. I tell you, Carlos, we -Porteños are already the rulers of Buenos Aires."</p> +Porteños are already the rulers of Buenos Aires."</p> -<p>"Then the English are still of some service to us," replied Evaña. +<p>"Then the English are still of some service to us," replied Evaña. "So long as there is any danger of another visit from them, Liniers and Don Cornelio will keep up the militia, and the will of the people will be law, but take care how you say that in the streets, my friend. @@ -11084,7 +11067,7 @@ all other considerations, but that if Spain should make peace with England then he will be recalled at once."</p> <p>"And the militia will be disbanded, and everything be as before," -said Evaña.</p> +said Evaña.</p> <p>"But in the meantime, months, perhaps years, will pass, during which we have the power <i>de facto</i> in our own hands. Time is working @@ -11098,7 +11081,7 @@ Since when did you get that idea?"</p> Alfonso."</p> <p>"Ah! my friend, I compliment you upon your new master in -politics," said Evaña, laughing; "Don Alfonso has worked a miracle +politics," said Evaña, laughing; "Don Alfonso has worked a miracle with you. Why don't you go to Spain and come back Viceroy? Tell me, do you really think that Spain will ever consent to leave the revenues of the country at our disposal?"</p> @@ -11123,7 +11106,7 @@ look upon us as their slaves and consider all that we have as their property. From Don Alfonso you can never have got such ideas as these."</p> -<p>"There is Gordon," said Marcelino, interrupting Evaña. "Don +<p>"There is Gordon," said Marcelino, interrupting Evaña. "Don Alejandro!" he added, calling to Lieutenant Gordon, "come here and help me."</p> @@ -11167,13 +11150,13 @@ be content enough with King Charles if he would let us have our own laws, as your colonies had before their War of Independence."</p> <p>"Dismiss any such idea from your mind, Marcelino, it is folly, and -you know it," said Evaña, rising to his feet. "Why you should try +you know it," said Evaña, rising to his feet. "Why you should try to believe that we can ever enjoy the rights of free-born men by any procedure short of an absolute rupture with Spain I cannot imagine."</p> <p>"But I can imagine it very easily," said Gordon.</p> -<p>Then Evaña, looking earnestly at Marcelino, saw a deep shade of +<p>Then Evaña, looking earnestly at Marcelino, saw a deep shade of anxious sorrow come over his still worn features.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">[Pg 192]</a></span></p> @@ -11186,11 +11169,11 @@ our connection with Spain, but again I tell you that it is impossible."</p> preserve our connection with Spain?" exclaimed Marcelino.</p> <p>"I see only that freedom and Spanish rule are incompatible," -replied Evaña.</p> +replied Evaña.</p> <p>"And my father? Do you never think of him?"</p> -<p>"He is a Spaniard," replied Evaña; then as he spoke the sadness +<p>"He is a Spaniard," replied Evaña; then as he spoke the sadness which clouded Marcelino's face was reflected in his own.</p> <p>"Yes, he is a Spaniard," said Marcelino, "and there are other @@ -11200,7 +11183,7 @@ and ignorant nobles, who would gladly see the colonies of Spain ruled by their own laws, but they as sternly as any other Spaniards assert the supremacy of the royal house of Spain."</p> -<p>"I wish I could think any pacific revolution possible," said Evaña +<p>"I wish I could think any pacific revolution possible," said Evaña with a sigh. "But we have power in our own hands now, let us make use of it. Why are you going to the Consulado?"</p> @@ -11232,7 +11215,7 @@ may be of great service in the open."</p> cavalry," said Gordon.</p> <p>"It is chiefly the want of officers makes them of so little use," said -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p>"But tell me, Carlos," said Marcelino, "where is your estancia?"</p> @@ -11263,7 +11246,7 @@ to turn our arms."</p> <p>"Nearly a year, mamita, nearly a year," said Dolores to her mother, as they sat together under the wide verandah at the Quinta de Ponce.</p> -<p>"And it seems a long time to you, Lola?" replied Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"And it seems a long time to you, Lola?" replied Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"The time has passed quickly, but it seems ages ago. Last year there was always something happening. Marcelino was busy training @@ -11277,7 +11260,7 @@ his estancia outside."</p> <p>"But we are not left quite alone, Lola; we have one visitor who comes very often."</p> -<p>"Yes, Don Carlos Evaña, when he is not at his new estancia; but +<p>"Yes, Don Carlos Evaña, when he is not at his new estancia; but now he and Mr Gordon have been there more than a month, and they said they were only going for a week. But when they are here they never talk politics as they used to do; Don Carlos seems to @@ -11319,10 +11302,10 @@ by the Court of Aranjuez of General Don Santiago Liniers as Viceroy of Buenos Aires, raising him at the same time to the rank of field-marshal, to the great content of the Patricios, who looked to Liniers as their own special leader, and to the general satisfaction of -all Porteños.</p> +all Porteños.</p> <p>"Yes, Lola, we have been very quiet all this summer and autumn, -but to-day is our last day here," said Doña Constancia.</p> +but to-day is our last day here," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"And won't Aunt Josefina be glad to see us in town again. Marcelino is stronger now than ever he was, so next month of course he @@ -11361,10 +11344,10 @@ nothing," replied Dolores, as a bright flush spread over her cheeks.</p> <p>"Do you ever think of any one in particular, Lola?"</p> <p>Then as Dolores did not answer this question, but bowed her head -while the long dark lashes fell over her eyes like a veil, Doña Constancia +while the long dark lashes fell over her eyes like a veil, Doña Constancia added another:</p> -<p>"Do you think much of Don Carlos Evaña, Lola? He has paid +<p>"Do you think much of Don Carlos Evaña, Lola? He has paid you great attention for months. I never before knew him pay attention to any one."</p> @@ -11381,7 +11364,7 @@ does to me. Next you will tell me that he is in love with me! Fancy the wisest of men being in love with a foolish, ignorant girl like me!" So saying, Dolores jumped up from her seat with a ringing laugh.</p> -<p>"Lola!" said Doña Constancia, "come and sit down again, I +<p>"Lola!" said Doña Constancia, "come and sit down again, I want to talk to you, and do not like you to laugh at what I say."</p> <p>"No, no, no, mamita!" said Dolores, running off along one of the @@ -11403,7 +11386,7 @@ together; Dolores with her hands clasped, looking dreamily out upon the trees, her mother watching her. Then the two whom Dolores had seen coming came, walking slowly up by a winding path together. Dolores rose and went to meet them, smiling merrily at -Don Carlos Evaña with a new look of curiosity in her eyes, and holding +Don Carlos Evaña with a new look of curiosity in her eyes, and holding out her hand to him in cordial welcome. Then after the usual greetings she turned from him, the smile dying away from her face, and the fringes of her eyes hiding them, to give a silent welcome to his companion. @@ -11413,7 +11396,7 @@ radiant beauty. Between these two a coldness and constraint had sprung up during the last few months, putting an end to the careless intimacy which had previously existed. Don Carlos had watched them closely all these months, but had spoken no word to any one of -what he had seen; now, though he was speaking to Doña Constancia +what he had seen; now, though he was speaking to Doña Constancia and held her hand in his, still he watched them with a jealous scrutiny.</p> @@ -11429,14 +11412,14 @@ messages had all been duly delivered. "Have not my paisanos made up their minds not to come yet? It seems to me that we have plenty to do in Europe without coming here."</p> -<p>"Great news!" replied Marcelino, looking eagerly at Evaña. +<p>"Great news!" replied Marcelino, looking eagerly at Evaña. "King Charles has abdicated, and Ferdinand VII. is now King of Spain and the Indies."</p> <p>"Viva! Fernando Septimo! Viva!!" shouted Evaristo, throwing up his hat.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña had been leaning back lazily in an arm-chair, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span> +<p>Don Carlos Evaña had been leaning back lazily in an arm-chair, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[Pg 196]</a></span> as Evaristo shouted "Viva! Fernando Septimo," he started upright clutching both the arms of his chair with his hands.</p> @@ -11446,7 +11429,7 @@ breathless with excitement.</p> <p>"He depends upon French assistance," said Marcelino, "and it is rumoured that he is to marry a niece of the Emperor."</p> -<p>"Spain! Spain! how art thou fallen!" said Evaña, in a hollow +<p>"Spain! Spain! how art thou fallen!" said Evaña, in a hollow voice. "Nor Charles, nor Ferdinand, but the Lieutenant of the Emperor, he will be King of Spain. When was it that the 'Moniteur' said those few words of Portugal: 'The House of Braganza has @@ -11454,10 +11437,10 @@ ceased to reign?' As yet only a few months have passed since then. Ere this year run out there will be another line in the 'Moniteur' concerning Spain: 'The House of Bourbon has ceased to reign.' All Europe——but come, Marcelino, tell me more of this;" so saying -Evaña sprang from his chair, and taking Marcelino by the arm the +Evaña sprang from his chair, and taking Marcelino by the arm the two walked away under the trees, talking eagerly together in low tones.</p> -<p>"Now Lola, what do you say?" said Doña Constancia. "Has +<p>"Now Lola, what do you say?" said Doña Constancia. "Has Don Carlos forgotten all about politics?"</p> <p> </p> @@ -11473,7 +11456,7 @@ in this affair, after the reproaches you have suffered already, but I think if you could prevail upon Don Gregorio to come in and go straight to his father that he would receive him with open arms."</p> -<p>"I will go at once," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"I will go at once," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"To-morrow?"</p> @@ -11501,20 +11484,20 @@ to sacrifice yourself for her sake."</p> rejoin you in a minute."</p> <p>As they spoke they had walked back to the front of the house, and -Doña Constancia called to them:</p> +Doña Constancia called to them:</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[Pg 197]</a></span></p> <p>"We are going to walk up the road to take one more look over the Pampa, will you come with us?"</p> -<p>"In one minute, Señora," said Evaña, walking away towards the +<p>"In one minute, Señora," said Evaña, walking away towards the back of the house.</p> <p>Evaristo found himself something else to do, but the rest were soon afterwards walking together up the road between the long lines of poplars, -Doña Constancia walking in front with Marcelino and Lieutenant -Gordon, while Don Carlos Evaña and Dolores came behind. Doña +Doña Constancia walking in front with Marcelino and Lieutenant +Gordon, while Don Carlos Evaña and Dolores came behind. Doña Constancia walked quickly, so that these two were soon left quite by themselves. At first they talked of the news brought out by Marcelino, Dolores trying her best to incite Don Carlos to some vehement @@ -11523,7 +11506,7 @@ she tried in vain, his enthusiasm seemed to have quite evaporated during his talk with Marcelino, and his thoughts seemed to be far away, and bent on some quite different subject.</p> -<p>"You are very happy, Dolores," said Evaña; "why should you +<p>"You are very happy, Dolores," said Evaña; "why should you care anything for Spain or for Spanish affairs?"</p> <p>"Spain is Papa's country," said Dolores; "I love everything that @@ -11556,7 +11539,7 @@ would give him to aid you in any way?"</p> she had never felt the need of such friendship, and hardly thought it possible that she ever should do, but as she saw the eagerness in his eyes her own fell before them, she stammered out some words in -reply, she hardly knew what, and Evaña went on:</p> +reply, she hardly knew what, and Evaña went on:</p> <p>"I know you do not love me, Dolores," he said; "you never will love me as you love your father or your brothers. We have seen much @@ -11587,7 +11570,7 @@ and you may do so too; but will you not promise me, as I have asked you, always to think of me as your friend, whatever happens?"</p> -<p>There was a plaintiveness in Evaña's voice as he asked this which +<p>There was a plaintiveness in Evaña's voice as he asked this which startled Dolores, looking up again at him she saw his face flushed, and an eager, imploring look in his eyes such as she had never seen before.</p> @@ -11598,7 +11581,7 @@ from you, I know that if you promise me you will keep your promise, whatever happens; I know that you will always look upon me as your friend."</p> -<p>Then Dolores knew that Evaña loved her; ignorant and foolish as +<p>Then Dolores knew that Evaña loved her; ignorant and foolish as she had said she was beside him, yet she knew now that he loved her, and she knew also that he never would tell her so in words, never seek her love in return. A strange mixture of fear and regret filled her @@ -11610,7 +11593,7 @@ and now he spoke of some unknown cause which might interrupt the friendship she had always felt for him; her hand trembled in his firm grasp and she burst into tears.</p> -<p>"Do not cry, Lola," said Evaña, using for the first time that dear, +<p>"Do not cry, Lola," said Evaña, using for the first time that dear, familiar name by which she was known to those who were nearest and dearest to her; "do not cry, if you are angry I will importune you no more, I will suffer anything rather than see you sad."</p> @@ -11644,12 +11627,12 @@ month or two."</p> <p>"Yes, now at once. I only wished to speak with you, and win that promise from your own lips before I went. My horse is coming, -I shall wait for him there beyond the fence where Doña Constancia +I shall wait for him there beyond the fence where Doña Constancia is standing."</p> <p>"You were always wise, now wiser than ever before," said Dolores, stepping closer to him and laying her disengaged hand upon his arm. -But Evaña shrank from her as though this mute caress were a pain to +But Evaña shrank from her as though this mute caress were a pain to him, and they walked on side by side until they emerged from between the rows of poplars out upon the open plain, and rejoined the others who there awaited them.</p> @@ -11679,21 +11662,21 @@ sunsets of summer you never saw anything so beautiful as this."</p> <p>"No, I never did," said Dolores.</p> -<p>Just then the servant of Don Carlos Evaña rode up to them leading +<p>Just then the servant of Don Carlos Evaña rode up to them leading a saddled horse by the rein.</p> -<p>"Don Carlos! your horse?" said Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"Don Carlos! your horse?" said Doña Constancia.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señora," replied Evaña; "I have urgent business outside, +<p>"Yes, Señora," replied Evaña; "I have urgent business outside, and shall leave as soon as you turn back to the quinta."</p> <p>All except Dolores looked at him in surprise.</p> <p>"Why not remain till to-morrow?" said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"I have a fancy to gallop through the night," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"I have a fancy to gallop through the night," said Evaña.</p> -<p>"The sooner you go the sooner you will be back," said Doña +<p>"The sooner you go the sooner you will be back," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"Look, Don Carlos," said Dolores, "there is something for you to @@ -11719,16 +11702,16 @@ Nature seeks to array herself in her most glorious dress how she chooses the colours of the most glorious of the nations."</p> <p>"The cloud has risen from the face of the setting sun," replied -Evaña, "and I see the emblem of Spain before me sinking after the +Evaña, "and I see the emblem of Spain before me sinking after the sun into the darkness of night. That sky is as a prophecy, giving to all of us an insight into what will shortly come to pass."</p> <p>"Buenas noches, Don Carlos, and a pleasant journey to you," said -Doña Constancia laughing. "Come with me, Mr. Gordon; we will +Doña Constancia laughing. "Come with me, Mr. Gordon; we will go back and leave these politicians to prophesy and discuss the future as long as they like."</p> -<p>Removing his hat, Evaña shook hands gravely with her and with +<p>Removing his hat, Evaña shook hands gravely with her and with Gordon; then, as they walked away, he turned again to Dolores.</p> <p>"Yes," he said, "I see the flag of Spain painted on the sky in all @@ -11754,14 +11737,14 @@ the evening twilight. So they stood for a space, each occupied with his own thoughts, each interpreting to himself as his desires led him the prophecy of the setting sun.</p> -<p>Evaña took the hand of Dolores in his own and raised it to his +<p>Evaña took the hand of Dolores in his own and raised it to his lips, saying but one word:</p> <p>"Remember."</p> <p>"Always my friend, whatever happens," said Dolores.</p> -<p>Grasping Marcelino by the hand, Don Carlos Evaña stood for +<p>Grasping Marcelino by the hand, Don Carlos Evaña stood for one moment as though he would speak, his lips pressed tightly together, and the signs of deep emotion on his face. Then laying his other hand upon the shoulder of his friend, he bent forward and kissed @@ -11785,12 +11768,12 @@ but not all, and to her question he gave no answer in words, but again bent over her and kissed her, and from that day forth brother and sister felt that there was another tie between them, but about the evening on which they two had looked together upon the setting sun -while Evaña had expounded for them the prophecy of the clouds +while Evaña had expounded for them the prophecy of the clouds they never spoke.</p> <p>When Dolores thought of it she thought but of one word—Remember; and Marcelino from that night forth looked no longer upon -Evaña as his dearest friend, but as his brother.</p> +Evaña as his dearest friend, but as his brother.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -11996,7 +11979,7 @@ to hear much about us. Marcelino has told me how in Europe they think that all South Americans are savages."</p> <p>"They will soon learn to know better when I tell them about you, -and about Doña Constancia and Don Roderigo and Marcelino, and +and about Doña Constancia and Don Roderigo and Marcelino, and about all of you. And about your houses, and about your tertulias in the evenings. They will learn to think much of you, my sisters would be ready to love you if they only saw you. My mother knows @@ -12057,7 +12040,7 @@ proud joy through his whole frame.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_206" id="Page_206">[Pg 206]</a></span></p> -<p>Again the door opened, and in came Doña Constancia, smiling, +<p>Again the door opened, and in came Doña Constancia, smiling, and stretching out her hand to Lieutenant Gordon.</p> <p>"I have come to congratulate you," she said, apparently unconscious @@ -12111,7 +12094,7 @@ setting the example.</p> <p>Then Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon rose to his feet:—</p> -<p>"Señores," he said, "we this day celebrate the first anniversary +<p>"Señores," he said, "we this day celebrate the first anniversary of our great victory over the English. We do right to celebrate this victory gained by a colony of the old and glorious kingdom of Spain over the well-appointed army of a great and valiant nation. We are<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_207" id="Page_207">[Pg 207]</a></span> @@ -12138,7 +12121,7 @@ streets of this our city. England and Spain are now firm allies, together we shall reconquer the territory the invader has already wrested from us, and shall bring back in triumph our rightful king.</p> -<p>"No, Señores, we wish for no more victories over the English, the +<p>"No, Señores, we wish for no more victories over the English, the English are our friends and sworn allies. We who witnessed the fight this day one year ago, who saw how dauntlessly the English advanced under a hailstorm of balls which strewed our streets with their dead; @@ -12151,7 +12134,7 @@ us in the cause of every people. We have seen them as they are, and know that they are worthy to fight side by side with the indomitable soldiery of Spain.</p> -<p>"Señores, fill your glasses and join me in one more toast to our +<p>"Señores, fill your glasses and join me in one more toast to our friends the English!"</p> <p>Again with loud "Vivas" every man rose from his seat, and every @@ -12159,7 +12142,7 @@ eye was turned towards the place where Lieutenant Gordon sat in his scarlet coat, the sole representative there of the new-found friends of Spain. As the applause ceased he rose and spoke as follows:—</p> -<p>"Señores, it is with many mixed feelings that I rise to thank you +<p>"Señores, it is with many mixed feelings that I rise to thank you for the warmth with which you have received the toast which has just been proposed to you by my friend Don Roderigo, whose guest I had been for two years. Two years ago the fortune of war made me your @@ -12248,7 +12231,7 @@ am fighting for you also, and thus in some degree repaying the great kindness which during two years of captivity has taught me to look upon Buenos Aires as my second country.</p> -<p>"Señores, again I thank you for the warmth with which you have +<p>"Señores, again I thank you for the warmth with which you have welcomed the friendship of old England."</p> <p>As Gordon resumed his seat, the majority of those present commenced @@ -12268,7 +12251,7 @@ flushed features of many of his younger guests he read a dangerous excitement, which one untoward word might rouse into a storm. Hurriedly he rose from his seat.</p> -<p>"Señores," he said, "Spain has taken upon herself a task which +<p>"Señores," he said, "Spain has taken upon herself a task which Europe united has failed to accomplish. In this she will need staunch allies, she will find them in the English, therefore fill your glasses once more and honour a repetition of this toast, 'To our friends the @@ -12415,7 +12398,7 @@ to her mother, and which he had carefully packed up and brought with him across the ocean for the special purpose of some day bestowing them upon his daughter.</p> -<p>Doña Josefina and her friends found the Quinta de Don Alfonso a +<p>Doña Josefina and her friends found the Quinta de Don Alfonso a very pleasant resort in the warm summer evenings. It stood off a short distance from one of the main roads, separated from it and from the wide, open space which went by the name of the Plaza Miserere @@ -12426,7 +12409,7 @@ before her first summer at her father's quinta had passed over, Magdalen had taught some score of young men who had never tasted tea in their lives before, to drink it out of her porcelain cups. Among those who drank out of her porcelain cups this summer there were -three who had found special favour in her eyes, Don Carlos Evaña, +three who had found special favour in her eyes, Don Carlos Evaña, Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon, and Lieutenant Gordon, for they would now and then speak to her in English; her father having taken care that she should not forget her native tongue, generally @@ -12436,7 +12419,7 @@ what her friends thought a large collection, and these three friends would sometimes borrow some of these books from her, and talk to her about them after reading them. But one great trouble she had; she had not come at once to the quinta when she returned to the city -with Don Fausto, but had remained several weeks with Doña Josefina, +with Don Fausto, but had remained several weeks with Doña Josefina, at whose house she had frequently met Dolores Ponce de Leon. Between Dolores and her a warm friendship had sprung up, in which there was more than friendship, for each became to the other as a @@ -12448,7 +12431,7 @@ occasionally at the house of Don Fausto Velasquez, where Magdalen went often, or at the house of Don Gregorio Lopez, where she went less frequently, but to the quinta Dolores never came, saying that her father had forbidden her. The reason of this remained a mystery to -Magdalen, for when she had applied in her perplexity to Doña +Magdalen, for when she had applied in her perplexity to Doña Josefina that lady had spoken to her such words of Don Alfonso that she felt she could never ask any more questions on the subject.</p> @@ -12483,7 +12466,7 @@ though she had made frequent visits to her friends in the city, yet she had during all this time never passed one night from under her father's roof until the night of the 5th July, which she spent in very unwonted fashion under the roof of Don Fausto Velasquez, dancing -and listening to soft speeches in the spacious saloons of Doña Josefina, +and listening to soft speeches in the spacious saloons of Doña Josefina, which were crowded with all that Buenos Aires could furnish in the way of beauty and distinction.</p> @@ -12492,12 +12475,12 @@ Aires was not great at that time, for until the first invasion of the English under Beresford the modes by which a native of Buenos Aires could distinguish himself were very few. Two English invasions had given opportunities for distinction, and officers of the Patricios -and Arribeños who had shown skill or courage were the favoured -guests of Doña Josefina on this occasion. Among these officers +and Arribeños who had shown skill or courage were the favoured +guests of Doña Josefina on this occasion. Among these officers there was but one Spaniard, a captain in the regiment of the Andaluces. -To this captain Doña Josefina showed great attention, introducing +To this captain Doña Josefina showed great attention, introducing him to many a fair partner, whispering to them to pardon his -coarse manners and want of address, as he was a protegé of hers, +coarse manners and want of address, as he was a protegé of hers, and had been lieutenant of the "Morenos de Ponce."</p> <p>But of beauty Buenos Aires had enough and to spare. It is said @@ -12506,18 +12489,18 @@ her sisters she gave pre-eminence in grace and elegance to the Spanish woman, in liveliness and savoir-faire to the Frenchwoman, to the Italian perfection of form and feature, to the Englishwoman a complexion clear as the morning, and so on, some special gift to the -women of every race upon earth, but that she forgot the Porteña +women of every race upon earth, but that she forgot the Porteña altogether, till being told of her neglect she took from each woman of every race a fragment of the special perfection of each one of them -and bestowed it upon the Porteña, thus creating a race of +and bestowed it upon the Porteña, thus creating a race of women unequalled in the variety of their charms in any country under the sun. However that may be, it would be difficult to find -anywhere such a collection of beauty as graced the saloons of Doña +anywhere such a collection of beauty as graced the saloons of Doña Josefina on this evening of the 5th July.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_218" id="Page_218">[Pg 218]</a></span></p> -<p>Magdalen was not a Porteña, her friends called her the "Inglesita," +<p>Magdalen was not a Porteña, her friends called her the "Inglesita," because England had been her birthplace. She was short in stature, irregular in feature, with high cheek-bones; her English birth had not even endowed her with a brilliant complexion, but her figure was good, @@ -12646,7 +12629,7 @@ hours about him, though he hardly ever speaks of him to any one else."</p> <p>"Allow me to compliment you on your dress, I admire the colours you have chosen; blue and white, are they your favourite colours?"</p> -<p>"Yes, they are, so I would wear them. Doña Josefina and Lola +<p>"Yes, they are, so I would wear them. Doña Josefina and Lola did all they could to persuade me to wear pink, but I can be very obstinate when I choose."</p> @@ -12683,7 +12666,7 @@ after her.</p> <p>"What a beautiful girl," she said; "I do not think I ever saw such a beautiful girl. Who is she?"</p> -<p>"Elisa Puyrredon; she is sister to Doña Juana de Saenz-Valiente; +<p>"Elisa Puyrredon; she is sister to Doña Juana de Saenz-Valiente; some men say that the two sisters and my aunt Josefina are the three most beautiful women in Buenos Aires."</p> @@ -12745,7 +12728,7 @@ days to come again."</p> <p>"Papa likes the winter best."</p> <p>"Yes, he likes to sit at his fireside while you make tea for him, but -we Porteños like the open air better. For me the most pleasant place +we Porteños like the open air better. For me the most pleasant place in any season is where you are."</p> <p>"A compliment! You know that I do not like compliments," @@ -12801,7 +12784,7 @@ could see more of you than she does."</p> <p>"Does she? Oh! I am so glad. I shall be here all day to-morrow till the evening, and then every Wednesday morning after -this I will come in and spend the day with Doña Josefina. I am sure +this I will come in and spend the day with Doña Josefina. I am sure papa will let me if I ask him, and when I have a fixed day for coming then Lola will come too."</p> @@ -12920,15 +12903,15 @@ days after General Beresford had taken possession of the city.</p> while the excitement of the city was at its greatest, Marcelino Ponce de Leon had returned to Buenos Aires. His trip to Rio de Janeiro had been a pleasant one, but he had there met with a certain Don -Saturnino Rodriguez Peña, a Porteño by birth, who had inspired him +Saturnino Rodriguez Peña, a Porteño by birth, who had inspired him with a great idea. Big with this idea he hurried back, and after an interview with his grandfather sent messengers in every direction, summoning the friends of Don Gregorio Lopez to meet at his house on the evening of the 21st August. One of these messengers galloped out by the southern road and returned on the day of the meeting with -Don Carlos Evaña and Don Gregorio Lopez the younger, whose father +Don Carlos Evaña and Don Gregorio Lopez the younger, whose father had received him with open arms when he had visited the city in May, -soon after the sudden return of Don Carlos Evaña to his estancia.</p> +soon after the sudden return of Don Carlos Evaña to his estancia.</p> <p>About nine o'clock a numerous company were assembled, then the door of the dining-room was shut, and Don Gregorio took his place @@ -12942,7 +12925,7 @@ clapped their hands.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_225" id="Page_225">[Pg 225]</a></span></p> -<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio, as the applause subsided, "it is +<p>"Señores," said Don Gregorio, as the applause subsided, "it is with pride and pleasure that I look round on you who have come here at my invitation. It brings to my remembrance, as it will to many of you, an evening more than two years ago when we met together as we @@ -12981,12 +12964,12 @@ idea as absurd, and some in no measured terms expressed their indignation. When the uproar had partially subsided, Don Gregorio Lopez again rose to his feet and said:</p> -<p>"Señores, it is with my entire approval that my grandson has laid +<p>"Señores, it is with my entire approval that my grandson has laid this proposition before you. I think it well worthy of careful consideration by all of us, but I doubt much whether it would be received with favour by our Spanish rulers."</p> -<p>"Our Spanish rulers!" shouted Don Carlos Evaña, springing indignantly +<p>"Our Spanish rulers!" shouted Don Carlos Evaña, springing indignantly to his feet, "our Spanish rulers! they are the men who are to decide this and every other question for us! Spain has fallen and with Spain the one check which existed to protect us from Spanish rapacity; @@ -13010,7 +12993,7 @@ that answer it is not for us alone to give, that answer must come from an entire people, and shall ere long be spoken on the house-tops in the full blaze of the sun."</p> -<p>Then, as Evaña sat down, burst forth from the younger members +<p>Then, as Evaña sat down, burst forth from the younger members of that assembly a storm of applause, and Valentin Lopez y Viana, the youngest son of Don Gregorio, raising his hand in the air, shouted "Viva la Patria!" a cry which found its echo in every heart there @@ -13049,7 +13032,7 @@ wood burnt and crackled cheerfully, throwing out showers of sparks when they were touched.</p> <p>Opposite to Don Alfonso, in another easy-chair, sat Don Carlos -Evaña, holding in his hand a tea-cup which had just been refilled for +Evaña, holding in his hand a tea-cup which had just been refilled for him by the small white hands of Magdalen Miranda, who sat near to him at a round table, in the centre of which hissed a huge brown urn. At the far side of this table, with the urn between him and the fire, sat @@ -13072,7 +13055,7 @@ danger; to admit you to the secret admits you to the danger also."</p> asked Magdalen.</p> <p>"Yes; and the secret of sixty is not much of a secret," answered -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p>"I do not see why it should be a secret at all," said Magdalen. "The Princess Carlota could not be queen without the consent of @@ -13103,20 +13086,20 @@ the fire.</p> <p>"You have been several times in the city while I was away," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"I make it a custom to go every Wednesday to see Doña Josefina," +<p>"I make it a custom to go every Wednesday to see Doña Josefina," replied Magdalen, bending over her empty tea-cups and arranging them on a small tray.</p> -<p>"To one person you give great pleasure by so doing," said Evaña, +<p>"To one person you give great pleasure by so doing," said Evaña, in a low voice.</p> <p>"And that one is myself," said Magdalen. "When are you going out again to your estancia, Don Carlos?"</p> -<p>"Some time next month," replied Evaña. "Are you tired of giving +<p>"Some time next month," replied Evaña. "Are you tired of giving me tea in your English fashion?"</p> -<p>"Not at all, I like trying to civilize you proud Porteños, who suck +<p>"Not at all, I like trying to civilize you proud Porteños, who suck mate through tubes one after the other, and yet think yourselves the most polished people on the face of the world."</p> @@ -13132,14 +13115,14 @@ maid to remove the tray and urn, but as she looked at her father she sat down again, clasping her hands together.</p> <p>"Since I purchased the place I have spent nearly half my time -there," replied Evaña.</p> +there," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"You do well, but you would do better to spend all your time there," continued Don Alfonso. "I have heard that when you are there you pay more attention to men than to beasts, and think more of your horses than you do of your cattle."</p> -<p>"Yet I have more cattle than either men or horses," replied Evaña +<p>"Yet I have more cattle than either men or horses," replied Evaña evasively.</p> <p>"Listen to me, young men, both of you," said Don Alfonso. "One @@ -13152,7 +13135,7 @@ has half expired. Then both of you are present at a secret meeting and report that the subject discussed was a project for supplanting our rightful king by his sister. At this meeting there was much talking, but nothing was resolved upon, each man spoke his own thoughts. -Now I know that if Don Manuel Belgrano and Don Carlos Evaña +Now I know that if Don Manuel Belgrano and Don Carlos Evaña spoke their thoughts they would say something very different from this insane project of bringing a queen to reign over us."</p> @@ -13183,7 +13166,7 @@ can you not leave me to enjoy in peace the little that is left to me?"</p> <p>As Don Alfonso spoke, jerking out his words in abrupt sentences, his face became nearly livid, and his hands trembled so that he could hardly grasp the arms of the chair as he sat down again. Marcelino -covered his face with his hands and Evaña sat motionless biting his +covered his face with his hands and Evaña sat motionless biting his moustache, which was a way he had when he was angry. Magdalen looked from one to the other with an expression of deep pain on her face, then as her father sat down she drew out a low stool from under @@ -13192,13 +13175,13 @@ and taking his hand in hers patted it softly, caressing him as one would soothe a child when in trouble.</p> <p>Then Marcelino took another chair in front of the fire, and strove -to change the current of their thoughts by cheerful talk, but Evaña +to change the current of their thoughts by cheerful talk, but Evaña replied only in monosyllables, and Don Alfonso spoke not at all, sitting there moodily in his arm-chair gazing at the fire. Marcelino and Magdalen talked together almost in whispers, speaking to each other at random on any subject which came uppermost, Magdalen still holding her father's hand in hers. Thus half an hour passed over, -when Evaña rose to his feet and said:</p> +when Evaña rose to his feet and said:</p> <p>"It is late, let us go."</p> @@ -13226,7 +13209,7 @@ as you have described him to me," replied Marcelino.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_230" id="Page_230">[Pg 230]</a></span></p> -<p>"Originally he was of much the same character," said Evaña; +<p>"Originally he was of much the same character," said Evaña; "but the easy life he led in England has enervated out of him the stern energy which distinguished Don Francisco, and his imprisonments here and at Carracas have completely cowed what spirit he @@ -13259,7 +13242,7 @@ of it."</p> my interference. Look here, my brother, between us there must be no secrets."</p> -<p>As he spoke Evaña edged his horse nearer to Marcelino, and laid +<p>As he spoke Evaña edged his horse nearer to Marcelino, and laid one hand on his shoulder.</p> <p>"You have started the idea, be content, leave Belgrano to carry it @@ -13388,7 +13371,7 @@ than you do, Don Martin, and my knowledge tells me that we have need of the greatest caution. Miranda has his agents everywhere in South America."</p> -<p>"Evaña!" said the Viceroy. "He is the one man who I consider +<p>"Evaña!" said the Viceroy. "He is the one man who I consider dangerous. You did not mention him, Don Roderigo; was he not at that meeting last night?"</p> @@ -13456,7 +13439,7 @@ them, if they want a lesson."</p> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_BIV_IV" id="CHAPTER_BIV_IV">CHAPTER IV</a></h2> -<h3>HOW THE SPANIARDS ALSO PROPOSED TO THEMSELVES A QUESTION, AND HOW DON CARLOS EVAÑA PREPARED AN ANSWER</h3> +<h3>HOW THE SPANIARDS ALSO PROPOSED TO THEMSELVES A QUESTION, AND HOW DON CARLOS EVAÑA PREPARED AN ANSWER</h3> <p>Winter gave place to spring, spring ripened into summer, and everything @@ -13493,12 +13476,12 @@ further in the matter, leaving it entirely in the hands of his friend Don Manuel Belgrano, who, being a man of much greater experience and of higher position than himself, was more likely to be able to bring it to a successful issue. But he also refused to listen to the solicitations -of his friend Evaña; returning to his post at the Consulado, he passed +of his friend Evaña; returning to his post at the Consulado, he passed his days in the sedulous discharge of his duties, and his evenings in study, or in pleasant social intercourse. At least one evening every week he passed at the quinta of Don Alfonso, till Magdalen learned to look for his visits as one of the pleasures of her monotonous life. -Sometimes Evaña accompanied him, but never did either of them +Sometimes Evaña accompanied him, but never did either of them speak a word to Don Alfonso on the politics of the day. He was invariably civil to them, but to him their visits gave no pleasure, and they could plainly see that it was often a relief to him when they took @@ -13506,7 +13489,7 @@ their departure.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_235" id="Page_235">[Pg 235]</a></span></p> -<p>To Evaña these visits were as a penance undertaken for the sake of +<p>To Evaña these visits were as a penance undertaken for the sake of his friend, but of Don Alfonso's increasing taciturnity Marcelino took no note, there was one there always ready to talk to him, or to listen to what he said, who took a deep interest in all his studies, and whose @@ -13515,7 +13498,7 @@ as he spoke to her. To him the months passed quickly, and happy in the present he gave but now and then a passing thought to the future.</p> -<p>As for Don Carlos Evaña, his thoughts were ever in the future, but +<p>As for Don Carlos Evaña, his thoughts were ever in the future, but his hopes, his fears, and his projects he kept all to himself, working continually with one object steadily in view, the overthrow of Spanish rule, but working in a way which appeared to none to be work. His @@ -13530,10 +13513,10 @@ most frequently studied by him.</p> <p>One battalion of the Patricios was known as that of the "Pardos y Morenos," being composed entirely of men of colour, liberated slaves, or the descendants of freedmen. At the headquarters of this battalion -Evaña was a frequent visitor. Don Cornelio Saavedra met him +Evaña was a frequent visitor. Don Cornelio Saavedra met him there one day and asked him somewhat scornfully whether he would prefer a commission in this regiment to one in the <i>corps d'elite</i>, but to -him Evaña answered that as <i>yet</i> he had no wish to enter any regiment. +him Evaña answered that as <i>yet</i> he had no wish to enter any regiment. Don Cornelio noticed the accent on the word "yet," and replied:</p> <p>"It would be difficult for even a philosopher to understand you, @@ -13542,7 +13525,7 @@ Don Carlos; for me, I confess that I understand you not at all."</p> <p>But the free negroes and mulattos understood something about Don Carlos, of which Don Cornelio knew nothing, which was, that if they required favour or assistance in any way, none was so ready to help -them as Don Carlos Evaña, and that the only way in which they could +them as Don Carlos Evaña, and that the only way in which they could repay him for any such service was to repeat to him all the tittle-tattle and gossip they could collect among their women-folk concerning the saying and doings of certain of the chief men of the city who were @@ -13625,7 +13608,7 @@ step would bring on a collision with the people in which not only the power of the Viceroy but Spanish rule altogether, might be overturned.</p> <p>And among native Argentines there was one who for precisely the -same reason heard of the event with exultation. Don Carlos Evaña +same reason heard of the event with exultation. Don Carlos Evaña hailed with joy any event which might bring his fellow-countrymen into open collision with their rulers.</p> @@ -13647,9 +13630,9 @@ and came up to him saying:</p> <p>"At your service, Don Carlos. What may be your pleasure?"</p> -<p>"The Señora Doña Josefina; will it be possible for me to speak -with her?" replied Don Carlos Evaña, for he it was who had thus -come to disturb the siesta of Doña Josefina.</p> +<p>"The Señora Doña Josefina; will it be possible for me to speak +with her?" replied Don Carlos Evaña, for he it was who had thus +come to disturb the siesta of Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"Certainly it will, Don Carlos," replied the mulatta. "It is late already," she added, looking up at the sun. "If you will have the @@ -13657,7 +13640,7 @@ goodness to pass to the sala, in one moment she will be with you."</p> <p>Don Carlos passed to the sala as he was requested, but the one moment had spun itself out to half an hour ere the folding doors -opened, and Doña Josefina glided into the room. She was dressed +opened, and Doña Josefina glided into the room. She was dressed in a flowing robe of some soft, white material, loosely girded below her ample bosom; the short, loose sleeves left nearly the whole of her plump white arms visible; the upper part of her dress was surmounted @@ -13679,7 +13662,7 @@ homage which the lady received with perfect complacency, after which, leading her to a sofa, he seated himself on a chair near to her saying:</p> -<p>"With your permission, Señora."</p> +<p>"With your permission, Señora."</p> <p>"It is yours, Don Carlos," replied the lady, languidly leaning one<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">[Pg 238]</a></span> arm upon a cushion, and with her head slightly inclined to one side, @@ -13691,10 +13674,10 @@ deny myself, but when I heard it was you I knew it was no use, and now your face is as solemn as if you were going to a funeral. I suppose you have something that you think very important to tell me."</p> -<p>"I have, Señora, or I should not have disturbed you at this hour."</p> +<p>"I have, Señora, or I should not have disturbed you at this hour."</p> <p>"Well, I only hope it is not to recommend to me some other -protegé, for, frankly, he fatigues me, this Asneiros of yours. If you had +protegé, for, frankly, he fatigues me, this Asneiros of yours. If you had not come I was going to send for you before I went, to speak to you about him."</p> @@ -13711,11 +13694,11 @@ to put off my visit until the new year, why, I don't know."</p> <p>"And I too want you to put off your visit."</p> <p>"You! what interest can you have in keeping me in the city?" -As she spoke Doña Josefina leaned her head more to one side, and +As she spoke Doña Josefina leaned her head more to one side, and waving her fan gently, cast a languishing glance above it, then suffered the long lashes to fall over her eyes, veiling them.</p> -<p>"The interest is not mine, Señora, it is for the interest of the Patria +<p>"The interest is not mine, Señora, it is for the interest of the Patria that I wish you to stop."</p> <p>"Every one knows that to Don Carlos the interest of the Patriao is @@ -13724,9 +13707,9 @@ another month or six weeks of this heat in the city. But what can a poor thing like me do for the Partia, Carlos?"</p> <p>"One thing that I cannot do, and I know that the Partia is as dear -to you as it is to me, else I had not troubled you, Señora."</p> +to you as it is to me, else I had not troubled you, Señora."</p> -<p>"Yes, Carlos," replied Doña Josefina, straightening herself up, +<p>"Yes, Carlos," replied Doña Josefina, straightening herself up, dropping her hands into her lap, and in a moment throwing off her usual languid manner; "yes, Carlos, the Patria is dear to me as you say; though you care nothing for me, you appreciate me rightly. @@ -13738,23 +13721,23 @@ have done in Monte Video. Deposed Liniers! do you hear me, Carlos? These Spaniards are going to turn him out and send him to Spain, perhaps in chains, because he is a Frenchman!"</p> -<p>"If that were all, Señora, it would be little," replied Evaña, "that +<p>"If that were all, Señora, it would be little," replied Evaña, "that is nothing but the first step; the next will be to disarm the Patricios, and then——but it is not necessary to inquire what more."</p> -<p>"Disarm the Particios! never!" replied Doña Josefina, closing +<p>"Disarm the Particios! never!" replied Doña Josefina, closing her fan with a click, as though she had quite made up her mind on that point. "If such are their ideas we must keep our Viceroy at any cost. We must prevent the first step, and all the rest is safe."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_239" id="Page_239">[Pg 239]</a></span></p> -<p>"Exactly so, Señora. I have spoken the same thing to many, but +<p>"Exactly so, Señora. I have spoken the same thing to many, but you are the first to whom I have spoken who has seen as I do the necessity of risking everything, of daring everything, rather than permit the Spaniards to annul an appointment we originally made."</p> -<p>A pleased smile came on to the face of the lady as Evaña spoke, +<p>A pleased smile came on to the face of the lady as Evaña spoke, then looking down at her hands as she twirled her fan between her fingers, she said in a low voice:</p> @@ -13779,37 +13762,37 @@ have the superiority in numbers."</p> <p>"Also I shall have them at hand when the day comes, and the hussars of Don Martin Rodriguez, all the cavalry is ours. Have no -fear, Señora, with one of the Spanish regiments of infantry, our superiority +fear, Señora, with one of the Spanish regiments of infantry, our superiority in numbers and enthusiasm will secure us the victory. In the Andaluz regiment nearly all the men are native Argentines, if one officer pronounce in our favour the whole regiment will turn over to us."</p> -<p>Here Evaña paused and looked steadily at Doña Josefina.</p> +<p>Here Evaña paused and looked steadily at Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"Asneiros!" ejaculated that lady, with a look of annoyance, then leaning back again upon her cushions she commenced fanning herself.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señora, Asneiros. Among all the Spaniards there is no better +<p>"Yes, Señora, Asneiros. Among all the Spaniards there is no better officer than Asneiros, and you can bring him over to us when the day comes. I am sorry if he has given you any annoyance, but the kindness you have shown him for these months past will prove a great service to the Partia."</p> <p>"There is one can do much more with Asneiros than I can, Carlos," -replied Doña Josefina, looking away from him with a fresh flourish of +replied Doña Josefina, looking away from him with a fresh flourish of her fan.</p> -<p>"Impossible, Señora," replied Evaña; "anyone to whom you +<p>"Impossible, Señora," replied Evaña; "anyone to whom you show favour is at once your slave."</p> <p>"How the men are blind," replied the lady, turning her eyes again -upon Evaña. "Always that Dolores comes to see me then comes +upon Evaña. "Always that Dolores comes to see me then comes Asneiros, and whilst she is here he has no eyes for anyone else."</p> -<p>"Dolores!" exclaimed Evaña with a sudden start.</p> +<p>"Dolores!" exclaimed Evaña with a sudden start.</p> -<p>"Dolores! yes, Dolores, Señor Don Carlos. Does it appear to +<p>"Dolores! yes, Dolores, Señor Don Carlos. Does it appear to you strange that that barbarian of a Spaniard should think more of Dolores than of me?"</p> @@ -13817,8 +13800,8 @@ Dolores than of me?"</p> <p>"What matters to you Dolores?"</p> -<p>Then as Evaña leaned back in his chair with a frown on his face<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span> -without answering, Doña Josefina bent forward and tapped him on +<p>Then as Evaña leaned back in his chair with a frown on his face<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_240" id="Page_240">[Pg 240]</a></span> +without answering, Doña Josefina bent forward and tapped him on the knee with her fan, saying:</p> <p>"Ah! Carlos! you are a great politician, and very wise and very @@ -13833,13 +13816,13 @@ more than for the whole body of that Asneiros."</p> black eyes upon him, gently fanning herself the while.</p> <p>"All the more necessary, then, for you to remain in town," said -Evaña, after a pause. "Doña Constancia goes to the quinta the day +Evaña, after a pause. "Doña Constancia goes to the quinta the day after to-morrow, but she does not like Asneiros, she will not ask him to the quinta, but if you go he will visit you there, and he will be away when we want him, for we cannot tell when the day will come."</p> -<p>"Look you, Carlos," said Doña Josefina, interrupting him, "I had +<p>"Look you, Carlos," said Doña Josefina, interrupting him, "I had a plan for that Asneiros which would have suited us all very well. Every Wednesday I have two visitors, Dolores and Magdalen Miranda. They come to see each other, and are great friends. You have met @@ -13866,14 +13849,14 @@ after Marcelino came back from Brazil she comes only in the evenings. That is all through Magdalen, the insignificant little creature; I begin to lose patience with her."</p> -<p>"Magdalen is a great deal too good for Asneiros," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Magdalen is a great deal too good for Asneiros," said Evaña.</p> <p>"What an idea! Even he is good enough for that snub-nosed little thing. Think you what is her father? A miserable, without soul. And what has he? Just enough live to on. Not even presentable would Magdalen be but that we had befriended her."</p> -<p>"Possibly not, Señora; you have been very kind to her. But do +<p>"Possibly not, Señora; you have been very kind to her. But do not afflict yourself, let affairs arrange themselves. For Dolores there is not the slightest fear. She is kind to Asneiros, for he rings praises of Marcelino in her ear, and that is always music to Dolores, but @@ -13881,10 +13864,10 @@ more there is nothing."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_241" id="Page_241">[Pg 241]</a></span></p> -<p>"Ah! Carlos! with what confidence you speak," said Doña +<p>"Ah! Carlos! with what confidence you speak," said Doña Josefina, with a toss of her head, and smiling.</p> -<p>"Let us leave that, Señora. What matters to us at present is that +<p>"Let us leave that, Señora. What matters to us at present is that you keep, and increase if you can, your influence over Asneiros. How to do it you know much better than I can tell you."</p> @@ -13902,7 +13885,7 @@ beaten them."</p> <p>"Let it be so. I give you my promise."</p> <p>"And the Patria will some day thank you, and know you as one of -her most faithful children," replied Evaña, rising from his chair.</p> +her most faithful children," replied Evaña, rising from his chair.</p> <p>"Sit down, Carlos; do not go yet. Have you nothing more to say to me?"</p> @@ -13913,15 +13896,15 @@ to me?"</p> your first love, and we are going to do what we can for her; but after her there is another love, come and talk to me of that."</p> -<p>"I have but one love, Señora," replied Evaña, standing before her, +<p>"I have but one love, Señora," replied Evaña, standing before her, and twirling his hat round with his long, white fingers.</p> -<p>"Sit down Carlos, and I will talk to you of Dolores," said Doña +<p>"Sit down Carlos, and I will talk to you of Dolores," said Doña Josefina, with a full glance of her speaking eyes, before which his stern eyes sank back abashed.</p> -<p>"Not now, Señora," replied Don Carlos, in a voice in which there -was so clear an accent of pain that Doña Josefina, after looking at +<p>"Not now, Señora," replied Don Carlos, in a voice in which there +was so clear an accent of pain that Doña Josefina, after looking at him for a moment in perplexity, insisted no longer upon his remaining, but rose herself from the sofa, and walked with him to the large folding-door which gave exit to the patio.</p> @@ -13930,14 +13913,14 @@ which gave exit to the patio.</p> sunshine; "between the two of us we will arrange this barbarian of a Spaniard, and turn him into a patriot."</p> -<p>"That I fear we can never do," replied Evaña; "but if he serve +<p>"That I fear we can never do," replied Evaña; "but if he serve us as we wish him the rest is no matter."</p> <p>"If he serve us well we will give him the Inglesita as his reward," -said Doña Josefina; then adding with a laugh, "and a well-matched +said Doña Josefina; then adding with a laugh, "and a well-matched couple they will be."</p> -<p>To this Evaña made no answer, but with a low bow took his departure.</p> +<p>To this Evaña made no answer, but with a low bow took his departure.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -13952,14 +13935,14 @@ couple they will be."</p> <p>Weeks passed till it was the third week in December. One evening -in that week Don Carlos Evaña mounted his horse and galloped out +in that week Don Carlos Evaña mounted his horse and galloped out to the Quinta de Ponce. The next morning at dawn he was again in the saddle, galloping over the level plains southwards to the estancia of Don Francisco Viana, where he purposed passing the noon-tide heat, and thereafter in the cool of the evening pursuing his way without halting till he should reach his own estancia.</p> -<p>While Don Carlos Evaña so rested at midday, Don Roderigo Ponce +<p>While Don Carlos Evaña so rested at midday, Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon sat conversing with the Viceroy in his private room at the fort. Marshal Liniers had sent for him, telling him that there was matter of great moment on which he wished to consult him. Don @@ -13969,7 +13952,7 @@ debating within himself how he should answer the Viceroy, who was speaking rapidly and whose face showed evident marks of excitement and something of indignation.</p> -<p>"Do you know who he is, this Don Saturnino Rodriguez Peña?" +<p>"Do you know who he is, this Don Saturnino Rodriguez Peña?" asked the Viceroy.</p> <p>"Perfectly. He is a brother of Don Nicolas," replied Don Roderigo. @@ -14054,15 +14037,15 @@ Carlota."</p> <p>"True, I did badly in passing over that affair without notice. In that affair the first to move was your son, and because he was your son I consented to pass it over. See now your gratitude; without doubt, -if there be a conspiracy he and his friend Don Carlos Evaña are the +if there be a conspiracy he and his friend Don Carlos Evaña are the prime movers in it, and depend upon your concurrence and that of all the Spaniards."</p> <p>"If there be any conspiracy I feel quite sure that neither my son -nor Don Carlos Evaña have any part in it."</p> +nor Don Carlos Evaña have any part in it."</p> <p>"I have heard Don Carlos speak freely his ideas years ago, and I -have not forgotten it; I tell you that this Evaña is by nature a conspirator, +have not forgotten it; I tell you that this Evaña is by nature a conspirator, and where he goes there goes Don Marcelino also."</p> <p>"In this you are mistaken, I can assure you," replied Don Roderigo<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_244" id="Page_244">[Pg 244]</a></span> @@ -14073,7 +14056,7 @@ nothing but of his duties at the Consulado."</p> <p>"But he has his ideas, which require checking. If it were not that he is your son I should arrest him and search his papers to discover what correspondence he has carried on with this Don Saturnino -Rodriguez Peña, who has certainly, as you will have seen by that +Rodriguez Peña, who has certainly, as you will have seen by that letter, some regular correspondents in this city."</p> <p>Don Roderigo rose from his chair and walked several times thoughtfully @@ -14166,7 +14149,7 @@ the unwarrantable imprisonment of his eldest son.</p> <p> </p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña did not make a long stay at his estancia this +<p>Don Carlos Evaña did not make a long stay at his estancia this time, on the fifth evening from the day he left the city he was again at the Quinta de Ponce. Short as had been his absence, he had managed to spend one day at Las Barrancas with Colonel Lopez, @@ -14208,7 +14191,7 @@ over the boy, and with difficulty keeping back her tears; "Marcelino is in prison, three days ago he was arrested by an order from the Viceroy and is in prison."</p> -<p>"Marcelino in prison!" exclaimed Evaña. "On what charge? +<p>"Marcelino in prison!" exclaimed Evaña. "On what charge? what has he done?"</p> <p>"Nothing. We know nothing of why he is in prison. Papa was @@ -14240,7 +14223,7 @@ Asneiros, and even than papa, for Don Cornelio Saavedra and the Patricios would all listen to you, and without them the Viceroy is nothing, papa told me so."</p> -<p>"Asneiros!" said Evaña to himself, rising from his seat and walking +<p>"Asneiros!" said Evaña to himself, rising from his seat and walking up and down the verandah, "Asneiros! I begin to understand. This is a trap, and if we are careless we will run our necks into the noose."</p> @@ -14252,7 +14235,7 @@ has spoken to him, not even Don Roderigo?"</p> <p>"No one. Not even papa is allowed to speak to him, and nothing has been done, but to-morrow you will be there, and something will -be done," said Dolores, looking up at Evaña with a flush on her cheek, +be done," said Dolores, looking up at Evaña with a flush on her cheek, and a trustful look in her gray eyes.</p> <p>"Not to-morrow, but to-night I will go in, but I do not tell @@ -14293,7 +14276,7 @@ and will go and fight the French for him, so that he may come back. He said he would come back, didn't he, Lola?"</p> <p>"Yes, dear; and some day he will come," said Dolores, again kissing -the boy and bending over him so as to hide her face from Evaña.</p> +the boy and bending over him so as to hide her face from Evaña.</p> <p>"Then you must not be triste, Lola; it makes me feel bad to see you triste, Lola; yesterday you were crying and it made Justito sad to @@ -14335,7 +14318,7 @@ Marcelino out of prison, and then Lola won't cry any more," said Dolores.</p> <p>Then Justito jumped from Dolores' arms and ran to Don Carlos -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">[Pg 248]</a></span></p> @@ -14346,13 +14329,13 @@ makes Justito bad to see Lola cry?" said he.</p> with me," said Don Carlos, raising the boy up in his arms and kissing him.</p> -<p>Dolores rose from her seat with a smile on her face as Evaña spoke.</p> +<p>Dolores rose from her seat with a smile on her face as Evaña spoke.</p> <p>"Always my friend and his brother," said she, then taking the boy from him she led him away with her into the house.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña only remained long enough at the quinta to -speak a few words to Doña Constancia, and to learn from her all she +<p>Don Carlos Evaña only remained long enough at the quinta to +speak a few words to Doña Constancia, and to learn from her all she knew concerning the imprisonment of his friend Marcelino. Then, declining her urgent invitation to pass the night at the quinta, he remounted his horse and galloped away through the darkness for the @@ -14370,7 +14353,7 @@ city.</p> <h3>THE EVE OF A GREAT EVENT</h3> -<p>It was nine o'clock when Don Carlos Evaña reached the city. Without +<p>It was nine o'clock when Don Carlos Evaña reached the city. Without stopping either to change his dress or to take food, he had no sooner dismounted than he went straight to the house of Don Gregorio Lopez. In the first patio he met Valentin.</p> @@ -14394,9 +14377,9 @@ dining-room."</p> <p>"I am glad of it. There is more in this than you know of, my young friend, be content yet for a few days to do nothing."</p> -<p>So saying, Evaña passed on to the dining-room, where he found +<p>So saying, Evaña passed on to the dining-room, where he found Don Gregorio Lopez in consultation with Don Fausto Velasquez, Don -Cornelio Saavedra, Don Manuel Belgrano, and four others. Evaña +Cornelio Saavedra, Don Manuel Belgrano, and four others. Evaña joined them, and for an hour they remained talking earnestly together, then, as some of them rose to go, Don Manuel Belgrano said:</p> @@ -14408,7 +14391,7 @@ culprit."</p> "that it is the wisest course."</p> <p>"Above all things it is necessary that they take the initiative," said -Don Cornelio Saavedra. "The Señor Don Santiago Liniers is a man +Don Cornelio Saavedra. "The Señor Don Santiago Liniers is a man of no decision, and in order that he put full confidence in us we must show our acquiescence in any measure that he may think fit to adopt."</p> @@ -14417,10 +14400,10 @@ arouse in any way his suspicions, Don Martin and the bishop, between them, will persuade him to resign."</p> <p>"If he resign we shall have in his place a Junta of Spaniards, and -we all know what that means," said Evaña.</p> +we all know what that means," said Evaña.</p> <p>"I for my part assure you that we will have no Junta," said Don -Cornelio. "Do you know, Señor Evaña, that if you had not fortunately +Cornelio. "Do you know, Señor Evaña, that if you had not fortunately returned so soon from your estancia I think we should have<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_250" id="Page_250">[Pg 250]</a></span> made some false step. Don Roderigo has infected us all with his own indignation; we must not forget that Don Roderigo is a Spaniard, and @@ -14433,10 +14416,10 @@ Afterwards we will explain everything to him."</p> <p>"I am sorry for him," said Don Fausto. "To pass these hot summer days shut up in a small room would kill me very soon, but -when Don Gregorio and Don Carlos Evaña both say it is for the best +when Don Gregorio and Don Carlos Evaña both say it is for the best I say no more."</p> -<p>"One word more, Don Cornelio," said Evaña. "Have you not +<p>"One word more, Don Cornelio," said Evaña. "Have you not yet any idea when the Pronunciamiento is likely to take place?"</p> <p>"It may take place any day," replied Don Cornelio. "But if @@ -14449,12 +14432,12 @@ epoch in the history of the Argentine people. Upon you, Don Cornelio, depends the present welfare and the future greatness of a young nation; to you our country entrusts her destinies in the most critical moment of her existence." So saying, and looking fixedly upon Don Cornelio -Saavedra, Evaña bowed to him with great solemnity and retired.</p> +Saavedra, Evaña bowed to him with great solemnity and retired.</p> -<p>"The ideas of the Señora Evaña," said Don Fausto Velasquez, +<p>"The ideas of the Señora Evaña," said Don Fausto Velasquez, laughing. "When shall we see the end of them?"</p> -<p>"In this the Señor Evaña is not mistaken," said Don Gregorio +<p>"In this the Señor Evaña is not mistaken," said Don Gregorio Lopez. "May God help you, Don Cornelio, and remember that where you go you have an entire people behind you, who have placed their destinies in your hands."</p> @@ -14463,15 +14446,15 @@ their destinies in your hands."</p> <p>Three days after this, as Captain Asneiros returned to his quarters after an early drill and inspection, he found a young slave waiting for -him with a message from Doña Josefina Viana, who requested him to +him with a message from Doña Josefina Viana, who requested him to call upon her that evening without fail. The swarthy face of the Spaniard brightened with pleasure as he listened to the words of the little negro, but:</p> <p>"It is well, you can go," was all his answer.</p> -<p>In the evening twilight Doña Josefina, dressed in a graceful -negligée fashion well suited to the season, sat in a low chair beside +<p>In the evening twilight Doña Josefina, dressed in a graceful +negligée fashion well suited to the season, sat in a low chair beside one of the windows of her sala, which was thrown wide open, gazing out into the street. Young men as they passed doffed their hats, bowing lowly, and many of them paused, hoping that the graceful @@ -14493,7 +14476,7 @@ pause, perchance muttering to themselves:</p> <p>"She awaits some one, our queen of the saloons, who may that fortunate be?"</p> -<p>To the salutations of both young and old Doña Josefina had but +<p>To the salutations of both young and old Doña Josefina had but one stereotyped answer, a slight lowering of her fan, and a still slighter inclination of the head, with half-closed eyes. Thus she sat for about half an hour, when a man of medium stature, slightly built, @@ -14510,7 +14493,7 @@ performed an elaborate salute before the window. By his dress he was a dandy of the first water, but of rather an antiquated fashion, but his face and carriage were those of a stern soldier.</p> -<p>The large black eyes of Doña Josefina dilated with surprise and +<p>The large black eyes of Doña Josefina dilated with surprise and with something of amusement, as she looked at this finely-dressed gentleman who had paused before her window; for a moment she held her fan before her face to conceal the smile which played upon her @@ -14520,10 +14503,10 @@ affability and said:</p> <p>"Come in, Don Ciriaco, the hours that I have been watching for you."</p> -<p>"Then with your permission, Señora," replied Asneiros with +<p>"Then with your permission, Señora," replied Asneiros with another bow as he moved away towards the door of the house.</p> -<p>Springing lightly to her feet, Doña Josefina drew forward an easy-chair +<p>Springing lightly to her feet, Doña Josefina drew forward an easy-chair and placed it at the other side of the window opposite to her, in such a position that such daylight as yet remained should fall full upon the face of anyone seated in it, and that he should be plainly @@ -14536,41 +14519,41 @@ her hand in his as she held it out to him in welcome; for a moment she feared he was going to raise it to his lips, however, he refrained, and seated himself in the easy-chair she had placed ready for him.</p> -<p>"How is this, Señor Capitan?" said the lady. "In moments so +<p>"How is this, Señor Capitan?" said the lady. "In moments so critical as the present can the Viceroy spare even for one day the services of one of his most trusted officers?"</p> <p>"You advert to my gallop out to the Quinta de Ponce yesterday, -Señora?" replied Asneiros. "Have then my movements so much +Señora?" replied Asneiros. "Have then my movements so much interest for you?"</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_252" id="Page_252">[Pg 252]</a></span></p> -<p>"You saw then my little Justiniano?" replied Doña Josefina, +<p>"You saw then my little Justiniano?" replied Doña Josefina, performing meantime some elaborate movements with her fan.</p> -<p>"Yes, Señora, I saw him, and he sends to you many expressions of +<p>"Yes, Señora, I saw him, and he sends to you many expressions of his love. Better he could not be."</p> <p>"Cruel! And you could remain a whole night in the city and yet not come to tell me of him!"</p> -<p>"It was late, Señora, when I returned, but even without your +<p>"It was late, Señora, when I returned, but even without your message I should have been bold enough to have presented myself to you this evening."</p> <p>"And my good Constancia and Dolores?"</p> -<p>"Well, Señora, but sad, as you may believe, whilst the son and the +<p>"Well, Señora, but sad, as you may believe, whilst the son and the brother suffers unmerited imprisonment."</p> <p>"You went to speak to them of him, and to tell them what you are doing for him?"</p> -<p>"To speak to them of him, yes, Señora, without that I would never -have had the temerity to present myself there. But yesterday Doña -Constancia was all that the amiable can be, and the beautiful Señorita -was if possible more of an angel than ever, Señora, yesterday I felt +<p>"To speak to them of him, yes, Señora, without that I would never +have had the temerity to present myself there. But yesterday Doña +Constancia was all that the amiable can be, and the beautiful Señorita +was if possible more of an angel than ever, Señora, yesterday I felt myself in Paradise, for the first time in my life I found myself admitted to the confidence of two angelic creatures, who wept as they spoke to me of their sorrow, and who looked to me with confidence @@ -14579,14 +14562,14 @@ the forfeit for his liberty, if it were not otherwise to be achieved."</p> <p>"And are they the only women who ever treated you with confidence?"</p> -<p>"Ah! forgive me, Señora, but when I think of them and their +<p>"Ah! forgive me, Señora, but when I think of them and their sorrow I can think of nothing else. And it was sorrow to me that I could not tell them that I had done anything for him, I could only tell them what I wished to do."</p> <p>"What did you wish to do?"</p> -<p>"Señora, you are cruel to me! Did not I offer to break into +<p>"Señora, you are cruel to me! Did not I offer to break into the prison at night with my own men and set him free, at any risk to myself?"</p> @@ -14598,11 +14581,11 @@ to us all, which Marcelino himself would have been the first to deplore. Now I have sent for you to know if you are yet ready to risk everything for your old chief?"</p> -<p>"Señora, you give me back my life, for I can obey you no longer +<p>"Señora, you give me back my life, for I can obey you no longer if you tell me yet to do nothing. When I saw that angelical creature in tears for the sake of her brother, I could restrain myself no longer. I laid my hand on my heart, and swore to her that I would never see -her more till her brother was free. Señora, I have listened to you and +her more till her brother was free. Señora, I have listened to you and to Don Roderigo, and as yet have done nothing, but now I must do something, I have begun to-day. I have spoken to several of my men, all of whom will follow me. This night, if you wish it, I will @@ -14612,28 +14595,28 @@ do not join me I must secure them."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[Pg 253]</a></span></p> -<p>As Asneiros spoke of Dolores, Doña Josefina leaned back in her +<p>As Asneiros spoke of Dolores, Doña Josefina leaned back in her chair, pressing her fan to her forehead, and so completely hiding her face. When he paused she still kept her face concealed, and did not answer. There was silence between them for a minute, then Asneiros resumed:</p> -<p>"You do not like to speak, Señora; there is no necessity that you +<p>"You do not like to speak, Señora; there is no necessity that you should. It is not needful that you should know anything further of my plan. If possible I shall achieve the rescue without bloodshed. There is great excitement among the troops. I do not know if you are aware of it, but if I shout 'Down with the Viceroy' there is no Spaniard will raise his musket against me."</p> -<p>Then Doña Josefina renewed her manœuvres with her fan, opening +<p>Then Doña Josefina renewed her manœuvres with her fan, opening it and fanning herself gently, then shutting it again with a click. A girl entered the ante-sala with a lighted lamp, which she placed upon -a small table in a corner, and then retired. Doña Josefina looked +a small table in a corner, and then retired. Doña Josefina looked round at her as she moved about. Then, as she closed the door behind her, she again leaned back in her chair, gave two or three flourishes with her fan, and with a low sigh said:</p> -<p>"You think very much of my little niece, Señor Capitan?"</p> +<p>"You think very much of my little niece, Señor Capitan?"</p> <p>"How is it possible for anyone to know a creature so amiable and not think much of her?" replied Asneiros.</p> @@ -14641,7 +14624,7 @@ not think much of her?" replied Asneiros.</p> <p>"Then because she, an ignorant little girl, asks you to do something for her you will do it even though I request you not?"</p> -<p>"Señora, what is this that you say to me? She has not asked me +<p>"Señora, what is this that you say to me? She has not asked me to do anything, but she weeps for her brother who is in prison, and I have sworn that I will rescue him. You have asked me if I am ready, do you yet want me to delay?"</p> @@ -14688,8 +14671,8 @@ the Viceroy calls upon you, join him at once with all your battalion, then you can demand the liberty of my nephew, and all of us will thank you for the great service you have done."</p> -<p>"But, Señora, it may be days yet before they attempt this rebellion. -What will the Señorita Dolores say if all these days I do +<p>"But, Señora, it may be days yet before they attempt this rebellion. +What will the Señorita Dolores say if all these days I do nothing?"</p> <p>"Dolores herself shall thank you; I will tell her what you have @@ -14703,29 +14686,29 @@ before he arrests any of them."</p> <p>"I could put my hand upon one of them to-day," said Asneiros fiercely; "and here he comes," he added, in a low tone, as Don -Carlos Evaña entered the sala.</p> +Carlos Evaña entered the sala.</p> -<p>Behind Evaña came Don Fausto Velasquez, who saluted the infantry -captain with great cordiality, but Evaña, merely bestowing upon him -a nod of recognition, seated himself beside Doña Josefina. Soon +<p>Behind Evaña came Don Fausto Velasquez, who saluted the infantry +captain with great cordiality, but Evaña, merely bestowing upon him +a nod of recognition, seated himself beside Doña Josefina. Soon after, others dropped in. Among them came Don Juan Martin -Puyrredon and his sister Doña Juana, the Señora de Sañez-Valiente, +Puyrredon and his sister Doña Juana, the Señora de Sañez-Valiente, a tall, stately lady of very affable manners, who was an intimate friend -of Doña Josefina. With her also came a younger sister, shorter in -stature than Doña Juana, with large, dark eyes, luxuriant hair, brilliant +of Doña Josefina. With her also came a younger sister, shorter in +stature than Doña Juana, with large, dark eyes, luxuriant hair, brilliant complexion, and a face and figure said at that time to be unrivalled for beauty even in Buenos Aires, Elisa Puyrredon.</p> <p>Among these, Asneiros would have felt himself strangely out of -place, but Doña Josefina watched over him, and exerted herself so +place, but Doña Josefina watched over him, and exerted herself so successfully to set him at ease, encouraging him to talk, that when, after a couple of hours, he rose to go, he felt as though he had never passed so pleasant an evening in his life, and was resolved that come -what might he would let himself be guided by Doña Josefina, though +what might he would let himself be guided by Doña Josefina, though he was too astute to believe all that she had told him concerning the conspiracy against the Viceroy.</p> -<p>Doña Josefina accompanied him to the patio as he went out, and +<p>Doña Josefina accompanied him to the patio as he went out, and said to him:</p> <p>"Pass by my window every evening at sundown, I will call you @@ -14733,10 +14716,10 @@ in if I have anything to say to you. When you have anything to tell me come at any hour."</p> <p>"What it is to give oneself to politics," said Elisa Puyrredon, as -Doña Josefina returned to the sala. "Have you many paroquets like -that to show us, Doña Josefina?"</p> +Doña Josefina returned to the sala. "Have you many paroquets like +that to show us, Doña Josefina?"</p> -<p>"Picara!" said Doña Josefina; "this Asneiros was the Lieutenant +<p>"Picara!" said Doña Josefina; "this Asneiros was the Lieutenant of the 'Morenos de Ponce.'"</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_255" id="Page_255">[Pg 255]</a></span></p> @@ -14744,7 +14727,7 @@ of the 'Morenos de Ponce.'"</p> <p>"I did not know that," said Elisa. "And this poor Marcelino, when will they let him go?"</p> -<p>"That is just what this Asneiros came to ask me," replied Doña +<p>"That is just what this Asneiros came to ask me," replied Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"Asneiros makes no secret of his wish to break open the prison-door @@ -14757,7 +14740,7 @@ himself at the head of a party of grenadiers," said Don Juan Martin.</p> <p> </p> <p>Every day for more than a week Asneiros strolled at sundown past -the window of Doña Josefina Viana, every day he found her sitting +the window of Doña Josefina Viana, every day he found her sitting there watching for him. Sometimes she would rise from her seat and, leaning against the reja, would stand there for some minutes talking with him; sometimes she would invite him in, when if alone together @@ -14771,26 +14754,26 @@ influence of Don Martin Alzaga.</p> <p>So the days passed over till the morning of the 31st December, when he called at the house, and being admitted at once, was shown -into the sewing-room of Doña Josefina, where she never received any +into the sewing-room of Doña Josefina, where she never received any but her most confidential friend. Nearly an hour he remained there talking with her, being on this occasion dressed in uniform, and speaking -in a sharp, decisive manner which Doña Josefina had never before +in a sharp, decisive manner which Doña Josefina had never before observed in him.</p> -<p>"Señora," said he, as he withdrew, "I know not whether you have +<p>"Señora," said he, as he withdrew, "I know not whether you have been deceived, but I will delay no longer, and if Don Marcelino is not out of prison by this hour to-morrow I myself will head a mutiny against the Viceroy, in which case I can assure you that the whole of the garrison of the city will join me."</p> -<p>When he had gone Doña Josefina sat for some minutes very +<p>When he had gone Doña Josefina sat for some minutes very thoughtful, apparently far from pleased with the result of the interview till with a start she exclaimed:</p> <p>"To-morrow! that is the new year. It is done, he will be too late; now Carlos will acknowledge that I also have done something for the Patria."</p> -<p>Half an hour later Don Carlos Evaña was with her, summoned to +<p>Half an hour later Don Carlos Evaña was with her, summoned to a consultation by an urgent message.</p> <p> </p> @@ -14803,7 +14786,7 @@ at night. A young girl who lived in great quiet with her father at his quinta at the Miserere. To her parent she had spoken of him, but he had chid her roughly, telling her that doubtless he deserved his punishment, and that she was not to speak of him any more. On one -Wednesday only during this time had she paid her usual visit to Doña +Wednesday only during this time had she paid her usual visit to Doña Josefina, who had laughed at her when she had timidly asked news of Marcelino, saying:</p> @@ -14811,12 +14794,12 @@ Marcelino, saying:</p> <p>"What matters it to you?"</p> -<p>But as she sat sewing in Doña Josefina's own room there came in +<p>But as she sat sewing in Doña Josefina's own room there came in another lady, young and of radiant beauty, who spoke much of Marcelino, -and to her Doña Josefina talked unreservedly, and spoke confidently +and to her Doña Josefina talked unreservedly, and spoke confidently of his speedy release. When she had gone:</p> -<p>"What think you of my friend Elisa?" said Doña Josefina; "Lola +<p>"What think you of my friend Elisa?" said Doña Josefina; "Lola is very fond of her, but you and she seem hardly ever to speak to each other."</p> @@ -14846,16 +14829,16 @@ might, the leader they had chosen for themselves should not be thrust from his position if he would but call upon them for support.</p> <p>Two men only fully appreciated the danger of the crisis, Don -Roderigo Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña; each of these in +Roderigo Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña; each of these in his own way prepared to meet it.</p> -<p>On the morning of the 27th December, Don Carlos Evaña called +<p>On the morning of the 27th December, Don Carlos Evaña called his servant into his private room, and after a short conversation with him took up a sealed letter from his writing-table, which he gave to him. This letter was addressed:</p> <p> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Al Señor Coronel</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Al Señor Coronel</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Don Gregorio Lopez,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Comandante de los Dragones de Las Barrancas,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Su Estancia.</span><br /> @@ -14864,12 +14847,12 @@ him. This letter was addressed:</p> <p>"Now away you go," said Don Carlos, "and neither rest nor sleep till you have delivered that letter."</p> -<p>"Before sunrise to-morrow he shall have it, Señor Don Carlos," +<p>"Before sunrise to-morrow he shall have it, Señor Don Carlos," replied the man.</p> <p>On the morning of the 31st December, Colonel Lopez arrived at the Quinta de Ponce; he was dressed in uniform, and had two orderlies -with him. He listened to all that Doña Constancia and Dolores +with him. He listened to all that Doña Constancia and Dolores had to tell him, but was very taciturn himself, and they were somewhat hurt at the small sympathy he expressed for his nephew in his imprisonment.</p> @@ -14879,7 +14862,7 @@ was not coming out that day and that he himself was to remain there till Monday.</p> <p>"We shall have plenty of room for you to-night, Gregorio," said -Doña Constancia. "We have generally a house full on a Saturday +Doña Constancia. "We have generally a house full on a Saturday evening, but it appears we are to have no visitors this week. Even Don Carlos has not been out to see us since he came in from his estancia."</p> @@ -14904,24 +14887,24 @@ of the trampling of hoofs as of a multitude of horses at a quiet trot. Mingled with this sound came the jingling of sabres in steel scabbards, and the hum of many voices.</p> -<p>"Who are those, Gregorio?" said Doña Constancia, as a gruff voice +<p>"Who are those, Gregorio?" said Doña Constancia, as a gruff voice shouted "halt," and the trampling and the jingling ceased. "They have stopped at the tranquera."</p> <p>"They are my dragoons," replied the Colonel, "Sleep tranquil, Marcelino will not be many hours longer in prison."</p> -<p>"My God!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, clasping her hands; +<p>"My God!" exclaimed Doña Constancia, clasping her hands; "what is it that you are going to do?"</p> <p>"Who sent for you?" asked Dolores.</p> -<p>"Evaña," replied the Colonel; then kissing both of them he looked +<p>"Evaña," replied the Colonel; then kissing both of them he looked round to bid good-night to his nephew, but Evaristo was not to be seen.</p> <p>Five minutes later Don Gregorio Lopez, at the head of a well-appointed squadron of dragoons, trotted down the road past the -quinta gate, where Doña Constancia and Dolores stood watching them +quinta gate, where Doña Constancia and Dolores stood watching them in silence. Beside him rode one who was not in uniform and carried no arms; this horseman, who was but a youth, turned in his saddle as they passed the gate and shouted:</p> @@ -14958,7 +14941,7 @@ being entirely engrossed by a subject to them much more momentous.</p> <p>At sunrise on this Sunday morning the whole city was astir. Steady-going householders donned their uniforms and marched off to -the barracks of the several militia corps, the Patricios and Arribeños. +the barracks of the several militia corps, the Patricios and Arribeños. Shopmen, artificers, and peons left their homes all with one destination. Ardent young patriots of the more wealthy families buckled on their swords and proceeded to the headquarters of their regiments. @@ -14976,7 +14959,7 @@ men had taken part in the defence of the city against Whitelock, the name of General Liniers was to them as a tower of strength.</p> <p>The dragoons from Las Barrancas had passed the night encamped -near to the Puente Galves, at dawn Don Carlos Evaña was with them. +near to the Puente Galves, at dawn Don Carlos Evaña was with them. Calling the officers together he spoke earnestly to them, commending the appearance of the men and the condition of their horses, telling them that they had not been sent for without deep necessity, that @@ -14996,7 +14979,7 @@ efficiency and appearance, the horses all of one colour, dark bays, the men most of them of one family, brothers, cousins, or nephews of the wife of Don Francisco Viana. This troop was under the command of Venceslao Viana, all the horses were the property of Don Carlos -Evaña. After speaking to the officers, Don Carlos addressed himself +Evaña. After speaking to the officers, Don Carlos addressed himself to the men of this troop, speaking to them one by one, and asking after their families, then he drew Venceslao Viana to one side and spoke to him alone. As Venceslao listened, his face showed @@ -15014,7 +14997,7 @@ but to obey the Colonel. But remember, if to-day pass without bloodshed everything is to begin again."</p> <p>"Decidedly this Don Carlos is a man of few scruples," said Venceslao -to himself as Evaña galloped away for the city. "But if he +to himself as Evaña galloped away for the city. "But if he says it, it must be done; by the faith of a Viana, to-day we will do for him some service."</p> @@ -15043,7 +15026,7 @@ groups of men, who gazed upon them in silence as though they would read their purpose in their faces, several of these Spaniards took off their hats, waving them in the air and shouting:</p> -<p>"Junta! Junta! como la de la España! Abajo el Frances +<p>"Junta! Junta! como la de la España! Abajo el Frances Liniers!"<a name="FNanchor_9" id="FNanchor_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></p> @@ -15056,7 +15039,7 @@ and ammunition, and marching hurriedly to the Plaza Mayor drew up on the west side the Plaza with their backs to the Cabildo, shouting as their leaders had already instructed them:</p> -<p>"Junta! Junta! como la de la España! Abajo el Frances +<p>"Junta! Junta! como la de la España! Abajo el Frances Liniers!"</p> <p>As the bells rang out their peal, Marshal Liniers sent off a messenger @@ -15064,7 +15047,7 @@ to Don Cornelio Saavedra requesting him to garrison the fort. As the Spanish troops entered the Plaza Mayor, the first battalion of the Patricios marched through the Plaza de Los Perdices, crossed the drawbridge of the fort, and occupied all the defences of this stronghold. -At the same time Don Carlos Evaña, with a drawn sabre in his +At the same time Don Carlos Evaña, with a drawn sabre in his hand, at the head of a strong party of armed citizens, entered the fort by a postern gate, and placed himself and his followers at the orders of the Viceroy.</p> @@ -15095,7 +15078,7 @@ sundown I am Viceroy I will set him free."</p> days you will yet see yourself Viceroy."</p> <p>Then as he turned away Asneiros looked around him, and his eye -fell upon Evaña, who, with his drawn sabre in his hand, was talking +fell upon Evaña, who, with his drawn sabre in his hand, was talking eagerly with a number of militia officers.</p> <p>"He here and armed!" said Asneiros to himself; "he then is @@ -15125,7 +15108,7 @@ as the Patricios marched into the fort; he looked down into the Plaza below him upon the troops there assembled, he noted at once the absence of the artillery corps and of the Andaluces. None of his colleagues were with him, they had proceeded from the fort to the -house of the Bishop of Buenos Aires, Monseñor Lue, who, with Don +house of the Bishop of Buenos Aires, Monseñor Lue, who, with Don Martin Alzaga, was at the head of the conspiracy against the Viceroy. Unless some measures were immediately adopted to allay the excitement a struggle seemed inevitable; to this struggle Don Roderigo @@ -15162,7 +15145,7 @@ and with loud shouts of:</p> <p>"Viva Don Santiago Liniers! Viva el Virey!"</p> <p>Then came the second battalion of the Patricios, the "Pardos y -Morenos," and the Arribeño regiment. Mounted messengers were +Morenos," and the Arribeño regiment. Mounted messengers were despatched at speed to the Residencia and to the Plaza Miserere. The swarthy troopers, tired with long waiting in the hot summer sun, received the summons with joy, and noon was not long passed ere @@ -15209,7 +15192,7 @@ upon him to resign; he took his pen and signed the document.</p> abdication, a messenger was sent across the two Plazas to the Cabildo, to the Spaniards who had remained there, telling them that their cause was won. Eager hands seized upon the flag of Spain, waving -it triumphantly; eager voices shouted the pæan of victory, yet still +it triumphantly; eager voices shouted the pæan of victory, yet still Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon held aloof, leaning on the rails of the balcony and gazing out upon the Plaza, watching ever, but neither by voice nor sign showing that he had any part in the triumph.</p> @@ -15219,7 +15202,7 @@ of General Crauford on the 5th July, 1807, issued into the open Plaza the firm array of the citizen soldiers of Buenos Aires, with their trusted leader, Don Cornelio Saavedra at their head. First came the Patricios, who ever claimed the post of danger, the post of honour; -then came the Arribeños, the artillery, the Pardos y Morenos and +then came the Arribeños, the artillery, the Pardos y Morenos and the Andaluces, who had last of all made up their minds to join the ranks of the patriots. The infantry with bayonets fixed, the artillery bringing their cannon with them, the gunners marching with the matches @@ -15249,7 +15232,7 @@ of his principal officers, he walked into the saloon of audience, in which the deed of resignation had just been signed.</p> <p>The assembled grandees were struck mute at this unexpected intrusion. -Monseñor Lue was the first to speak; turning to Saavedra +Monseñor Lue was the first to speak; turning to Saavedra he said—</p> <p>"Thanks be to God, all is finished. His excellency loves the @@ -15259,7 +15242,7 @@ has agreed to abdicate."</p> <p>"Who has given his Excellency the power to resign the command legally conferred upon him?" asked Saavedra in reply.</p> -<p>"Señor Comandante," replied the Bishop, in a supplicating tone, +<p>"Señor Comandante," replied the Bishop, in a supplicating tone, "do you wish to involve this people in blood?"</p> <p>"Neither I nor my comrades," answered the Commandant of the @@ -15269,7 +15252,7 @@ that there is no cause for this violence."</p> <p>Then hearing the Bishop say that it was the will of the people that the Viceroy should resign, Saavedra interrupted him, saying—</p> -<p>"That is a falsehood. In proof of it, let the Señor Liniers come +<p>"That is a falsehood. In proof of it, let the Señor Liniers come with us, let him present himself to the people; if the people refuse him, and will not that he continue in command, then I and my comrades will sign the deed of abdication."</p> @@ -15292,7 +15275,7 @@ before the Viceroy as he walked forth, so that he might not soil his feet with the dust. Behind this group came the discomfited members of the Cabildo, among whom walked the secretary of the Cabildo, carrying in his hand the deed of abdication. As he crossed the drawbridge, -Don Carlos Evaña, who was close to Liniers, turned back, ran +Don Carlos Evaña, who was close to Liniers, turned back, ran <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_264" id="Page_264">[Pg 264]</a></span>to the secretary, and snatching the deed from him tore it into pieces, and threw the fragments contemptuously into the air, at which sight the exultant populace burst out again with shouts of triumph.</p> @@ -15314,7 +15297,7 @@ grasped their muskets and glared defiance across the Plaza at the steady ranks of the citizen soldiers drawn up in defiant array in front of them.</p> -<p>At this moment Don Carlos Evaña, standing under the arch of +<p>At this moment Don Carlos Evaña, standing under the arch of the Recoba, shouted to the cavalry sitting motionless on their horses, with sabres drawn in the Plaza de los Perdices—</p> @@ -15332,7 +15315,7 @@ into the Plaza Mayor.</p> <p>Don Roderigo ran frantically along the ranks of the Spanish infantry tearing the muskets from the hands of the men and shouting—</p> -<p>"To your barracks! to your barracks! Españoles!"</p> +<p>"To your barracks! to your barracks! Españoles!"</p> <p>All was confusion and wild panic; the Spaniards broke their ranks, and in headlong flight ran off up the streets abutting on the west side @@ -15443,7 +15426,7 @@ had left the suburbs behind them.</p> <p>"I knew there was going to be something," replied Evaristo, "for Tata sent me out to the quinta yesterday and would not go himself. -I found Uncle Gregorio there, and his dragoons came, Evaña had sent +I found Uncle Gregorio there, and his dragoons came, Evaña had sent for them, and uncle said you would be set free to-day, so I came back. First thing this morning I went to the barracks of the Pardos y Morenos, there were some of your men there and they were glad enough to @@ -15457,7 +15440,7 @@ like 'guapos' and here we are."</p> <p>"Yes, here we are, thank God, but why were the Spaniards there and the Patricios?"</p> -<p>"It appears that the Señores the Spaniards took it into their heads +<p>"It appears that the Señores the Spaniards took it into their heads to depose the Viceroy. That did not please Don Cornelio Saavedra, and the dragoons of Uncle Gregorio have trampled on them some little I warrant you."</p> @@ -15481,7 +15464,7 @@ I warrant you."</p> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_BIV_VIII" id="CHAPTER_BIV_VIII">CHAPTER VIII</a></h2> -<h3>EVAÑA'S DREAM</h3> +<h3>EVAÑA'S DREAM</h3> <p>It was long past nightfall ere the Viceroy, wearied with the day's @@ -15528,7 +15511,7 @@ They supported you for the sake of destroying the authority of the Cabildo, their next step will be to depose you. They seek to take advantage of the misfortunes of Spain to establish here a republic."</p> -<p>"Evaña?" said the Viceroy.</p> +<p>"Evaña?" said the Viceroy.</p> <p>"I mention no names," replied Don Roderigo, "but I warn you that in the Cabildo only can you find a loyal and steady support to @@ -15585,7 +15568,7 @@ son's release, himself to the Cabildo, and by being himself the first to congratulate him on his liberation.</p> <p>While Don Roderigo and the Viceroy sat at supper, the commandant -of the dragoons from Las Barrancas and Don Carlos Evaña had +of the dragoons from Las Barrancas and Don Carlos Evaña had a stormy altercation together at the house of the latter gentleman. They were in a large, plainly-furnished apartment, Don Gregorio seated in an arm-chair with his hat on, and his left hand resting upon @@ -15633,7 +15616,7 @@ on to a quinta beyond the suburbs where his regiment was encamped.</p> door behind him. "Explain to me your ideas. Why did you seek to force on a conflict when all had ended as we wished it?"</p> -<p>"Because all has not ended as we wished it," replied Evaña, +<p>"Because all has not ended as we wished it," replied Evaña, throwing himself upon a sofa. "We wished to break for ever the power of the Spaniards over us. What we have done is to secure the power of one who will maintain everything as it has been. I wished @@ -15648,7 +15631,7 @@ Argentine aspires."</p> without strict discipline is anarchy, discipline is more necessary among a free people than among slaves."</p> -<p>Then there was silence for a space between them, till Evaña sprang +<p>Then there was silence for a space between them, till Evaña sprang from his sofa saying:</p> <p>"Yet it is possible that we may do something. Promise me that @@ -15690,14 +15673,14 @@ that my name is Pancho?"</p> <p>But the tall man came still nearer, taking off his hat, and throwing back his cloak.</p> -<p>"Don Carlos Evaña!" exclaimed the sentry, recovering his musket. +<p>"Don Carlos Evaña!" exclaimed the sentry, recovering his musket. "What would you at this hour? Have you not the word?"</p> <p>"No. But who is the officer of the guard?"</p> -<p>"The Señor Lieutenant Lopez y Viana."</p> +<p>"The Señor Lieutenant Lopez y Viana."</p> -<p>"Valentin!" exclaimed Evaña; "it could not be better. Do me the +<p>"Valentin!" exclaimed Evaña; "it could not be better. Do me the favour to knock at the gate, and ask him to come out and speak to me."</p> <p>The sentry walked back across the bridge and knocked at the gate. @@ -15718,7 +15701,7 @@ some few words in his ear.</p> <p>Five minutes later Don Carlos was seated in the private apartment of the Viceroy, and with him held earnest converse for nearly an hour.</p> -<p>"Then your Excellency entirely rejects my proposal," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Then your Excellency entirely rejects my proposal," said Evaña.</p> <p>"I do," replied the Viceroy. "I hold my authority from the Court of Spain, and will suffer no innovations without consulting the supreme @@ -15752,7 +15735,7 @@ people. Under your leadership there will be no contention, no bloodshed."</p> What hinders me from ordering your immediate arrest as a conspirator against Spain?"</p> -<p>"Do it," said Evaña, rising. "Call in your guards, order them +<p>"Do it," said Evaña, rising. "Call in your guards, order them to arrest me. Doubtless they will obey you, but to-morrow's sun will see the last day of your authority in Buenos Aires. Shoot me if you like. I should die joyfully, for I know that my blood would purchase @@ -15766,7 +15749,7 @@ whilst I hold authority as Viceroy I will maintain that authority intact, and will punish any revolutionary attempt with the extremest rigour of the law."</p> -<p>"And how much longer will you hold this authority?" asked Evaña. +<p>"And how much longer will you hold this authority?" asked Evaña. "Have not the Spaniards to-day shown you how little they respect it? I know it, if you do not, that months ago they sent to Spain for a successor to you, who may come at any time. What becomes then @@ -15782,7 +15765,7 @@ their favourite, will be the first victim of their rage in the day when they rise up in their strength and seize those rights which you have conspired to keep from them."</p> -<p>As Evaña spoke he raised himself to his full height, looking with a +<p>As Evaña spoke he raised himself to his full height, looking with a stern, threatening gaze upon the Viceroy, who answered him not a word, but sat motionless in his chair, while the colour faded from his face and lips, and the sweat stood in great beads upon his brow. He @@ -15793,10 +15776,10 @@ brandishing strange weapons and shouting fiercely in hoarse voices the refrain of that deadly song:</p> <p> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Ca ira! Les Aristocrats à la lanterne."</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">"Ca ira! Les Aristocrats à la lanterne."</span><br /> </p> -<p>Evaña saw the pallor in his cheeks, saw the vacant stare in his +<p>Evaña saw the pallor in his cheeks, saw the vacant stare in his terror-stricken eyes, and waited for him to speak, half hopeful yet; but no words came, slowly the eyes recovered their usual expression and turned upon himself, their expression then becoming one of fierce @@ -15806,7 +15789,7 @@ eyes shrank beneath the stern, threatening gaze of those dark eyes<span class="p which confronted his so unflinchingly; once more he sank back into his chair covering his face with his hands.</p> -<p>Evaña, taking up his hat and cloak, made a low bow to the unconscious +<p>Evaña, taking up his hat and cloak, made a low bow to the unconscious Viceroy and left him to himself. In the ante-room he met young Valentin, with whom he spoke for a few minutes; crossing the parade-ground, where the guard drawn up presented arms to him as @@ -15863,7 +15846,7 @@ him out of a pair of large grey eyes, full of terror and reproach.</p> <p>"Always my friend, whatever happens!" she shrieked out, then threw herself at his feet to die. It was Dolores.</p> -<p>With a loud cry Evaña started from his couch and woke.</p> +<p>With a loud cry Evaña started from his couch and woke.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -15905,7 +15888,7 @@ sleepless through the night until the dawn of another day, his mind filled with bitter thoughts and his heart with anger.</p> <p>The next day Venceslao Viana, passing the quinta with the dragoons -on the march outside, left a note from Colonel Lopez to Doña Constancia, +on the march outside, left a note from Colonel Lopez to Doña Constancia, telling her that if Marcelino was with her he need be under no fear of arrest, for the Viceroy had sent an order for his liberation to the Cabildo on the preceding evening.</p> @@ -15960,7 +15943,7 @@ and she whispered to herself:</p> blood which had rushed to her face at the first sound of that footstep fled back again to her heart, and left her with pale cheeks and a nervous contraction of the lips, as she thought of some words which had been -said to her days before by Doña Josefina, and of a girl of radiant +said to her days before by Doña Josefina, and of a girl of radiant beauty of whom he had spoken in terms of warm admiration.</p> <p>The footsteps ceased, a figure stood in the entrance of the porch, @@ -15986,7 +15969,7 @@ have been thinking of you all the time and wondering whether you would miss me. Have you been much in the city since I saw you last?"</p> -<p>"No, only once," said Magdalen. "Doña Josefina said that you +<p>"No, only once," said Magdalen. "Doña Josefina said that you would soon be free."</p> <p>"I escaped last night, and am free, yet in great trouble; I cannot @@ -16134,7 +16117,7 @@ earnestly at her.</p> <p>"Where your father is, you will learn your duty," replied she.</p> <p>Then there was silence between them for several minutes, and when -they spoke again it was on other subjects, about Doña Josefina, about +they spoke again it was on other subjects, about Doña Josefina, about Lola, about Don Alfonso, but of whatever they talked both thought of Don Roderigo, though of him they spoke no more.</p> @@ -16200,9 +16183,9 @@ from your face, Tatita."</p> <p>"Yes, I can breathe freely at last, the danger has passed over, and in no way am I compromised. But listen, Chica, I like not that this -Don Marcelino come here so often. The Señor Evaña is a friend of +Don Marcelino come here so often. The Señor Evaña is a friend of mine, and for friends of his my door is open, but with the family of -Don Roderigo I want no friendship. Doña Josefina told me to-day +Don Roderigo I want no friendship. Doña Josefina told me to-day that you had frequently met his daughter at her house, this is bad. Do not forget that such friendships are not convenient."</p> @@ -16218,7 +16201,7 @@ Do not forget that such friendships are not convenient."</p> <h3>AMERICA FOR THE AMERICANS</h3> -<p>That evening Doña Constancia could not complain of being lonely +<p>That evening Doña Constancia could not complain of being lonely at her quinta. At sundown Don Fausto Velasquez arrived in his carriage, bringing his whole family with him, and attended by Don Manuel Belgrano and Captain Asneiros, who rode. Soon after them @@ -16229,7 +16212,7 @@ there, but his annoyance was not of long continuance; before it was quite dark two more horsemen passed along the road by the quinta gate to the stable, and Evaristo, who had been on the match, came running back to the verandah, announcing them to be his brother and -Don Carlos Evaña.</p> +Don Carlos Evaña.</p> <p>As these two came up to the house after dismounting, both of them looked grave; on Marcelino's face there was even a deep shade of @@ -16241,7 +16224,7 @@ you free myself as the crown to the day's work. But you are free, and I have arranged it all; you will receive no more annoyance on that subject."</p> -<p>Then he gave his hand cordially to Evaña, saying:</p> +<p>Then he gave his hand cordially to Evaña, saying:</p> <p>"Ah, Carlos, at last you have emerged from your seclusion. I welcome you amongst us, we men of experience need the help of @@ -16249,7 +16232,7 @@ younger men like you. We will work together and between us raise up a new Spain in America, with laws and customs fitted to a new world, now that the old Spain is tottering to her fall."</p> -<p>Then Evaña, looking upon the smiling face, listening to the cordial +<p>Then Evaña, looking upon the smiling face, listening to the cordial words of Don Roderigo, felt for the first time doubt of the practicability of his own schemes, fear for the success of his darling object, a Republic of Argentines.</p> @@ -16271,23 +16254,23 @@ to him in words soft and low.</p> been inside even to speak to us, and I have so much to say, so much to thank you for, and mamma too, she has been asking for you. How nobly you have kept your promise. We have heard all about it now, -Don Fausto and the Señor Belgrano have told us what you did +Don Fausto and the Señor Belgrano have told us what you did yesterday."</p> -<p>To all that she said Evaña answered not one word, but he took +<p>To all that she said Evaña answered not one word, but he took her hand in his and side by side they walked together under the trees in the dim twilight, she talking on, telling of her joy at seeing her brother once more free, and of her certainty that now all would go well, and that there would be no more talk of quarrels between Spaniards and Creoles. Had not her father said so? And to Dolores -that which her father said was truth unquestioned. As Evaña listened +that which her father said was truth unquestioned. As Evaña listened to her, her voice was to him as the rippling of waters, a music soothing the trouble of his soul, yet of what she said he knew nothing, for his thoughts were far away peering into the dark future which seemed darker than ever from the veil which had been thrown over it by the words of Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>As Evaña walked away Don Roderigo took his son by the hand +<p>As Evaña walked away Don Roderigo took his son by the hand and led him inside, where his mother embraced him, chiding him tenderly for having left her, and the others crowded round, overwhelming him with congratulations.</p> @@ -16339,7 +16322,7 @@ him; "that scheme is quite inadmissible. Ferdinand VII., though in a French prison, is King of Spain and the Indies."</p> <p>As Don Roderigo spoke his eye fell upon his daughter and Don -Carlos Evaña, who passed near them walking side by side, the low +Carlos Evaña, who passed near them walking side by side, the low murmur of the girl's voice falling indistinctly upon his ear.</p> <p>"See," said he, "there is the master spirit of the new generation. @@ -16353,21 +16336,21 @@ the light of the stars of heaven which twinkled down upon them through the overarching foliage. On the face of Don Roderigo there was hope and confidence, but on his son's there was doubt. His thoughts carried him back to an evening months gone by, when -he had stood with Evaña and his sister at the end of the long avenue +he had stood with Evaña and his sister at the end of the long avenue of the poplar trees, watching the setting of the sun, an evening on which he had seen sorrow and pity in his sister's face as she had looked upon his friend, an evening on which that friend had called him "brother."</p> <p>As they stood there watching, Dolores saw them and, leaving -Evaña, ran gaily towards them. Her father opened his arms to her, +Evaña, ran gaily towards them. Her father opened his arms to her, and kissing her fondly led her with him back to the sala, while Marcelino walked away and joined his friend under the trees. Passing his arm through his:</p> <p>"Are you my brother?" he asked him.</p> -<p>"Most certainly I am," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Most certainly I am," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"And his son?"</p> @@ -16383,7 +16366,7 @@ shadows. Here four men sat at a small table talking together in low tones. On the table stood a tall glass jug half full of claret, and several goblets.</p> -<p>"I knew nothing of it," said Don Carlos Evaña.</p> +<p>"I knew nothing of it," said Don Carlos Evaña.</p> <p>"Where have you been all day that at this hour you come to learn what is old news to all the city?" said Colonel Lopez.</p> @@ -16417,14 +16400,14 @@ join us in building up a new Spain, where the will of the people shall be the law of the State, and the welfare of the people the first object of government."</p> -<p>"Dreams!" said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Dreams!" said Evaña.</p> <p>"A dream as yet, but it may become a reality," rejoined Marcelino. "To conciliate such Spaniards we must maintain our connection with the Old World, and we must abstain from startling novelties and from rash experiments which may lead us no one knows where."</p> -<p>"Your love for your father blinds you to the truth," said Evaña. +<p>"Your love for your father blinds you to the truth," said Evaña. "If in all the Viceroyalty there were to be found six Spaniards like Don Roderigo I would support you. The Spaniards who come here, come with but one object, to amass wealth by any means in their @@ -16437,14 +16420,14 @@ the table with a force which made the glasses clatter together. and all is possible for men who know that their country is their own."</p> <p>Marcelino looked up in surprise at his uncle; never before had he -heard him speak thus. But Evaña smiled, and from him Marcelino +heard him speak thus. But Evaña smiled, and from him Marcelino turned away his eyes, for that smile was not one pleasant to look upon—there was no mirth, no joy, in it, nothing but fierce resolve.</p> <p>"My correspondence with Rio Janeiro has not inspired me with any great hope of good from the Princess Carlota," said Belgrano, "but I would willingly make great sacrifices to keep among us such -men as Don Roderigo, and I do not agree with Evaña that there are +men as Don Roderigo, and I do not agree with Evaña that there are no other Spaniards like him, I believe there are many."</p> <p>"There is but one sacrifice necessary," said Marcelino. "Some of @@ -16456,7 +16439,7 @@ will be Argentines. What would you more, Carlos? We shall<span class="pagenum">< have the liberty of a republic and keep the stability of an ancient nation."</p> -<p>"Dreams!" said Evaña. "The Princess is a Spaniard, her advisers +<p>"Dreams!" said Evaña. "The Princess is a Spaniard, her advisers are Spaniards and priests."</p> <p>"We want no Spaniards and no Bourbons," said Colonel Lopez, @@ -16467,7 +16450,7 @@ But Spaniards who come from Spain to rule over us and plunder us, what know they of us, or what care we for them? Out with them! We are no longer slaves that we should obey them!"</p> -<p>"As I have said already," said Evaña, "the triumph of yesterday +<p>"As I have said already," said Evaña, "the triumph of yesterday is sterile, and we have need of all our vigilance to prevent the loss of everything we have gained since the victory of the 12th of August."</p> @@ -16475,7 +16458,7 @@ everything we have gained since the victory of the 12th of August."</p> us meet together to consult upon the events as they fall out."</p> <p>"At last then you see the necessity of adopting my idea," said -Evaña, "a secret committee."</p> +Evaña, "a secret committee."</p> <p>"I did not say so," said Marcelino.</p> @@ -16494,7 +16477,7 @@ prepare the work, for others to do it."</p> <p>"We must not only prepare, but much we must do also," said Belgrano.</p> -<p>"Without doubt," said Evaña. "The people are accustomed to +<p>"Without doubt," said Evaña. "The people are accustomed to look to one central power, we will destroy the Spanish power, but we must put another in its place, a central power ruling by the will of the people. This power we must guide ourselves, but we must also hold @@ -16503,7 +16486,7 @@ ourselves ready to act at times as its instruments."</p> <p>"If we are not careful we shall but substitute one despotism for another," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"Without danger nothing is done," replied Evaña. "To discuss +<p>"Without danger nothing is done," replied Evaña. "To discuss fully all these points, and to provide as far as we can against all these dangers, it is necessary that we form a secret committee. A secret committee is irresponsible, and its members are pledged to nothing, @@ -16525,8 +16508,8 @@ we may consult together as to whom we shall invite."</p> <p>"I will join you also," said Belgrano.</p> -<p>"The first I propose to invite," said Evaña, "are Nicolas Rodriguez -Peña, Francisco Passo, and Berruti."</p> +<p>"The first I propose to invite," said Evaña, "are Nicolas Rodriguez +Peña, Francisco Passo, and Berruti."</p> <p>"And Dr Vieytes," said Belgrano; "his house will be a good point of reunion for us."</p> @@ -16534,14 +16517,14 @@ point of reunion for us."</p> <p>"And I propose Juan Jose Passo, Donado, and Miguel Yrigoyen," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"I think all those will join us," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"I think all those will join us," said Evaña.</p> <p>"All of them think as we do," said Marcelino; "all demand the liberation of our country from foreign domination; but even among so few there are many opinions as to the means of doing it. What plan of action do you propose in which we may all combine?"</p> -<p>"I propose nothing, the time has not yet come," replied Evaña. +<p>"I propose nothing, the time has not yet come," replied Evaña. "One idea unites us, America for the Americans, let that suffice us for the present."</p> @@ -16602,9 +16585,9 @@ bathing the earth in the full effulgence of his glory.</p> <h3>THE TWO VICEROYS</h3> -<p>The Señor Don Ciriaco Asneiros was far from satisfied with the part +<p>The Señor Don Ciriaco Asneiros was far from satisfied with the part he had taken in the affair of the 1st January. To him there remained -no doubt that he had been the dupe of Doña Josefina. On the evening +no doubt that he had been the dupe of Doña Josefina. On the evening of the 2nd January he rode out to the Quinta de Ponce, determined to come to some explanation with her. She, confident in her own power of fascination, was ready enough to give him the interview he sought, @@ -16614,7 +16597,7 @@ the verandah together she spoke to him of Magdalen.</p> <p>"Why do you not marry, Don Ciriaco?" said she to him; "if you were to marry your position would be secure."</p> -<p>"Señora, you know well——"</p> +<p>"Señora, you know well——"</p> <p>"Of folly I wish to know nothing, Don Ciriaco; be wise and listen to me. What you require is a rich wife; I can get you one. What @@ -16624,19 +16607,19 @@ think you of Magdalen Miranda?"</p> <p>"Why not?"</p> -<p>"Think you I have no eyes, Señora? For Don Marcelino there +<p>"Think you I have no eyes, Señora? For Don Marcelino there is no other in the world."</p> -<p>"Marcelino!" exclaimed Doña Josefina, interrupting him. "Have +<p>"Marcelino!" exclaimed Doña Josefina, interrupting him. "Have you also that folly in your head? Even though Marcelino worships the ground she steps on he can never marry her. I know you have great regard for Marcelino; believe me you would be doing him a service if you would help to cure him of that folly."</p> -<p>"You said to me, Señora, a rich wife; the old medico is as poor as +<p>"You said to me, Señora, a rich wife; the old medico is as poor as a rat."</p> -<p>"So they say," replied Doña Josefina, "but I know that when +<p>"So they say," replied Doña Josefina, "but I know that when Don Alfonso came here he was rich; it is only a few days since that Fausto told me so. You must not mention this to any one, but when his daughter marries, it will be found out what he has done with his @@ -16647,16 +16630,16 @@ Spaniards," said Don Ciriaco.</p> <p>"Don Alfonso fears everything; every one who can protect him is his friend. Who can protect him better than the favourite of the -Viceroy? Leave that to me." So saying Doña Josefina rose from her -chair, and tapping her protegé on the head with her fan glided away.</p> +Viceroy? Leave that to me." So saying Doña Josefina rose from her +chair, and tapping her protegé on the head with her fan glided away.</p> -<p>Don Ciriaco gave but a passing thought to this proposition of Doña +<p>Don Ciriaco gave but a passing thought to this proposition of Doña Josefina. The man in whose opinion he wished to stand high was Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon. He knew him to be a bitter enemy of Don Alfonso; no alliance with the medico could thus be thought of for one moment. As he so pondered, sitting alone under the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_290" id="Page_290">[Pg 290]</a></span> verandah, Don Roderigo came out from the house, and, seating himself -in the chair lately vacated by Doña Josefina, entered into conversation +in the chair lately vacated by Doña Josefina, entered into conversation with him.</p> <p>"His Excellency the Viceroy has told me," said Don Roderigo, @@ -16667,7 +16650,7 @@ procuring the release of my son."</p> <p>"It was a mistake," said Don Roderigo; "but we will say no more of it. I do not doubt your loyalty to Spain, and I have come to put -it to the proof. I have heard from Doña Josefina that you are on +it to the proof. I have heard from Doña Josefina that you are on intimate terms with the family of Don Alfonso Miranda. Are you aware who he is?"</p> @@ -16690,7 +16673,7 @@ received his commission as major before a week had elapsed.</p> <p> </p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña had received the congratulations of Don +<p>Don Carlos Evaña had received the congratulations of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon upon his debut as a politician with great coldness. He seemed to have no wish to distinguish himself further in that way, but he surprised many of his friends by adopting a new @@ -16702,7 +16685,7 @@ the country for shooting or fishing. On these expeditions he never went alone, Marcelino Ponce de Leon was frequently with him, Don Manuel Belgrano more frequently still, and there were other such as the Passos, Don Juan Jose and Don Francisco, Don Nicholas -Rodriguez Peña, Don Miguel Yrigoyen, Don Antonio Beruti, and +Rodriguez Peña, Don Miguel Yrigoyen, Don Antonio Beruti, and Don Agustin Donado, some of whom were always of the party. Their favourite point of meeting when starting on these expeditions was at the house of Dr Vieytes in the Calle Venezuela.</p> @@ -16710,7 +16693,7 @@ was at the house of Dr Vieytes in the Calle Venezuela.</p> <p>Often during the heat of the day when on these expeditions did they seek shelter under the hospitable roof of Don Roderigo at the Quinta de Ponce; not unfrequently, as the season advanced and -partridge and snipe flocked to the "boñados de Flores," which are +partridge and snipe flocked to the "boñados de Flores," which are situated about two leagues west of the city, they would spend an hour or two on their return at the quinta of Don Alfonso Miranda.</p> @@ -16728,7 +16711,7 @@ They were but poor sportsmen after all, though so enthusiastic.</p> <p>Dolores had many a laugh at them, telling them that she feared they would fare but badly if they had to depend for food upon their own exertions. And one day when Don Carlos took Magdalen a -brace of snipe, after a long day's sport in the bañados, she held them +brace of snipe, after a long day's sport in the bañados, she held them up, one in each hand, saying merrily:</p> <p>"Poor little things, how clever you must be! It took six men @@ -16784,10 +16767,10 @@ Manuel Belgrano was of the party, carrying his memorial with him.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">[Pg 292]</a></span></p> <p>It was evening, most of the sportsmen had returned to the city, but -two of them, Don Carlos Evaña and Don Manuel Belgrano, rode off +two of them, Don Carlos Evaña and Don Manuel Belgrano, rode off together to the Quinta de Ponce.</p> -<p>"Marcelino was not with you to-day," said Doña Constancia, as she +<p>"Marcelino was not with you to-day," said Doña Constancia, as she sat with her two guests under the verandah.</p> <p>"No, he could not leave the city," replied Don Carlos; "I shall @@ -16845,7 +16828,7 @@ his appointment by the Junta of Seville as Viceroy of Buenos Aires. When I tell you that Don Martin Alzaga is already his confidential friend I tell you all."</p> -<p>"Don Martin Alzaga! But he is in Patagones," said Doña +<p>"Don Martin Alzaga! But he is in Patagones," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"He was, mamita," said Marcelino; "but his exile was short. @@ -16854,7 +16837,7 @@ living at his ease in Monte Video for nearly a month now."</p> <p>"My God! Is there then war between us and Monte Video?"</p> -<p>"Not now, Señora," said Evaña. "This new Viceroy of ours +<p>"Not now, Señora," said Evaña. "This new Viceroy of ours will doubtless soon bring us all to order and make us all good friends again."</p> @@ -16877,7 +16860,7 @@ Viceroy been in Monte Video."</p> He was expected in Colonia to-day."</p> <p>"Then to-morrow or the next day we may expect him here," said -Evaña.</p> +Evaña.</p> <p>"And the Junta of Monte Video?" asked Belgrano.</p> @@ -16895,7 +16878,7 @@ as criminals."</p> Marcelino. "That may not be, Liniers will not give up his authority to men who have shown themselves to be his enemies."</p> -<p>"Quietly, my son," said Don Roderigo, as Doña Constancia looked +<p>"Quietly, my son," said Don Roderigo, as Doña Constancia looked up in alarm at Marcelino's indignant words. "Liniers is a loyal servant of Spain, though he is a Frenchman; he will yield at once his authority to a successor legally appointed by the Junta Central."</p> @@ -16904,7 +16887,7 @@ his authority to a successor legally appointed by the Junta Central."</p> Junta Central have re-established the King, then the King may cancel an appointment which the King made," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>"The appointment of Liniers came from the people," said Evaña. +<p>"The appointment of Liniers came from the people," said Evaña. "Are the people to have no voice in this matter?"</p> <p>"Liniers has told me of the memorial in favour of free trade, which @@ -16923,17 +16906,17 @@ his rule better than by opening our ports to foreign trade."</p> not be entertained under the rule of a foreigner."</p> <p>"You have probably seen Don Santiago Liniers to-day," said -Evaña. "Does he himself announce his intention of yielding his +Evaña. "Does he himself announce his intention of yielding his authority into the hands of this new Viceroy?"</p> <p>"He does. Of that there could be no question," replied Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>After some further conversation Don Roderigo and Doña Constancia<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span> +<p>After some further conversation Don Roderigo and Doña Constancia<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_294" id="Page_294">[Pg 294]</a></span> retired into the house, and the three friends walked away from the verandah to the gate, where they paused, looking up and down the road and around them, to make sure that no one was within hearing. -Evaña was the first to speak.</p> +Evaña was the first to speak.</p> <p>"America for the Americans!" said he. "Now has come the time, my friends, for us to put our principles to the test. If this Spaniard @@ -16946,7 +16929,7 @@ for several months past, I will go to him to-morrow, and I think I can persuade him to put himself at the head of the people."</p> <p>"You are aware that he rejected a similar proposal from me?" -said Evaña.</p> +said Evaña.</p> <p>"If he yield to Cisneros he signs his own death-warrant," said Marcelino. "He is in no such danger then."</p> @@ -16955,7 +16938,7 @@ Marcelino. "He is in no such danger then."</p> devise means to prove to him that the people and the troops will support him."</p> -<p>"I can manage that easily, by a popular demonstration," said Evaña. +<p>"I can manage that easily, by a popular demonstration," said Evaña. "I have also another piece of news to tell you, of which my father knows nothing," said Marcelino. "A gentleman, who is nominally travelling for amusement, has to-day arrived from Rio Janeiro, he has @@ -16963,7 +16946,7 @@ brought me a letter from Don Saturnino, his name is Don Feline Contucci. He brings for you, Belgrano, an autograph letter from the Princess Carlota, he is in reality an emissary of hers."</p> -<p>"Bah!" exclaimed Evaña. "Unless we concentrate all our +<p>"Bah!" exclaimed Evaña. "Unless we concentrate all our energies upon one object, we lose everything."</p> <p>But Marcelino and Belgrano looked at each other, and each read @@ -17026,10 +17009,10 @@ behind him, "look here one moment, tell me if you know this man?"</p> street, but the man had left his post and was walking slowly away with his back towards them.</p> -<p>"Is not that Evaña?" said the Viceroy.</p> +<p>"Is not that Evaña?" said the Viceroy.</p> -<p>"Evaña? impossible!" replied Don Roderigo. "There is nothing -for which Evaña has greater contempt than for the shouts of a mob." +<p>"Evaña? impossible!" replied Don Roderigo. "There is nothing +for which Evaña has greater contempt than for the shouts of a mob." And so saying he went back and looked no more.</p> <p>But Liniers lingered on the balcony, still fascinated by the slowly @@ -17095,7 +17078,7 @@ Colonia.</p> <p>The next morning, as Don Baltazar de Cisneros, in a loose dressing-gown, was imbibing his morning cup of coffee, an aide-de-camp came -hurriedly into the room, announcing the approach of the Señor Mariscal +hurriedly into the room, announcing the approach of the Señor Mariscal Don Santiago Liniers. Cisneros started up from his chair, in his alarm dropping his cup onto the floor.</p> @@ -17205,8 +17188,8 @@ of the people, which had risen to a dangerous pitch, but did nothing to allay the distrust of Liniers which was felt by the members of the secret committee.</p> -<p>A shooting excursion was at once planned by Don Carlos Evaña to -the bañados of Flores. On this occasion not one member of the +<p>A shooting excursion was at once planned by Don Carlos Evaña to +the bañados of Flores. On this occasion not one member of the committee was absent. Seated under a clump of trees close to a deserted rancho, their guns unloaded, their dogs lying lazily stretched out in the sunshine, they discussed the topic of the day, the avowed @@ -17218,7 +17201,7 @@ command of the native troops.</p> uneasy, and, leaving them, went up to the deserted rancho, snuffing round the walls, some of them barking furiously.</p> -<p>"What is the matter with the dogs?" said Evaña impatiently.</p> +<p>"What is the matter with the dogs?" said Evaña impatiently.</p> <p>"An opossum or a skunk, or some such beast," said Belgrano.</p> @@ -17234,7 +17217,7 @@ in and looked through the rancho, and it was empty."</p> <p>"Let us go," said Dr Vieytes. "It is late already and I think we have decided that we can do nothing until we have secured the troops."</p> -<p>"I will first see what is in that rancho," said Evaña, taking up his +<p>"I will first see what is in that rancho," said Evaña, taking up his gun.</p> <p>Walking up to the door of the rancho he tried it, as Beruti had @@ -17244,7 +17227,7 @@ blow with the butt upon the side-panel of the door. The stock of the gun broke short off, leaving a useless iron tube in his hands, but the door remained uninjured.</p> -<p>Perhaps it was as well for you, Don Carlos Evaña, that you did not +<p>Perhaps it was as well for you, Don Carlos Evaña, that you did not succeed in bursting open that door. Behind it, in darkness, stood a man who held a cocked pistol in each hand. Had you crossed the threshold of that door, you would never have recrossed it alive.</p> @@ -17254,26 +17237,26 @@ threshold of that door, you would never have recrossed it alive.</p> <p>"What are you doing, Carlos?" said Marcelino, seizing him by the arm. "Come, we have belayed here too long already."</p> -<p>"Come! come, Evaña!" shouted the others; "we may shoot a +<p>"Come! come, Evaña!" shouted the others; "we may shoot a few birds as we go back."</p> <p>"And we have need of special caution just now lest we excite suspicion," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>Evaña stopped, picked up the broken stock, and walked slowly +<p>Evaña stopped, picked up the broken stock, and walked slowly away after the others, every now and then looking back upon the -rancho, and never losing sight of it till they were free from the bañado +rancho, and never losing sight of it till they were free from the bañado and on the high road for the city.</p> <p>"Do not let us go on to town yet; let us go to the quinta and see -Magdalen," said Evaña to Marcelino, as they reached the Plaza Miserere. +Magdalen," said Evaña to Marcelino, as they reached the Plaza Miserere. "I have forgotten how the tea tastes out of her porcelain cups."</p> <p>"Let us go," rejoined Marcelino; yet his eye did not brighten as he acceded to the proposition of his friend, and something very like a sigh issued from his lips.</p> -<p>"My brother, you are sad," said Evaña, stretching out his hand +<p>"My brother, you are sad," said Evaña, stretching out his hand and laying it upon his shoulder. "Do Magdalen's grey eyes look less kindly upon you than they did formerly."</p> @@ -17282,13 +17265,13 @@ shuns me, all our old intimacy is at an end. What I have done to offend her I do not know, for I have spoken to her and she refuses me any explanation."</p> -<p>"Let us follow the others," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"Let us follow the others," said Evaña.</p> <p>"No, let us go on," replied Marcelino; "she will talk to you, and her voice is music to me still."</p> <p>They found Magdalen alone, seated by the fireside, busily sewing. -Her eyes brightened for a moment as they fell upon Don Carlos Evaña, +Her eyes brightened for a moment as they fell upon Don Carlos Evaña, who was the first to enter the room, but the light in them died away as she saw Marcelino enter behind him. In silence she stretched out her hand to each of them, without rising from her chair.</p> @@ -17303,13 +17286,13 @@ Don Ciriaco, who said he would be back before dark."</p> know," replied Magdalen. "It is months since you were last here, Don Carlos."</p> -<p>"Not months, Señorita," replied Evaña, "but weeks; when I have +<p>"Not months, Señorita," replied Evaña, "but weeks; when I have been here I have generally met Don Ciriaco, who is a gentleman whose friendship I have no wish to cultivate."</p> -<p>"Papa and Doña Josefina think very highly of him, and they know +<p>"Papa and Doña Josefina think very highly of him, and they know him better than you do, Don Carlos. You have been out shooting -to-day in the bañados, have you not? What did you shoot?"</p> +to-day in the bañados, have you not? What did you shoot?"</p> <p>"Nothing; I broke my gun, but the others have some birds in their bags."</p> @@ -17324,23 +17307,23 @@ I told him I had seen you pass he said he would go and join you,<span class="pag but how he is to shoot without a gun I do not know. Papa offered to lend him his, but he went without it, and alone on foot."</p> -<p>To this Evaña answered nothing, but sat biting the ends of his +<p>To this Evaña answered nothing, but sat biting the ends of his moustache, while Marcelino twirled his hat round between his fingers, looking upon the ground in silence.</p> <p>"If you had let me break open the door of that rancho we should -have found a skunk inside," said Evaña.</p> +have found a skunk inside," said Evaña.</p> <p>"It is quite possible," replied Marcelino.</p> <p>"A skunk!" said Magdalen. "And in a rancho! If you had found one what would you have done with it?"</p> -<p>"Shot him," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Shot him," replied Evaña.</p> <p>Don Alfonso Miranda had walked up the road, but he returned alone, and Magdalen made tea for them in her porcelain cups. All -the evening Marcelino and Evaña waited, at every sound they looked +the evening Marcelino and Evaña waited, at every sound they looked towards the door, and there was a constraint over them all, but Don Ciriaco did not come back, at which Magdalen expressed her surprise, but her father said nothing.</p> @@ -17367,7 +17350,7 @@ composure.</p> matters," replied Don Alfonso. "Who told you that they were to be married?"</p> -<p>"No one; but Doña Josefina said one day——I don't know what +<p>"No one; but Doña Josefina said one day——I don't know what she said, something, but what does it matter?"</p> <p>"It is about time for me to think of finding a husband for you @@ -17426,17 +17409,17 @@ and she thought herself that it was utterly impossible that it should be so. So she had felt pity for him, and had shown him great sympathy and consideration, for was she not also indulging in a hopeless love. Now her father spoke to her of him as a possible -husband. She thought of some jesting words which Doña Josefina +husband. She thought of some jesting words which Doña Josefina had said to her not many weeks ago, concerning the success of a gallant soldier who both in war and in love carried everything before him. These words had dyed her own cheeks crimson, as she thought of a soldier who was to her the impersonation of all that was brave -and noble, but could it be possible that Doña Josefina had meant +and noble, but could it be possible that Doña Josefina had meant quite another man, no other than this Don Ciriaco? Then she began to hate this Don Ciriaco, and to think of the awkward manners and of the rude speech which had made him a laughing-stock to the polished youth among whom she had first met him at the house of -Doña Josephina.</p> +Doña Josephina.</p> <p>Don Alfonso waited for a space to see what answer his daughter would give him, but as he got no further reply than that one exclamation, @@ -17464,12 +17447,12 @@ questions he asks me at times."</p> <p>"If you are away he always asks me where you have gone, and how long you have been away, and when you will be back. And he always wants to know all about every one who comes to see you, -especially about Don Carlos Evaña, and what he comes to see you +especially about Don Carlos Evaña, and what he comes to see you for, and what he talks to you about. Several times he has asked me if you get any letters from Europe or from Rio Janeiro. I think he is very rude to ask me such questions, I have told him so more than once and have refused to answer him, but he will ask them, I -suppose he knows no better. Some of the young men at Doña +suppose he knows no better. Some of the young men at Doña Josefina's used to call him the barbarian."</p> <p>"And does he never speak to you about—about—does he never @@ -17497,11 +17480,11 @@ and in the evening came Don Ciriaco, who was received by Don Alfonso with more than usual cordiality, but Magdalen pleaded a headache and hardly spoke to him at all.</p> -<p>A week after this, Doña Josefina Viana de Velasquez had one +<p>A week after this, Doña Josefina Viana de Velasquez had one evening a numerous company in her sala. The occasion was a tertulia, an undress ball, given in welcome to her niece Constancia who had returned to the city after spending the summer at her quinta. -At least such was the pretext announced for the tertulia, but Doña +At least such was the pretext announced for the tertulia, but Doña Josefina and her husband Don Fausto were fond of indulging their hospitable tastes and delighted to fill their rooms with young people and to give due scope to the flirting propensities of their friends, @@ -17516,10 +17499,10 @@ days in the city.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_303" id="Page_303">[Pg 303]</a></span></p> <p>This day of the tertulia was also the day for one of the shooting -excursions of the secret committee, and Doña Constancia told her +excursions of the secret committee, and Doña Constancia told her aunt that she did not think Marcelino would be there that evening. -But Marcelino heard that day from Evaña that Magdalen was staying -with Doña Josefina; he hurried back to town, determined not to lose +But Marcelino heard that day from Evaña that Magdalen was staying +with Doña Josefina; he hurried back to town, determined not to lose such an opportunity of conversing at his ease with her, away from the watchful eyes and often sneering words of her father. For months he had missed the smile of welcome with which she had been wont @@ -17537,7 +17520,7 @@ nothing to regret.</p> <p>One jesting compliment Marcelino exchanged with the fair Elisa, and then went up to salute his aunt.</p> -<p>"How cruel of you to leave Elisa to herself," said Doña Josefina; +<p>"How cruel of you to leave Elisa to herself," said Doña Josefina; "do not you see they are just going to dance?"</p> <p>"I have been shooting all day, aunt, I had rather talk to you than @@ -17549,11 +17532,11 @@ dance."</p> the large saloon for a face that he could not see, yet Magdalen, for whom he was looking, was close to him. She had seen, him enter the room, seen him speak to Elisa Puyrredon, and had then retired into -the deep recess of a window as he approached to speak with Doña +the deep recess of a window as he approached to speak with Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"For whom are you looking? She is there where you left her," -said Doña Josefina.</p> +said Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"Yes, I see she is, aunt, but she is going to dance with Valentin."</p> @@ -17565,13 +17548,13 @@ himself dancing with Elisa Puyrredon.</p> <p>Don Ciriaco Asneiros had taken so much trouble to ingratiate himself with Don Alfonso Miranda, and had succeeded so well by the assistance -of Doña Josefina, that that lady made sure one of her schemes +of Doña Josefina, that that lady made sure one of her schemes would end successfully. She was therefore greatly chagrined when she learned from Don Alfonso, on the occasion of her last visit to the -Miserere, that her plan of marrying her protegé to Magdalen was likely +Miserere, that her plan of marrying her protegé to Magdalen was likely to fall through. Don Alfonso had spoken to her vaguely of a certain distrust of the motives of Don Ciriaco for his repeated visits to the -quinta, but Doña Josefina had found no great difficulty in laughing +quinta, but Doña Josefina had found no great difficulty in laughing him out of his suspicions, she herself had no doubt whatever of the reasons which took that gallant officer so often to the Plaza Miserere. She had twitted him once or twice upon the subject, and all his @@ -17584,7 +17567,7 @@ high in favour with Marshal Liniers and with Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, and General Nieto seemed to place great confidence in him; her pupil was evidently a man who would do her credit.</p> -<p>Of all this Doña Josefina was thinking to herself as she watched her +<p>Of all this Doña Josefina was thinking to herself as she watched her nephew dancing with Elisa Puyrredon, flattering herself that she was managing very well for the happiness of all concerned.</p> @@ -17599,10 +17582,10 @@ her thoughts were far away. His cordial words of greeting brought no smile to her face, to his questions she answered only in monosyllables, and when he asked her to dance she declined, saying that she was too tired. As he seated himself beside her, she rose, saying -something about Doña Josefina, and went to where that lady was sitting +something about Doña Josefina, and went to where that lady was sitting and spoke to her.</p> -<p>"What nonsense, Niña," said Doña Josefina. "I did not bring you +<p>"What nonsense, Niña," said Doña Josefina. "I did not bring you into town to mope yourself in your room, you can do that at the quinta. Come, I know what you want, you have hardly danced at all, if you won't dance to please yourself you must dance to please me. Here @@ -17610,7 +17593,7 @@ is a great favourite of mine coming, I don't dance, you will dance with him for me, won't you?"</p> <p>Before Magdalen could answer, Don Ciriaco Asneiros stood before -her, bowing low and asking for her company in the next dance. Doña +her, bowing low and asking for her company in the next dance. Doña Josefina answered for her, and she felt obliged to go. As they took their place Don Ciriaco began talking to her of Dolores, a subject on which she was ever ready to listen, and more so now than ever, for @@ -17627,17 +17610,17 @@ cheeks, and——he waited to see no more, he bowed his head as though in answer to some unspoken question, and with his lips firmly pressed together left the room.</p> -<p>While the more youthful friends of Doña Josefina's were amusing +<p>While the more youthful friends of Doña Josefina's were amusing themselves by dancing, Don Fausto and some more particular friends of his had retired to the dining-room. The large table running down the centre of this room was covered with salvers and dishes of sweetmeats, and with trays on which stood tall water-jars, surrounded by glass goblets of very varied design. Such was the refreshment -provided by the abstemious Porteños for their friends on +provided by the abstemious Porteños for their friends on such an occasion as the present. In the intervals between the dances,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_305" id="Page_305">[Pg 305]</a></span> servants waited upon the dancers, handing round these sweetmeats, which they ate from small plates with spoons, then other servants -followed with the trays covered with goblets of water. Doña Josefina +followed with the trays covered with goblets of water. Doña Josefina pressed the sweetmeats upon her friends, telling them that after eating they might drink water with safety. At one time during the evening chocolate was handed round, but there were no edibles of more @@ -17663,7 +17646,7 @@ warned off our new Viceroy for a time, but that will pass. With the troops under the command of General Nieto, the influence of Marshal Liniers will be slowly undermined. Liniers himself has been cajoled by promises, the disorders in the interior will afford a pretext for the -reorganisation of Spanish troops. What say you, Señores? Are we +reorganisation of Spanish troops. What say you, Señores? Are we to welcome this Cisneros amongst us, and give ourselves up again to the rule of such men as Elio and Don Martin Alzaga?"</p> @@ -17703,26 +17686,26 @@ Colonel Lopez.</p> <p>Then others entered the room, and the conversation became more guarded.</p> -<p>When Marcelino returned to the sala he found his friend Evaña, +<p>When Marcelino returned to the sala he found his friend Evaña, who had told him that he was not going to the tertulia, standing in a doorway strangely excited.</p> <p>"I have been looking for you, I could not see you anywhere. Come with me, I have news for you, which I am afraid will pain you -greatly, but I could not keep it from you." So saying Evaña led the +greatly, but I could not keep it from you." So saying Evaña led the way into a small ante-room where they could talk undisturbed.</p> <p>"What was the name of the vessel in which our friend Gordon was -about to sail for Lisbon, when he last wrote you?" asked Evaña.</p> +about to sail for Lisbon, when he last wrote you?" asked Evaña.</p> <p>"The sloop-of-war <i>Petrel</i>," replied Marcelino.</p> -<p>"I thought I was correct," said Evaña; then drawing an English +<p>"I thought I was correct," said Evaña; then drawing an English newspaper from his pocket he added:</p> <p>"I have just received this, read."</p> -<p>Marcelino took the paper and read the paragraph to which Evaña +<p>Marcelino took the paper and read the paragraph to which Evaña had pointed; as he read his eyes glazed over. He read an account of how H.B.M. sloop-of-war <i>Petrel</i>, with a detachment of troops on board for the army then assembling at Lisbon, and with several @@ -17738,11 +17721,11 @@ another, and that other, his own dearly-loved sister.</p> <p>"Do not let any one see this paper, do not mention it to any one, it may not be true after all, he may have escaped."</p> -<p>Evaña tore the paragraph, from the paper, and twisting it up, burned +<p>Evaña tore the paragraph, from the paper, and twisting it up, burned it in the flame of a taper.</p> <p>In the ante-room Marcelino remained alone, moodily thinking of -what he had heard and seen that evening; but Evaña returned to the +what he had heard and seen that evening; but Evaña returned to the sala, and seeking out Dolores was especially attentive to her, even once to her great surprise dancing with her. When he spoke to her his voice had a soft tenderness in it which she had never heard before. @@ -17785,7 +17768,7 @@ anxiously awaiting a visit from Don Cornelio, and prepared to concert with him some decisive step. His servant threw open the door, announcing:</p> -<p>"El Señor Don Juan Martin Puyrredon."</p> +<p>"El Señor Don Juan Martin Puyrredon."</p> <p>It was not he whom he expected, and his disappointment showed itself in his face.</p> @@ -17816,7 +17799,7 @@ it is not sufficient that we have the soldiery with us, we also wish the<span cl concurrence of the people, in this you may give us most powerful aid. Marcelino Ponce de Leon has also promised to be with us."</p> -<p>"And Don Carlos Evaña, will he be there?"</p> +<p>"And Don Carlos Evaña, will he be there?"</p> <p>"No, I have not asked him. There are many Spaniards with us, and Don Carlos will never agree cordially with any plan in which @@ -17828,7 +17811,7 @@ hour he had named.</p> <p>Puyrredon departed, and Belgrano was again alone, and so he remained, until it wanted little more than an hour of midnight, pondering -deeply within himself. Native chiefs and Spanish soldiers, Evaña, +deeply within himself. Native chiefs and Spanish soldiers, Evaña, who was as the soul of the fiery youth of Buenos Aires, shut out from the conference; from this what could result? Nevertheless, Belgrano had faith in the future of his own country, and having faith he hoped, @@ -17838,7 +17821,7 @@ of the cavalry on the 12th August, 1806, had won for himself a place in the first rank of the military leaders of Buenos Aires.</p> <p>All the commandants of the city militia, many commandants of the -cavalry of the campaña, several of the chiefs of the Spanish troops, +cavalry of the campaña, several of the chiefs of the Spanish troops, which had been disbanded in January and several of the leading citizens were there assembled; as also some whose only claim to be there was the distinction they had won during the two invasions of the @@ -17886,11 +17869,11 @@ and by two or singly the members separated to their own homes.</p> <p>Marcelino and Don Manuel Belgrano walked away together.</p> -<p>"If Evaña had been present we might have arrived at some resolution," +<p>"If Evaña had been present we might have arrived at some resolution," said Marcelino; "but with these men of the sword it is useless to discuss anything."</p> -<p>"With Evaña it would have been impossible to come to any +<p>"With Evaña it would have been impossible to come to any arrangement with the Spanish officers, and without their concurrence any plan we might devise would most certainly entail a civil war," replied Belgrano.</p> @@ -17916,7 +17899,7 @@ was placed in solitary confinement, and no one was allowed to visit him.</p> <p>The news of his arrest spread consternation through the city, and brought sorrow and fear into many a household; to none more than -into the household of the Señor Saenz-Valiente, whose wife, Doña +into the household of the Señor Saenz-Valiente, whose wife, Doña Juana, was the sister of Don Juan Martin. That night and the next morning Marshal Liniers was besieged on all sides by applications for him to interfere and procure the release of the prisoner, but to all @@ -17928,38 +17911,38 @@ that doubtless General Nieto had sufficient reasons for what he had done, and would in due time declare them.</p> <p>It was about two hours past noon when Don Roderigo left the -Viceroy. Instead of going himself to tell Doña Juana of the non-success +Viceroy. Instead of going himself to tell Doña Juana of the non-success of his mission, he sought out his son, and commissioned him to tell her of it.</p> -<p>Marcelino found Doña Juana and her sister, with Doña Josefina -and Doña Constancia, who had spent all the morning with them, +<p>Marcelino found Doña Juana and her sister, with Doña Josefina +and Doña Constancia, who had spent all the morning with them, sympathising and encouraging their hopes, though every hour brought intelligence of some fresh failure. When Marcelino announced his message, their last ray of hope vanished, for if Don Roderigo could not prevail upon Marshal Liniers to interfere, they well knew that all other intercession was useless.</p> -<p>Elisa Puyrredon burst into tears, and Doña Constancia, bending +<p>Elisa Puyrredon burst into tears, and Doña Constancia, bending over her, endeavoured in vain to soothe her, tears trickling down -from her own eyes also, in sympathy. Doña Josefina clasped her +from her own eyes also, in sympathy. Doña Josefina clasped her hands tightly together, and composed herself into a most fascinating<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_310" id="Page_310">[Pg 310]</a></span> -attitude of despair, but Doña Juana listened as Marcelino spoke, in +attitude of despair, but Doña Juana listened as Marcelino spoke, in tearless silence. As he paused she rose from her seat, tossing back her head, and drawing up her stately figure to its full height.</p> <p>"Now that the men can do nothing," said she, "it remains for us to do what we can, and in our way. Will you accompany me, Marcelino?"</p> -<p>"With pleasure, Señora; it will be an honour for me to attend you +<p>"With pleasure, Señora; it will be an honour for me to attend you wherever you may choose to lead me."</p> -<p>Five minutes afterwards Doña Juana and Marcelino left the house +<p>Five minutes afterwards Doña Juana and Marcelino left the house together. Three squares they walked in silence towards the Plaza Mayor, then Marcelino made as though he would turn a corner, saying:</p> -<p>"This way, Señora, is the shortest."</p> +<p>"This way, Señora, is the shortest."</p> <p>"No," replied the lady, "let us keep straight on."</p> @@ -18037,7 +18020,7 @@ despotic ruler?</p> eternal shame fall upon you. You will let my brother escape, so shall you preserve unstained those laurels which you have no nobly won."</p> -<p>Doña Juana paused and looked around her; no man spoke, but +<p>Doña Juana paused and looked around her; no man spoke, but in the eyes turned upon her from all sides, in sympathy and in admiration, she read their answer, and knew that her brother was saved. She clasped her hands together in mute thanks, bowed her head @@ -18045,12 +18028,12 @@ courtesying lowly to them, then turned, and passing her arm through Marcelino's, walked swiftly away.</p> <p>The tears stood in Marcelino's eyes, but he spoke not one word till -he had conducted Doña Juana back to the shelter of her own roof, +he had conducted Doña Juana back to the shelter of her own roof, then as she, speechless also, stretched out her hand to take leave of him, he knelt down on one knee before her and raised that hand to his lips, paying homage to her as he might have done to a queen.</p> -<p>From the house of the Señor Saenz-Valiente, Marcelino went straight +<p>From the house of the Señor Saenz-Valiente, Marcelino went straight to that of Don Manuel Belgrano, and with him speedily concerted means for securing the safety of Don Juan Martin in case he should effect his escape.</p> @@ -18122,7 +18105,7 @@ from the thraldom of Spanish domination.</p> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_BV_IV" id="CHAPTER_BV_IV">CHAPTER IV</a></h2> -<h3>HOW DON CARLOS EVAÑA ATTACKED THE WILD-DUCK, AND ROUTED THEM WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER</h3> +<h3>HOW DON CARLOS EVAÑA ATTACKED THE WILD-DUCK, AND ROUTED THEM WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER</h3> <p>Marshal Don Santiago Liniers felt his power and his popularity @@ -18131,25 +18114,25 @@ had injured the latter, his escape was a proof of the former. This escape was hailed by the citizens of Buenos Aires as a great triumph, but among their rulers it created consternation. A hasty council was convened, and General Nieto sent for Major Asneiros, whose evidence -had caused the arrest of the Señor Puyrredon.</p> +had caused the arrest of the Señor Puyrredon.</p> <p>"As I told you before, my general," said Don Ciriaco, after his examination had lasted some time, "there is one man much more -dangerous than the Señor Puyrredon, whom you refused to arrest, +dangerous than the Señor Puyrredon, whom you refused to arrest, and whose arrest would not have occasioned such excitement in the city."</p> -<p>"You speak of the Señor Don Carlos Evaña?" said General +<p>"You speak of the Señor Don Carlos Evaña?" said General Nieto; then as Don Ciriaco simply answered by an inclination of the -head, he continued, "I have received from the Señor Don Roderigo -the most positive assurance of the loyalty of the Señor Evaña."</p> +head, he continued, "I have received from the Señor Don Roderigo +the most positive assurance of the loyalty of the Señor Evaña."</p> <p>"I have told you what I have heard and seen," replied Don Ciriaco, carefully avoiding the eye of Don Roderigo, who was looking at him intently.</p> -<p>"I know not what reasons the Señor Don Roderigo may have for -placing such confidence in the Señor Evaña," said Marshal Liniers, +<p>"I know not what reasons the Señor Don Roderigo may have for +placing such confidence in the Señor Evaña," said Marshal Liniers, "but I know him to be a man of the most dangerous ideas, and advise his immediate arrest."</p> @@ -18166,10 +18149,10 @@ Don Roderigo.</p> difficulty in reaching the rancho unobserved, and had no sooner entered than their dogs began barking round the place."</p> -<p>"Did you recognise none of them except the Señor Evaña," asked +<p>"Did you recognise none of them except the Señor Evaña," asked Marshal Liniers.</p> -<p>"There was another came up to the rancho with the Señor Evaña +<p>"There was another came up to the rancho with the Señor Evaña whom I should recognise if I saw him again, but I do not know who he is."</p> @@ -18182,18 +18165,18 @@ Liniers, with a distrustful glance at Don Roderigo.</p> him at double the distance," replied Asneiros.</p> <p>"Then the only thing certain is that a number of sportsmen ceased -their sport to discuss politics," said General Nieto, "that this Señor -Evaña was one of them, and that he made use of words which prove +their sport to discuss politics," said General Nieto, "that this Señor +Evaña was one of them, and that he made use of words which prove that he at least is engaged in some treasonable conspiracy in which doubtless the next step was the meeting of the Comandantes at the -house of the Señor Puyrredon."</p> +house of the Señor Puyrredon."</p> <p>Other members of the council concurred in this view of the case, -and some spoke of Evaña as a dangerous man, against whose machinations +and some spoke of Evaña as a dangerous man, against whose machinations every precaution should be taken.</p> <p>"We need discuss the matter no further at present," said Marshal -Liniers. "I shall at once order the arrest of the Señor Evaña. You +Liniers. "I shall at once order the arrest of the Señor Evaña. You will acknowledge the necessity of this measure, Don Roderigo?"</p> <p>Don Roderigo made no answer and the council broke up. Loitering @@ -18202,13 +18185,13 @@ was joined by Don Roderigo, who drew him into the recess of a window and said:</p> <p>"My son Don Marcelino was with that shooting party in the -bañados, are you sure you did not see him?"</p> +bañados, are you sure you did not see him?"</p> <p>"See him! Perfectly, as well as I see you now, but if you think I would bear witness against your son you do not know me, Don Roderigo," answered Don Ciriaco.</p> -<p>"The Señor Evaña is almost as a son to me, might it not be some +<p>"The Señor Evaña is almost as a son to me, might it not be some other who said those words which you have reported?"</p> <p>"I am positive that it was he said them," answered Don Ciriaco. @@ -18229,7 +18212,7 @@ the affair."</p> <p>While Marshal Liniers and General Nieto so took counsel with their advisers, several members of the secret committee met at the -house of Dr Vieytes. Evaña proposed to them some time before +house of Dr Vieytes. Evaña proposed to them some time before that the assumption of power by Don Baltazar de Cisneros should be resisted by force; few of them were convinced of the necessity for any such extreme measure, but the excitement caused by the arrest and @@ -18237,7 +18220,7 @@ escape of Don Juan Martin Puyrredon was an opportunity not to be lost of making some popular demonstration which might deter the new Viceroy from crossing the river. Summoned by Dr Vieytes, they met to consult upon this matter, when to the surprise of most of -them, Evaña, who was commonly the most reckless of them all, now +them, Evaña, who was commonly the most reckless of them all, now counselled moderation.</p> <p>"We have the troops with us, what need we fear?" said Beruti.</p> @@ -18249,7 +18232,7 @@ Manuel Belgrano. "Liniers deserts us, we have no settled plan; unless the Princess Carlota makes up her mind to come at once, we have no visible head for any government we may establish."</p> -<p>"We want no princess or king," said Evaña; "what we do want is +<p>"We want no princess or king," said Evaña; "what we do want is the co-operation of men already experienced in government, which we shall lose if we make any open demonstration against the new Viceroy. With the co-operation of such men as Don Roderigo Ponce @@ -18257,10 +18240,10 @@ de Leon, Baltazar will be forced to yield to our demand for a complete reform of the administration, and even under a Spanish Viceroy we shall establish a popular government."</p> -<p>Never before had Evaña been heard to speak such words as these, +<p>Never before had Evaña been heard to speak such words as these, the listeners looked upon him with wonder, but further discussion was prevented by the sudden entrance of Marcelino Ponce de Leon, who -walked hurriedly up to Evaña and laid his hand upon his arm.</p> +walked hurriedly up to Evaña and laid his hand upon his arm.</p> <p>"Carlos," said he, "Don Santiago Liniers has issued an order for your immediate arrest."</p> @@ -18271,7 +18254,7 @@ your immediate arrest."</p> and his prison will be in the fort. There is no time to lose; hide somewhere, Carlos, till night, then we will get you away."</p> -<p>"Who told you this?" asked Evaña.</p> +<p>"Who told you this?" asked Evaña.</p> <p>"Asneiros; my father sent him to me."</p> @@ -18283,10 +18266,10 @@ your house."</p> <p>"Come with me, I will consult your father."</p> -<p>As Marcelino and Evaña went off together, the rest looked at each +<p>As Marcelino and Evaña went off together, the rest looked at each other in silence, then said Beruti:</p> -<p>"I cannot make out what has come over Evaña, I never saw such +<p>"I cannot make out what has come over Evaña, I never saw such a change in a man as I have seen in him during the last two or three weeks. How has he come to have such faith in the liberal principles of Don Roderigo?"</p> @@ -18294,14 +18277,14 @@ of Don Roderigo?"</p> <p>"Don Roderigo is very astute, and has persuaded him that between them they can work out a pacific reform," said Dr Passo.</p> -<p>"If an angel had told me I would not have believed Evaña +<p>"If an angel had told me I would not have believed Evaña capable of yielding to such counsel from a Spaniard," said Beruti.</p> <p>"An angel has more to do with it than you think," said Belgrano -musingly. "Let us go, we shall see no more of Evaña to-day, and +musingly. "Let us go, we shall see no more of Evaña to-day, and without him we can do nothing."</p> -<p>"They may arrest Evaña but they won't keep him long a prisoner," +<p>"They may arrest Evaña but they won't keep him long a prisoner," said Beruti.</p> <p> </p> @@ -18345,14 +18328,14 @@ and influence, which would result from any open interference on behalf of a native Argentine charged with conspiracy against rulers of whom he himself was one. On the other hand, the power of Marshal Liniers was passing away, the post held by General Nieto was a mere -temporary appointment, it was to the assistance of Evaña and such +temporary appointment, it was to the assistance of Evaña and such as he, that he looked, when he proposed to himself to obtain such influence over the new Viceroy as should leave the real power in his -own hands. More still; he had said that he looked upon Evaña -almost as a son, and such was the fact. Evaña's devotion to Dolores +own hands. More still; he had said that he looked upon Evaña +almost as a son, and such was the fact. Evaña's devotion to Dolores was no secret to any of them, and he waited in joyful anticipation for the day when he should ask him for his daughter and become his son -in reality. The frank friendship which Dolores professed for Evaña, +in reality. The frank friendship which Dolores professed for Evaña, and her open admiration of his great talents, prevented him from feeling any doubt of what her answer would be, when he should propose the alliance to her, and the happiness of his daughter was as @@ -18360,7 +18343,7 @@ dear to his heart as his own ambition.</p> <p>As these thoughts passed rapidly through his mind, sitting in silence, he saw Dolores hide her face from him on her mother's breast, while -Doña Constancia bent over her soothing her, she was evidently weeping. +Doña Constancia bent over her soothing her, she was evidently weeping. He could bear it no longer, he started to his feet, resolving within himself to risk everything for the sake of the man whom his daughter loved. He was about to speak, when the door opened and @@ -18372,7 +18355,7 @@ my house you are safe from arrest, and I know you can remove these unjust suspicions which have fallen upon you."</p> <p>"I am perfectly ready to meet any accusation which may be -brought against me," replied Evaña, placing his hands in those of +brought against me," replied Evaña, placing his hands in those of Don Roderigo, but looking over his shoulder at Dolores, who had started to her feet on his entrance and on whose face the traces of recent tears were but too evident.</p> @@ -18383,7 +18366,7 @@ talk over this matter quietly together."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_317" id="Page_317">[Pg 317]</a></span></p> <p>In his own study Don Roderigo talked long and earnestly with his -guest, but on neither side was there perfect frankness. Evaña did +guest, but on neither side was there perfect frankness. Evaña did not deny that there had been talk of resisting the assumption of power by the new Viceroy, but he asserted that it had been merely spoken of in casual conversation, and that no one had the faintest idea of @@ -18392,15 +18375,15 @@ had ever made use of the words which had been given in evidence against him, and had made no attempt whatever to secure the adhesion of the troops, which was partly true and partly false. On his side Don Roderigo refused to give up the name of the accuser, but -Evaña learnt sufficient to confirm his suspicion that he and his comrades +Evaña learnt sufficient to confirm his suspicion that he and his comrades of the secret committee had been watched, and their conversation partly overheard by Don Ciriaco Asneiros on the occasion of their -expedition to the bañados ol Flores. He learnt also that Don Roderigo +expedition to the bañados ol Flores. He learnt also that Don Roderigo was sincerely anxious to secure his co-operation in forcing gradual measures of reform upon the new Viceroy, but would resist to the utmost any attempt to dispute his authority.</p> -<p>Evaña was in a frame of mind which rendered him only too ready +<p>Evaña was in a frame of mind which rendered him only too ready to give full weight to the specious arguments by which Don Roderigo sought to convince him that popular institutions might be established without severing the bond which bound her colonies to Spain; his @@ -18413,7 +18396,7 @@ her colonies; with the aid of such men as Don Roderigo the gradual introduction of salutary reforms was feasible, the ultimate end of such reforms would be the establishment of the Argentine Republic.</p> -<p>Evaña yielded, quieting his reason by saying to himself that he +<p>Evaña yielded, quieting his reason by saying to himself that he only rendered more certain of success the great work of his life by postponing for a time the execution of his designs.</p> @@ -18427,7 +18410,7 @@ him in pity and in sympathy alone, he could even give up that purpose which had been the work of his life so far, and for the accomplishment of which, life itself had seemed to him but a small sacrifice.</p> -<p>Evaña yielded, and grasping the willing hand of Don Roderigo +<p>Evaña yielded, and grasping the willing hand of Don Roderigo assured him of his aid and sympathy in every measure he might bring forward for the welfare of the people.</p> @@ -18435,12 +18418,12 @@ forward for the welfare of the people.</p> brought Marcelino, who announced to his friend that his house was occupied by a party of grenadiers under the command of Major Asneiros, and that it was reported in the city that he himself had fled -to the campaña, where all knew that his safety was secure.</p> +to the campaña, where all knew that his safety was secure.</p> <p>There were many anxious faces as they sat down to dinner that evening at the house of Don Roderigo, but Don Roderigo himself<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_318" id="Page_318">[Pg 318]</a></span> was very cheerful, speaking of the danger to their friend as passed -over, while Evaña was in excellent spirits, talking much more gaily +over, while Evaña was in excellent spirits, talking much more gaily than was his wont, surprising Dolores into many a laugh by his sayings, but withal occasioning her some undefined uneasiness by the unusual tenderness he threw into his manner when addressing her. As they @@ -18459,12 +18442,12 @@ secret powers from Don Baltazar which I can use on an emergency. I am even authorised to arrest Don Santiago and depose him if I find it necessary."</p> -<p>"No, let us go at once," replied Evaña. "I intend to sleep under +<p>"No, let us go at once," replied Evaña. "I intend to sleep under my own roof to-night."</p> <p> </p> -<p>"The Señor Evaña has left the city."</p> +<p>"The Señor Evaña has left the city."</p> <p>Chafing angrily within himself at the trammels which bound him on every side, trammels from which he might have freed himself by one @@ -18475,8 +18458,8 @@ that the man he dreaded had escaped him. Leaving his house he returned to the fort to consult with his colleague General Nieto.</p> <p>It was nine o'clock, steps were heard in the ante-room, the door -opened, the next minute Evaña stood before him. With head erect, -and dark flashing eyes, Evaña stood before him, demanding in stern +opened, the next minute Evaña stood before him. With head erect, +and dark flashing eyes, Evaña stood before him, demanding in stern words the reason of the order which had been sent forth for his arrest.</p> <p>"Two files of grenadiers and a priest, that would be my answer," @@ -18485,7 +18468,7 @@ upon a small bell which stood on the table.</p> <p>Don Roderigo laid a hand upon his arm and drew him away.</p> -<p>"Señor Mariscal, I repeat my question," said Evaña. "Upon +<p>"Señor Mariscal, I repeat my question," said Evaña. "Upon what grounds have you issued an order for my arrest."</p> <p>Still the ex-Viceroy answered not, but sat in his chair staring at him @@ -18496,7 +18479,7 @@ reckless of danger again stood before him, looking down upon him with fierce dark eyes. Who was this man that he should so persistently defy him, and before whose gaze his own bold spirit quailed?</p> -<p>"Two files of grenadiers and a priest," said Evaña. "That butcher +<p>"Two files of grenadiers and a priest," said Evaña. "That butcher who sat beside you just now, has repeated the sentence which Spanish jealousy would pass upon yourself, but that they fear the Argentine people, who are your friends; yes, Don Santiago, even @@ -18506,14 +18489,14 @@ put yourself at the head of the people, or will you fall their victim? Choose now, for the time is short; two file of grenadiers and a priest, such is your fate from Spanish jealousy or from the indignation of the people you have betrayed. That fate may yet be averted, but the -time is short. What say you?" added Evaña, stepping up to the ex-Viceroy +time is short. What say you?" added Evaña, stepping up to the ex-Viceroy and laying his hand on his shoulder.</p> <p>That touch broke the spell; Liniers sprang from his chair, pushed -Evaña from him with such violence that he reeled backwards for +Evaña from him with such violence that he reeled backwards for several paces ere he could recover his balance, and seizing the bell rang it. For a minute there was silence; to this summons there was no -response, and Evaña, folding his arms across his chest, stood motionless +response, and Evaña, folding his arms across his chest, stood motionless in the centre of the room with a fierce glare in his dark eyes. Liniers strove to meet that glance with one of defiance, but his own eyes fell before it; again he rang the bell, then as there was still no @@ -18534,7 +18517,7 @@ opened another door, and found himself face to face with Don Roderigo.</p> taking Liniers by the arm he lead him back to the further room, while General Nieto followed, closing the doors behind them.</p> -<p>In the further room stood Evaña, motionless, just as Liniers had +<p>In the further room stood Evaña, motionless, just as Liniers had left him.</p> <p>Without a word Don Roderigo seated himself at a table, drew a @@ -18542,7 +18525,7 @@ sheet of paper towards him, and writing a few lines handed it to Marshal Liniers for his signature.</p> <p>Liniers read the paper, it was an order to Major Asneiros to withdraw -his men from the house of Don Carlos Evaña, and cancelling +his men from the house of Don Carlos Evaña, and cancelling the order of arrest issued against that gentleman. Liniers looked in perplexity from one to the other, but General Nieto refused to meet his glance, and in the resolute countenance of Don Roderigo there @@ -18552,11 +18535,11 @@ he did so that he abdicated the last remnant of his authority.</p> <p>General Nieto countersigned the order without a word, then Don Roderigo folded it up, put it into the breast-pocket of his coat, and -turning to Evaña said:</p> +turning to Evaña said:</p> <p>"Let us go."</p> -<p>Evaña walked up to the ex-Viceroy, bent over him and whispered +<p>Evaña walked up to the ex-Viceroy, bent over him and whispered in his ear:</p> <p>"Beware the day we meet again."</p> @@ -18583,12 +18566,12 @@ them, the natives anxious to conciliate the good-will of their new ruler.</p> <p>Many men looked on as he landed, who took no part in these acclamations, among them two fast friends stood side by side listening to the shouts of the people in far differing mood, Marcelino Ponce de -Leon and Don Carlos Evaña. Marcelino's face was clouded over, he +Leon and Don Carlos Evaña. Marcelino's face was clouded over, he saw the last chance of freedom slipping away, he saw in Don Baltazar de Cisneros a triumphant agent of that ruthless despotism which had for so long crushed the young energies of his country, he saw in his enthusiastic reception the ruin of those high hopes he had dared -to entertain. But on the face of Don Carlos Evaña there was no +to entertain. But on the face of Don Carlos Evaña there was no trouble or despondency, he looked upon it all as a pageant, meaning nothing. Marcelino looked at him in surprise as he saw the smile upon his lip.</p> @@ -18636,15 +18619,15 @@ us go and shoot."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_321" id="Page_321">[Pg 321]</a></span></p> -<p>"With all my heart," said Evaña. "Whatever day will suit you, I +<p>"With all my heart," said Evaña. "Whatever day will suit you, I will make convenient to me."</p> <p>Marcelino soon found a day convenient, and a party which comprised all the members of the secret committee, sallied forth betimes to -the bañados in the neighbourhood of Quilmes, where wild-duck swarmed -by thousands. All looked to Evaña to fix upon some spot for a general +the bañados in the neighbourhood of Quilmes, where wild-duck swarmed +by thousands. All looked to Evaña to fix upon some spot for a general halt; the name of the new Viceroy had as yet not been mentioned -among them. But Evaña, instead of seeking out some secluded spot +among them. But Evaña, instead of seeking out some secluded spot and establishing himself there as was his wont on such occasions, split the party up into knots of twos and threes, which he despatched in different directions about the swampy plain, with instructions to @@ -18669,7 +18652,7 @@ the name of sportsmen.</p> post as directed, and spent the entire day wading through swamps, scrambling across water-courses, crawling on hands and knees through the long grass to get within shot of their game. Of them all none was -more indefatigable than Don Carlos Evaña. He had kept Marcelino +more indefatigable than Don Carlos Evaña. He had kept Marcelino with him, and rejected all his attempts to converse on any other subject than the sport on which they were engaged.</p> @@ -18677,7 +18660,7 @@ than the sport on which they were engaged.</p> which had been fixed upon for concentration, with their clothes wet and covered with mud, their powder-horns and shot-belts empty, but their bags and pockets full of duck, teal, and snipe, and also with a few -wood-pigeons, which Evaña had gone out of his way to shoot in a +wood-pigeons, which Evaña had gone out of his way to shoot in a small plantation. Fatigued as they were, they yet found spirits to laugh at each other's draggled appearance, and to recount the misfortunes which had befallen them by falling into water-holes and so forth.</p> @@ -18685,8 +18668,8 @@ which had befallen them by falling into water-holes and so forth.</p> <p>"But," said Marcelino, "there is yet an hour of sunshine, we have yet time to learn the opinions——"</p> -<p>"For my part, Señores," said Evaña, interrupting him, "I have -but one opinion, which is not washed out of me by that last bañado, +<p>"For my part, Señores," said Evaña, interrupting him, "I have +but one opinion, which is not washed out of me by that last bañado, I never thought it was so deep or I would have gone round it; my opinion is, that the sooner I reach home and change my clothes the better I shall feel to-morrow, and I think it is an opinion that you all @@ -18712,14 +18695,14 @@ serious subject than the weight of their respective bags.</p> sportsmen, and was for long after a theme on which they were wont to descant with immense gratification to themselves.</p> -<p>In spite of his exertions Don Carlos Evaña was not too tired to +<p>In spite of his exertions Don Carlos Evaña was not too tired to spend the evening at the house of Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, which had of late been his great resort in leisure moments, and where he was always welcome. But before he even changed his clothes, he selected the finest birds from his bag and sent them by a servant to -Doña Constancia.</p> +Doña Constancia.</p> -<p>"Now, Señorita, what do you say?" said he, as he sat near Dolores +<p>"Now, Señorita, what do you say?" said he, as he sat near Dolores that evening. "Yesterday you laughed when I told you that Marcelino and I were going out shooting."</p> @@ -18730,7 +18713,7 @@ again."</p> Don Carlos for his bad success as a sportsman. The wild-duck had flown back to their haunts in the icy south, and partridges were sitting on their dark-brown eggs, in nests hidden by the long spring grass, -ere Don Carlos Evaña again shouldered his gun and went forth shooting +ere Don Carlos Evaña again shouldered his gun and went forth shooting with the members of the secret committee.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -18827,7 +18810,7 @@ protect, then, with vigorous justice the development of the great wealth of which nature has been prodigal to us."</p> <p>"At last, we begin to understand the meaning of the words, 'America -for the Americans,'" said Don Carlos Evaña, as he read a copy of this +for the Americans,'" said Don Carlos Evaña, as he read a copy of this memorial which Marcelino had procured for the secret committee.</p> <p>In October the ports of Buenos Aires and Monte Video were @@ -18867,7 +18850,7 @@ occasioned by Whitelock's invasion of Buenos Aires.</p> to Don Manuel Belgrano, who at once convened a meeting of the secret committee at his own house.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, when all were present, "there is no longer +<p>"Señores," said he, when all were present, "there is no longer necessity for secrecy; I have invited you here to-day to assist me in conducting a newspaper, which his Excellency the Viceroy has commissioned me to publish, in order to teach the people by the writings of @@ -18898,7 +18881,7 @@ troubles, in vain he looked for sympathy into her deep grey eyes; he seldom saw her at all, when he did there was a cold constraint in her manner to him, which more effectually kept him at a distance from her than would any outspoken anger. And of one great trouble he -dared not speak even to her. Since the day when Evaña had shown +dared not speak even to her. Since the day when Evaña had shown him that fatal newspaper paragraph recording the loss of the <i>Petrel</i> he had heard no further tidings of his friend Gordon; he had written to England, but communication was slow and uncertain in those days, @@ -18912,15 +18895,15 @@ strove to cheer him, knowing nothing of the cause of his grief, or if Dolores suspected somewhat of the cause, she kept it to herself and never spoke to him of Magdalen Miranda.</p> -<p>Of his trouble he could not speak even to his friend Evaña, who -was to him as a brother, for Evaña had spoken to him scornfully of +<p>Of his trouble he could not speak even to his friend Evaña, who +was to him as a brother, for Evaña had spoken to him scornfully of Don Alfonso Miranda, and slightingly of her who was to him the one pearl among women. And in the face of his friend he had seen hope and love softening the harshness of his features and infusing a gentle tenderness into his dark eyes, he knew that the loss of that other friend was to him great gain, he could not look to him for sympathy.</p> -<p>To Evaña this time had passed as one long holiday. As month +<p>To Evaña this time had passed as one long holiday. As month after month went by, and there came no news of Gordon, the thought that he had perished in the wreck of the <i>Petrel</i> became to him a certainty, yet of this certainty he spoke to no one, he dreaded what @@ -18970,8 +18953,8 @@ themselves in scarlet and yellow, toned down with an exquisite bloom. The Quinta de Ponce looked more like an oasis than ever, the dark-green leaves of the trees contrasting strongly with the dry yellow grass of the Pampa, and with the arid hardness of the dusty roads, as -Marcelino and his friend Evaña rode up to it, one evening in February. -Evaña had been unusually silent on the way out; he had resolved that +Marcelino and his friend Evaña rode up to it, one evening in February. +Evaña had been unusually silent on the way out; he had resolved that the time had come, for him to break as gently as he could the news to Dolores of the great loss she had suffered, and he had resolved to do it himself, for, as he thought, none but Marcelino and himself had @@ -18982,11 +18965,11 @@ at the risk of bitter sorrow to himself.</p> but no longer welcomed them with buoyant cheerfulness, there was a listlessness about her, as though she were a prey to some secret care. She laid her hand on Marcelino's arm and walked beside him, but her -eyes looked searchingly into the face of Don Carlos Evaña. Few +eyes looked searchingly into the face of Don Carlos Evaña. Few words they spoke together; as they neared the house Marcelino left the other two, and went himself to speak with his mother. Backwards and forwards paced the two under the trees side by side, saying -little, but each with furtive glance watching the other. Evaña had +little, but each with furtive glance watching the other. Evaña had said to himself that the time was come, but now that Dolores walked beside him he knew not how to commence, he knew not with what words he should prepare her and strengthen her, so that he might @@ -19007,7 +18990,7 @@ Paris, ideas which might have been your ruin, but since then you have learned better, and papa says there is no other in whom he has such confidence as he has in you."</p> -<p>"Not only that," said Evaña, "Don Roderigo is now, next to Don +<p>"Not only that," said Evaña, "Don Roderigo is now, next to Don Baltazar de Cisneros, the most powerful man in the city, and the system of government is completely changed. We Creoles can cheerfully submit to be ruled by men such as he, who will educate the @@ -19017,7 +19000,7 @@ people, till some day they will know how to rule themselves."</p> <p>Don Carlos paused, the abruptness of the answer somewhat startled him; again they walked for a space in silence under the sheltering -trees, again Evaña spoke:</p> +trees, again Evaña spoke:</p> <p>"Your father has a hard task before him, Dolores," said he. "In some things I have been able to aid him; it has been a pleasure to @@ -19029,7 +19012,7 @@ do," said Dolores.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_328" id="Page_328">[Pg 328]</a></span></p> <p>"I should like to come more frequently still; I should like to see -you every day," replied Evaña.</p> +you every day," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"I fear the new <i>Diario</i> would not have much help from you if you came galloping out to see us every day, Don Carlos," said Dolores, @@ -19042,7 +19025,7 @@ issue of the <i>Diario</i>, previous to sending it in he had shown it to Don Roderigo. Don Roderigo had read it carefully, and after drawing his pen through one sentence, saying but one word "inadmissible," had handed it back to him without comment. This sentence contained -the pith of the whole article, but Evaña had submitted; mutilated as +the pith of the whole article, but Evaña had submitted; mutilated as it was, this article had appeared in the <i>Diario</i>, and he never thought of it but with secret shame.</p> @@ -19051,23 +19034,23 @@ abruptly:</p> <p>"What is the matter with Marcelino?"</p> -<p>"I fear he is not well," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"I fear he is not well," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"I am sure he is not," said Dolores. "But you see more of him than we do, what is to do with him?"</p> -<p>"I fear he is not happy," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"I fear he is not happy," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"I know he is not," said Dolores. "When any ship arrives from Europe he is miserable for days after."</p> -<p>"The news from Spain is continually worse," replied Evaña. +<p>"The news from Spain is continually worse," replied Evaña. "Even the English appear to be unable to do anything to stop the progress of the French armies."</p> <p>"He has had no letter for months," said Dolores.</p> -<p>"Not from Gordon," replied Evaña. "But Gordon can have little +<p>"Not from Gordon," replied Evaña. "But Gordon can have little time for writing if he is with the army."</p> <p>"If! you say if; is he not with the army?"</p> @@ -19075,9 +19058,9 @@ time for writing if he is with the army."</p> <p>"He was on his way when Marcelino last heard from him."</p> <p>"But that is long ago," said Dolores sadly, then turning from -Evaña, she left him and went into the house.</p> +Evaña, she left him and went into the house.</p> -<p>Evaña followed her, entered the sala, but found it vacant, seated +<p>Evaña followed her, entered the sala, but found it vacant, seated himself, thinking over what he had said to Dolores, and telling himself that he had not said one word of what he wished to say, but had aroused in her mind vague suspicions of evil which in no way advanced @@ -19087,7 +19070,7 @@ breaking the truth to her to make her feel the need of the sympathy he yearned to offer.</p> <p>As he thus tortured himself, saying to himself that he had let the -chance go by, Dolores entered the room. Evaña rose to meet her +chance go by, Dolores entered the room. Evaña rose to meet her but stopped as he saw the extraordinary pallor on her face, every shade of colour had vanished from it, even her lips were white and were firmly pressed together, while her eyes, looking straight into his, @@ -19099,7 +19082,7 @@ change in her. She walked up to him and laid a hand upon his arm.</p> words. "What is this that you are hiding from me? He will tell me nothing."</p> -<p>"Hiding from you!" said Evaña; "Marcelino has no secrets from +<p>"Hiding from you!" said Evaña; "Marcelino has no secrets from you."</p> <p>"Are you not my friend, Don Carlos? Do you think I have no @@ -19109,7 +19092,7 @@ what is this that you are hiding from me?"</p> <p>"Be sure that if we had any secret between us you should share it, were there any necessity that you should do."</p> -<p>Then the hand which lay upon Evaña's arm closed upon it with +<p>Then the hand which lay upon Evaña's arm closed upon it with such force that the finger-ends buried themselves in his flesh, causing him severe pain, but he hardly noticed it, so fascinated was he by the determined eagerness of those gray eyes which so near to him seemed @@ -19119,7 +19102,7 @@ to hear:</p> <p>"Is he dead?"</p> -<p>For one moment there was wild conflict in Evaña's soul. He +<p>For one moment there was wild conflict in Evaña's soul. He dared not tell the simple truth, though he had come there that evening to tell it, he dared not look upon the despair which that truth told bluntly would bring into the face he loved to look upon, he dreaded @@ -19133,7 +19116,7 @@ answered rapidly:</p> <p>The next moment he would have given worlds to have retracted his words, but it was too late, she had believed him, the fierce grasp upon his arm relaxed, the defiant look of sorrow in those eyes melted -into one of grateful hope, and Evaña learnt then what he would well-nigh +into one of grateful hope, and Evaña learnt then what he would well-nigh have given his life to have never known, that in life or in death she had given her heart to one only, and that no other could supplant him even though fathoms deep under the sea.</p> @@ -19141,7 +19124,7 @@ him even though fathoms deep under the sea.</p> <p>"Always my friend," she said, then turning from him glided with slow step away.</p> -<p>Evaña saw Dolores no more that evening, Doña Constancia said +<p>Evaña saw Dolores no more that evening, Doña Constancia said she was unwell and had retired to her own room.</p> <p>Long after nightfall, when the household had gone to rest, he paced @@ -19205,7 +19188,7 @@ the cuff of his coat and unbuttoning the wristband of his shirt he turned up the sleeve; there on his arm, where her hand had rested, were four black marks corresponding to the four fingers of the tiny hand of Lola Ponce, four bruises inflicted by the pressure of those -small fingers. Evaña walked into the moonlight and gazed long +small fingers. Evaña walked into the moonlight and gazed long upon these four black marks, then raising his arm he pressed his lips upon them, muttering to himself with a deep sigh:</p> @@ -19226,7 +19209,7 @@ implies an open port.</p></div> <h2><a name="CHAPTER_BV_VI" id="CHAPTER_BV_VI">CHAPTER VI</a></h2> -<h3>CADUCÓ LA ESPAÑA!</h3> +<h3>CADUCÓ LA ESPAÑA!</h3> <p>The expedition of Chuquisaca met with no effective opposition. @@ -19270,7 +19253,7 @@ of Napoleon.</p> Early in November an army of 50,000 men, with 7000 horse and sixty guns, issued from the defiles of the Sierra de la Morena, and marched upon Madrid. On the 12th November, on the wide plains of New -Castile, they encountered their enemy at Ocaña. All that personal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_332" id="Page_332">[Pg 332]</a></span> +Castile, they encountered their enemy at Ocaña. All that personal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_332" id="Page_332">[Pg 332]</a></span> bravery could accomplish was done, but military skill and discipline were stronger than patriotism and fanaticism combined. The last army of Spain was completely routed—20,000 Spaniards breathed @@ -19281,13 +19264,13 @@ undefended, the last bulwark of Spanish nationality.</p> this disaster from being known in Buenos Aires, but it was impossible to keep it long concealed. In February, 1810, the minds of men, already excited by the news from the interior, became still further -excited as they learned the full extent of the great defeat at Ocaña.</p> +excited as they learned the full extent of the great defeat at Ocaña.</p> <p>Men, no longer fearful of Spanish tyranny, thronged in the streets walking about in groups unchallenged, shouting boldly one to the other: "Spain has fallen!"</p> -<p>One day in the last week of February Don Carlos Evaña received +<p>One day in the last week of February Don Carlos Evaña received a letter by private hand from General Miranda, who was at that time resident in London, and who was more active than ever in his revolutionary projects, as he saw Spain daily sinking lower and lower in her @@ -19300,7 +19283,7 @@ reproached him for his desertion of them.</p> <p>"It is so many months since I have seen you, Don Carlos," she said, "that I have almost forgotten the sound of your voice; but I -went to see Doña Josefina last week, and she told me about you. +went to see Doña Josefina last week, and she told me about you. You have been spending these last months very pleasantly, no wonder you forgot us. I did not think we should ever see you again."</p> @@ -19341,7 +19324,7 @@ conversation.</p> <p>"Who is it?"</p> -<p>"The Señor Evaña is with him."</p> +<p>"The Señor Evaña is with him."</p> <p>Then Don Ciriaco, leaving her, walked softly up to the sala window, which was wide open, and bent down, apparently intent upon the @@ -19367,9 +19350,9 @@ said hurriedly:</p> My uncle never writes to papa."</p> <p>"What is that you tell me?" replied Asneiros. "He is now reading -to the Señor Evaña the letter he received to-day."</p> +to the Señor Evaña the letter he received to-day."</p> -<p>"You are mistaken," said Magdalen. "It is the Señor Evaña who +<p>"You are mistaken," said Magdalen. "It is the Señor Evaña who has received a letter from my uncle. They sent me out here, I do not know anything of it."</p> @@ -19379,7 +19362,7 @@ sought refuge in her own room.</p> <p> </p> -<p>Nearly a week after this, Don Carlos Evaña passing along one of +<p>Nearly a week after this, Don Carlos Evaña passing along one of the streets abutting upon the Plaza Mayor, paused to look upon a group of men who, standing in the open street in front of a large almacen, were discussing excitedly together, the latest news from @@ -19398,19 +19381,19 @@ himself face to face with Marcelino Ponce de Leon. In the face of his friend there beamed a look of pleasure such as he had not seen there for many months.</p> -<p>"You have heard the news of which those men talk," said Evaña, +<p>"You have heard the news of which those men talk," said Evaña, "and you are glad."</p> <p>The smile faded from Marcelino's face, and passing his arm through -Evaña's he led him away up the street. Turning his face from him +Evaña's he led him away up the street. Turning his face from him and speaking in low tones he said:</p> <p>"I have news which did make me very joyful, yet now I feel sad. Look——"</p> <p>Putting his hand into his pocket, he drew out a letter and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_334" id="Page_334">[Pg 334]</a></span> -showed it to Evaña. The letter bore an English postmark, the address -was in a bold hand which Evaña recognised at once. For a moment +showed it to Evaña. The letter bore an English postmark, the address +was in a bold hand which Evaña recognised at once. For a moment his firm step faltered, and a deadly pallor overspread his cheek, but it was for a moment only, the next he asked calmly:</p> @@ -19418,7 +19401,7 @@ was for a moment only, the next he asked calmly:</p> <p>"He never sailed in the <i>Petrel</i>," replied Marcelino.</p> -<p>For a minute or two they walked on in silence, then Evaña spoke +<p>For a minute or two they walked on in silence, then Evaña spoke again.</p> <p>"But you have not answered my question," he said. "Is not the @@ -19426,7 +19409,7 @@ day at hand? are we not already a free people?"</p> <p>"Alas! it is too true. Spain has fallen," said Marcelino.</p> -<p>Again they walked on in silence; again Evaña was the first to +<p>Again they walked on in silence; again Evaña was the first to speak.</p> <p>"I have been idle," said he, "but the work has been done for me, @@ -19436,7 +19419,7 @@ of the night have passed from me."</p> <p>Then seizing the hand of his friend he pressed it fiercely in his own, and turning from him strode rapidly away towards his own dwelling.</p> -<p>For two days Don Carlos Evaña shut his door to every visitor, on +<p>For two days Don Carlos Evaña shut his door to every visitor, on the third day he sallied forth and took his way to the house of Don Manuel Belgrano. He found Don Manuel in his study, and drawing a roll of paper from his pocket he handed it to him.</p> @@ -19451,13 +19434,13 @@ papers. They consisted of a series of political articles for the <i>Diario</i>.< <p>"I dare not even submit them to his inspection."</p> <p>"The day is at hand when the editor of the <i>Diario</i> will scorn -the approval of the nominee of Spain," replied Evaña.</p> +the approval of the nominee of Spain," replied Evaña.</p> <p> </p> <p>Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, walking through the streets of Buenos Aires, heard the careless comments of the people on the disasters -which had befallen Spain, heard them as Don Carlos Evaña had heard +which had befallen Spain, heard them as Don Carlos Evaña had heard them, but their effect upon him was far different.</p> <p>"I have sought to raise this people from their ignorance," said he @@ -19481,14 +19464,14 @@ passed on into the presence of the Viceroy.</p> who has just left you," said he to Don Baltazar, as he closed the door behind him.</p> -<p>"You speak of Señor Miranda?" replied Don Baltazar.</p> +<p>"You speak of Señor Miranda?" replied Don Baltazar.</p> <p>"I do," said Don Roderigo. "I have just passed through the city, I have listened to the comments of the Creoles upon the disasters which have fallen upon Spain, I have come to warn your Excellency that we are on the eve of a catastrophe."</p> -<p>"And what has that to do with the Señor Miranda?"</p> +<p>"And what has that to do with the Señor Miranda?"</p> <p>"In admitting such a man to your confidence your Excellency runs great danger, if he visits you, he comes as a spy."</p> @@ -19501,17 +19484,17 @@ great danger, if he visits you, he comes as a spy."</p> man who might be serviceable in procuring for me secret information. I am as well aware as you that there are dangerous ideas abroad in the city, and there are some men upon whom I wish to keep watch. -The Señor Miranda visited me at my own request."</p> +The Señor Miranda visited me at my own request."</p> <p>"And what has he told you?"</p> <p>"Nothing; but he has promised to report to me upon the movements of one man, of whom Marshal Liniers entertained great suspicions, -the Señor Evaña. If this excitement of the people should +the Señor Evaña. If this excitement of the people should culminate in any outbreak against my authority, I am assured that the -Señora Evaña will be at the head of it."</p> +Señora Evaña will be at the head of it."</p> -<p>"Do you know that the Señor Miranda is brother to Francisco +<p>"Do you know that the Señor Miranda is brother to Francisco Miranda of Venezuela?"</p> <p>"Of Francisco Miranda! No, I did not know that."</p> @@ -19520,7 +19503,7 @@ Miranda of Venezuela?"</p> of the men you trust," said Don Roderigo, with something of contempt in his tone.</p> -<p>"I was informed that about ten years ago the Señor Miranda gave +<p>"I was informed that about ten years ago the Señor Miranda gave timely information to the Consulado of some conspiracy which was thus averted."</p> @@ -19541,7 +19524,7 @@ I advocated in the year '98; for this I was denounced by your friend the Doctor Miranda to the Consulado of Cadiz, and lost my seat in the Audencia Real."</p> -<p>"You introduced the Señor Evaña to me on my arrival, he is an +<p>"You introduced the Señor Evaña to me on my arrival, he is an intimate friend of yours, but I believe him to be a most dangerous man."</p> <p>"He is a man who may be of great service to us," replied Don @@ -19555,15 +19538,15 @@ would not give your daughter to any man suspected of disloyalty?"</p> <p>"Your Excellency is well informed," said Don Roderigo, smiling.</p> -<p>"Then I will accept your guarantee for the loyalty of the Señor -Evaña, but General Miranda has agents in this city and I suspect that -the Señor Evaña is in correspondence with him."</p> +<p>"Then I will accept your guarantee for the loyalty of the Señor +Evaña, but General Miranda has agents in this city and I suspect that +the Señor Evaña is in correspondence with him."</p> <p>"The principal correspondent of General Miranda is his brother," replied Don Roderigo, "that I can prove to you by the testimony of Major Asneiros, who has been commissioned by me to keep watch on this medico. Major Asneiros surprised him not a week ago reading to -the Señor Evaña a letter from the General, doubtless with the intention +the Señor Evaña a letter from the General, doubtless with the intention of drawing him into some conspiracy. If your Excellency were to order the arrest of Don Alfonso, we should certainly learn from his papers the real nature of the projects of Don Francisco."</p> @@ -19575,12 +19558,12 @@ suspicions of Don Alfonso which Don Roderigo had excited in the mind of Don Baltazar.</p> <p>"There is one man much more dangerous than the old medico ever -can be," said Asneiros, "the Señor Evaña. He is the correspondent +can be," said Asneiros, "the Señor Evaña. He is the correspondent of General Miranda, that Don Roderigo knows well enough, and he overrates his influence with him if he thinks he can prevent him from engaging in any conspiracy against your authority."</p> -<p>"I have been frequently warned against the Señor Evaña," replied +<p>"I have been frequently warned against the Señor Evaña," replied the Viceroy, "but without proofs of the existence of some conspiracy I dare take no steps against him, his arrest would only end in a fiasco like that of Puyrredon. How did you discover that he is in correspondence @@ -19591,20 +19574,20 @@ confession of this fact from Magdalen Miranda, and continued:</p> <p>"When she left me I went in after her and walked straight to the sala. Don Alfonso had an open letter in his hand which he crumpled -up and thrust into his pocket. The Señor Evaña looked at me as +up and thrust into his pocket. The Señor Evaña looked at me as though I were a wild beast, and soon afterwards put on his hat and went, but Don Alfonso kept the letter, and has it yet I don't doubt, for I know he has some secret hiding-place in his house. If we could -get that letter we might find some proof against the Señor Evaña."</p> +get that letter we might find some proof against the Señor Evaña."</p> <p>"I agree with you, in spite of the assurances of Don Roderigo, that -Evaña is a most dangerous man," replied the Viceroy, "but I have +Evaña is a most dangerous man," replied the Viceroy, "but I have every confidence in Don Roderigo himself, and shall entrust the management of this affair to him; if he instructs you to arrest Don Alfonso, do so, but remember, that what I want is a proof that the -Señor Evaña is engaged in some conspiracy—proof such as I can show +Señor Evaña is engaged in some conspiracy—proof such as I can show to Don Roderigo and to the Audencia Real, then I can proceed against -the Señor Evaña without danger of having my orders set at defiance."</p> +the Señor Evaña without danger of having my orders set at defiance."</p> <p> </p> @@ -19632,7 +19615,7 @@ to be of any service to you, you must give me your entire confidence."</p> <p>"But I assure you I refused to have anything to do with it, and would not listen to what he wished to tell me."</p> -<p>"The Senor Evaña spent the evening with you?"</p> +<p>"The Senor Evaña spent the evening with you?"</p> <p>"Yes, he did, but I kept my daughter with me, he could not speak with me."</p> @@ -19646,7 +19629,7 @@ with me."</p> <p>"Mi Dios! Why should I return it to him? Why should I give him my letters? I burned it."</p> -<p>"You did badly, and you should have listened to the Señor Evaña +<p>"You did badly, and you should have listened to the Señor Evaña this evening, he had something important to tell you."</p> <p>"What matters to me that newspaper or the education of the @@ -19655,11 +19638,11 @@ people?"</p> <p>"Look you, Don Alfonso, I did not come here to talk nonsense about newspapers or education. If you refuse me your confidence, I cannot help you. Your name is in the list of the suspected, but the -head of the conspiracy is this Señor Evaña. Give me all the papers +head of the conspiracy is this Señor Evaña. Give me all the papers he has given you to keep for him, and I have a promise from the Viceroy that you shall not be molested in any way."</p> -<p>"The Señor Evaña has never given me any paper of his."</p> +<p>"The Señor Evaña has never given me any paper of his."</p> <p>"Then I cannot help you at all," said Asneiros, rising from the chair on which he had seated himself. "Sleep well to-night in your own @@ -19667,18 +19650,18 @@ bed, to-morrow night you will sleep in the calabozo."</p> <p>"Dios mio! Don Ciriaco," said Don Alfonso, seizing him by the arm, "what have I done? Why should they put me in the calabozo? -I would not even listen to the Señor Evaña when he wished to speak +I would not even listen to the Señor Evaña when he wished to speak to me of things."</p> <p>"You did wrong not to listen, you might have learned something, -and your evidence against Evaña would have saved yourself. But +and your evidence against Evaña would have saved yourself. But perhaps it is not too late, I will give you three days, after that I cannot protect you any longer; you will be arrested, your house searched, and all your effects confiscated."</p> <p>"But, Don Ciriaco, do not leave me. Why do you say such things? You say there is some conspiracy, if there is I know nothing of it. -The Señor Evaña has never spoken of it to me, how can I give evidence +The Señor Evaña has never spoken of it to me, how can I give evidence against him? Don Baltazar asked me——"</p> <p>"A conspiracy there is, and we will know all about it very soon.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_338" id="Page_338">[Pg 338]</a></span> @@ -19696,7 +19679,7 @@ you will not let them search the house, you will prevent that. Why should they, I have nothing worth the trouble of carrying away."</p> <p>"You can prevent it yourself; if you have no papers belonging to -the Señor Evaña, you can find them."</p> +the Señor Evaña, you can find them."</p> <p>Just then the door opened and Magdalen entered the room. Seeing the miserable state of her father she ran to him.</p> @@ -19722,8 +19705,8 @@ he sternly bade her leave him, saying that she had brought all this trouble upon him by attracting Asneiros to the quinta.</p> <p>The next day Don Alfonso walked into the city, went straight to -the house of Don Carlos Evaña, and told him everything that had -occurred on the previous night, after he had left the quinta. Evaña +the house of Don Carlos Evaña, and told him everything that had +occurred on the previous night, after he had left the quinta. Evaña listened somewhat scornfully, but looking at the haggard cheeks and blood-shot eyes of the old man, he felt pity for him.</p> @@ -19731,7 +19714,7 @@ blood-shot eyes of the old man, he felt pity for him.</p> Here is all the conspiracy that there is," said he, taking up a copy of the <i>Diario</i> which lay upon the table, "and his Excellency the Viceroy is at the head of us. We are conspiring to educate the -people, and I fully believe that the Señor Asneiros is correct in thinking +people, and I fully believe that the Señor Asneiros is correct in thinking that it imperils the existence of Spanish rule among us."</p> <p>Don Alfonso looked helplessly at him, and answered:</p> @@ -19776,16 +19759,16 @@ drawing an inkstand towards him, endorsed it:</p> <p><i>Proofs of the nefarious Conspiracy against the People of Buenos Aires, entertained by H. E. Don Baltazar de Cisneros, with -the aid of Don Carlos Avaña and various others.</i></p> +the aid of Don Carlos Avaña and various others.</i></p> </div> <p>"I cannot compliment you on your choice of friends, Don Alfonso," he said, handing him the packet; "but when this distinguished major, -the Señor Asneiros, next visits you, you can give him this as a proof +the Señor Asneiros, next visits you, you can give him this as a proof of my treason. If after that he wishes to arrest me let him come, I am ready for him."</p> -<p>"But, Señor Don Carlos," said Don Alfonso, holding the packet at +<p>"But, Señor Don Carlos," said Don Alfonso, holding the packet at arm's length, "if I give him this he will say that I am mocking him, and then they will arrest me, and——"</p> @@ -19797,7 +19780,7 @@ and then they will arrest me, and——"</p> If he should visit you in the meantime you can easily put him off."</p> -<p>The second day after this, about sundown, Don Carlos Evaña and +<p>The second day after this, about sundown, Don Carlos Evaña and Marcelino Ponce de Leon rode side by side through the suburbs towards the Miserere.</p> @@ -19835,7 +19818,7 @@ will find another husband for her. When a girl once gives up her own choice at her father's command it matters very little to her whom she marries. You and I have seen many instances of that."</p> -<p>"Too many," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Too many," replied Evaña.</p> <p>After this they rode on in silence till they reached the quinta, where they dismounted, tying their horses under the trees behind the house.</p> @@ -19872,27 +19855,27 @@ wished to give you the chance of setting yourself right with the authorities. You refuse; well go your own way, and do not blame me if your house is robbed while you are in gaol."</p> -<p>"Señor Asneiros," said Marcelino, stepping forward, "this is not +<p>"Señor Asneiros," said Marcelino, stepping forward, "this is not the tone in which you should speak to a man whose hairs are white with age. Permit me, Don Alfonso," he added, turning a chair round and assisting the medico to seat himself.</p> -<p>"Señor Don Marcelino," said Asneiros, softening his tone considerably, +<p>"Señor Don Marcelino," said Asneiros, softening his tone considerably, "it is a fortunate chance that has sent you here."</p> -<p>"It is no chance at all, Señor Asneiros," replied Marcelino; "I +<p>"It is no chance at all, Señor Asneiros," replied Marcelino; "I heard that you were threatening Don Alfonso with imprisonment for complicity in some conspiracy which exists only in your own imagination. What may be your real purpose I do not care to enquire, but I insist upon it that you leave this house immediately."</p> -<p>"Señor Don Marcelino, I assure you that I am only acting under<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_341" id="Page_341">[Pg 341]</a></span> +<p>"Señor Don Marcelino, I assure you that I am only acting under<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_341" id="Page_341">[Pg 341]</a></span> orders, and am actuated by the most friendly motives to Don Alfonso. There are grave causes of suspicion against him, and I have shown him the means by which he can set himself right with the authorities."</p> <p>"You wish him to save himself by bringing a false accusation -against some one else. Enough of that, Señor Asneiros. Don +against some one else. Enough of that, Señor Asneiros. Don Alfonso knows nothing of any conspiracy, and can in no way assist you."</p> <p>"You speak well, you speak well, Don Marcelino," said Don @@ -19910,7 +19893,7 @@ to take a wiser course."</p> <p>So saying, Asneiros took up his hat, and with a low bow to Marcelino left the room.</p> -<p>In the porch he was somewhat startled to find Don Carlos Evaña +<p>In the porch he was somewhat startled to find Don Carlos Evaña in earnest conversation with Magdalen, but passed them without a word and walked away.</p> @@ -19933,14 +19916,14 @@ taciturn; Magdalen seemed confused, and spoke only in whispers.</p> darkness, Don Carlos spoke.</p> <p>"I told her of the reports that are in circulation concerning her -and this Señor Asneiros," he said. "It may be her father's wish but +and this Señor Asneiros," he said. "It may be her father's wish but it is not hers, nor does she think that the major has any idea of it. She says that he has been a constant spy upon her father for more than a year past, and that she warned her father of him, but that he refused to listen to her."</p> <p>"Poor girl!" said Marcelino, and then rode on in moody silence, -hardly hearing a word of what Evaña said after that, till they reached +hardly hearing a word of what Evaña said after that, till they reached the centre of the city and separated.</p> <p> </p> @@ -20014,7 +19997,7 @@ went:</p> <p>"Spain has fallen!"</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña, strolling through the streets of the city, heard +<p>Don Carlos Evaña, strolling through the streets of the city, heard these shouts and smiled to himself:</p> <p>"The day is at hand."</p> @@ -20145,7 +20128,7 @@ minority ever increasing, a minority of men of cultivated minds, of men of far-seeing intelligence; to these men these words taught a lesson, in them they inspired a hope.</p> -<p>At the head of this minority were Don Carlos Evaña, Don Marcelino +<p>At the head of this minority were Don Carlos Evaña, Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon, and the other members of the secret committee. They consulted among themselves, asking one another, "Has not the day come?" "What shall we do?"</p> @@ -20200,39 +20183,39 @@ of the examination of his papers," replied Don Roderigo.</p> <p>"Asneiros has behaved like a brute," said Don Fausto.</p> -<p>"The Señor Asneiros has small sympathy for traitors," replied +<p>"The Señor Asneiros has small sympathy for traitors," replied Don Roderigo.</p> <p>Don Gregorio and Don Fausto returned to the house of the latter gentleman but little pleased with the result of their interview. In -the ante-sala they found Doña Josefina with Magdalen and Elisa +the ante-sala they found Doña Josefina with Magdalen and Elisa Puyrredon; to whom they recounted the ill-success of their errand.</p> <p>"It is a barbarity," said Elisa Puyrredon. "Where are we going to stop? Wait till my brother comes back. I cannot understand it at all."</p> -<p>"Nor I," said Doña Josefina. "This Asneiros has not come to +<p>"Nor I," said Doña Josefina. "This Asneiros has not come to see me for a month, why do you not go to see him, Fausto? He will tell you more than Don Roderigo. Magdalen says it is all owing to him that her father was arrested, and he was so great a friend of Don Alfonso."</p> -<p>As Doña Josefina said this she looked sharply at Magdalen, who +<p>As Doña Josefina said this she looked sharply at Magdalen, who flushed scarlet, and said:</p> -<p>"I do not think the Señor Asneiros was ever a friend to papa, he +<p>"I do not think the Señor Asneiros was ever a friend to papa, he was a spy."</p> <p>"I know he did not go to the quinta so often to see Don Alfonso," -said Doña Josefina.</p> +said Doña Josefina.</p> <p>At this moment Marcelino Ponce de Leon walked in at the open door. His entrance caused no surprise for he had been a frequent visitor at his aunt's house for a month past, but Magdalen rose from her seat immediately and left the room.</p> -<p>"She is always so," said Doña Josefina, shrugging her plump, white +<p>"She is always so," said Doña Josefina, shrugging her plump, white shoulders. "If any gentleman pays her any attention, from that moment she abhors him. I can remember when Marcelino and she were the best of friends, now see how she treats him, she will not @@ -20242,10 +20225,10 @@ just now. He has resented her treatment of him, we have the old man in prison, and the daughter——" here came another shrug of the plump, white shoulders, then turning to Marcelino she asked:</p> -<p>"Are all English girls like that, Marcelino? The Señor Gordon at +<p>"Are all English girls like that, Marcelino? The Señor Gordon at any rate knew how to behave himself."</p> -<p>"The Señor Gordon was as polished as a Porteño," said Elisa +<p>"The Señor Gordon was as polished as a Porteño," said Elisa Puyrredon. "You thought he was drowned, Marcelino, and never said a word of it for so many months. But I saw you were triste about something."</p> @@ -20259,11 +20242,11 @@ as he can talk Spanish, he says they have set him to drill the Portuguese, from the idea that he can make them understand him."</p> <p>"Well, Fausto, if you intend to see Don Ciriaco I think the sooner -you see him the better," said Doña Josefina.</p> +you see him the better," said Doña Josefina.</p> <p>"We will go at once," said Don Gregorio.</p> -<p>When the two elder gentleman had gone, Doña Josefina rose from +<p>When the two elder gentleman had gone, Doña Josefina rose from her seat and went through the folding-doors into the sala.</p> <p>"You are triste yet," said Elisa Puyrredon, drawing her chair @@ -20284,7 +20267,7 @@ in times so critical as the present."</p> tyranny, and to be able to say no word in his defence."</p> <p>"Magdalen is very unhappy. Have you no sorrow for her. As -Doña Josefina said just now, once you were the best of friends +Doña Josefina said just now, once you were the best of friends together."</p> <p>"Naturally I am sorry for her, I have done all I can for Don @@ -20367,7 +20350,7 @@ smiles on some one else?"</p> <p>"Even then."</p> <p>"Then I retract my statement that I have been in love fifty times. -I suppose I have never been in love, not even with the Señor Don +I suppose I have never been in love, not even with the Señor Don Ciriaco Asneiros. I could never forgive a lover who was rude to me and had smiles for some one else—never."</p> @@ -20385,13 +20368,13 @@ between us?"</p> matter much to her." Then Elisa looked down confusedly, twining her fingers together, and with a flush on her fair face.</p> -<p>Marcelino rose from his chair and went into the sala where Doña +<p>Marcelino rose from his chair and went into the sala where Doña Josefina was sitting out of sight, but within hearing of them.</p> <p>"Aunt," said he, sitting down beside her, "was there any truth in what you told me, that Magdalen was going to marry Don Ciriaco?"</p> -<p>"I thought there was," replied Doña Josefina quietly. "I know +<p>"I thought there was," replied Doña Josefina quietly. "I know Don Alfonso wished it, but Magdalen tells me it is quite false, and now I suppose it is impossible."</p> @@ -20416,7 +20399,7 @@ love," said she to him in a whisper.</p> <p>It was late in the afternoon when Marcelino reached his father's house. Don Roderigo had left half an hour before for the quinta, where the family were then staying. He ordered his horse to be -saddled and sent after him to the house of Don Carlos Evaña, whither +saddled and sent after him to the house of Don Carlos Evaña, whither he proceeded on foot. He found Don Carlos in his study, his table covered with sheets of manuscript which he was revising. Marcelino took up some of these sheets and glanced over them.</p> @@ -20424,7 +20407,7 @@ took up some of these sheets and glanced over them.</p> <p>"If Don Ciriaco Asneiros still wants proofs of treason, you had better send him a few of these, Carlos," said he.</p> -<p>"Treason, you say," replied Evaña, "wait a month or two and you +<p>"Treason, you say," replied Evaña, "wait a month or two and you will call them patriotic."</p> <p>"So soon?"</p> @@ -20455,9 +20438,9 @@ if any but ourselves were to hear."</p> <p>Two hours afterwards Don Roderigo was seated in his sala at the quinta, his face was flushed, as though something had angered him. -Near him sat Don Carlos Evaña with a quiet smile playing upon his +Near him sat Don Carlos Evaña with a quiet smile playing upon his lips. Marcelino stood leaning against the window frame, evidently -suffering bitterly from some disappointment. Doña Constancia entered +suffering bitterly from some disappointment. Doña Constancia entered the room, and seeing the sorrow in her son's face walked up to him.</p> @@ -20472,7 +20455,7 @@ at liberty."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_354" id="Page_354">[Pg 354]</a></span></p> -<p>"I can excuse Marcelino for that," said Doña Constancia. "Don +<p>"I can excuse Marcelino for that," said Doña Constancia. "Don Alfonso was very good to him when he was wounded."</p> <p>"Don Alfonso is a physician, and found good practice in his broken @@ -20486,7 +20469,7 @@ him. I can assure you he was ready enough to take my gold."</p> <p>"I have no doubt he deserves his imprisonment or the Viceroy would not have put him in prison, so do not trouble yourself any -more about him, Marcelino," said Doña Constancia.</p> +more about him, Marcelino," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"It is not about him that I trouble myself," replied Marcelino. "If he were justly imprisoned I would not say a word for him, but @@ -20539,7 +20522,7 @@ win back his own kingdom again."</p> Dolores. "Papa was angry."</p> <p>"Marcelino wanted him to ask the Viceroy to pardon Don Alfonso -Miranda, and to let him go," said Doña Constancia.</p> +Miranda, and to let him go," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"No wonder then, that papa was angry. How could you think of making such a request, Marcelino?"</p> @@ -20558,7 +20541,7 @@ with Aunt Josefina?"</p> <p>"Yes," said Don Carlos, "the poor girl has nowhere else to go to."</p> -<p>"And I suppose the Señor Asneiros goes there every day to see +<p>"And I suppose the Señor Asneiros goes there every day to see her?"</p> <p>"He has not been near the house since she has been there."</p> @@ -20575,7 +20558,7 @@ that Magdalen should care anything for a man like Major Asneiros."</p> <p>"Then we shall have another laugh at Aunt Josefina, she is always making mistakes of that sort, but she never tires of her amusement," -said Doña Constancia.</p> +said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"I fear it will be no laughing matter for Don Alfonso," said Don Carlos.</p> @@ -20593,7 +20576,7 @@ friend:</p> <p>"You think, then, that our errand has been successful?"</p> -<p>"I think it has," said Evaña. "Don Roderigo will yield to the +<p>"I think it has," said Evaña. "Don Roderigo will yield to the prayer of his daughter what he refused when you asked for justice."</p> <p>"From my father I hoped better things than that."</p> @@ -20658,7 +20641,7 @@ to his father that all were present, whereupon Don Gregorio took his place at the head of the table, and when his guests had arranged themselves round the room, rose to his feet and spoke:</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "the question which I have invited you here +<p>"Señores," said he, "the question which I have invited you here this evening to discuss, is one which occupies the minds of all. We have no king, for our king is in a French prison; we have no longer a mother-country, the fall of Spain has been proclaimed aloud in our @@ -20669,7 +20652,7 @@ our king, if we assert our right to provide ourselves for the government of the country until such time as he may be able to re-assume his authority over us.</p> -<p>"Señores, the idea of choosing from amongst ourselves the men who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_357" id="Page_357">[Pg 357]</a></span> +<p>"Señores, the idea of choosing from amongst ourselves the men who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_357" id="Page_357">[Pg 357]</a></span> shall rule over us is now no novelty amongst us. Spain herself has set us the example. What we demand is a Junta. Among us there can be no question of our right to demand a Junta, the question I @@ -20683,7 +20666,7 @@ paused and looked round him.</p> <p>"A Junta! a Junta! we are free," shouted the others.</p> -<p>Then rose up Don Carlos Evaña from the chair on which he was +<p>Then rose up Don Carlos Evaña from the chair on which he was seated, half way down the room.</p> <p>"Junta! Junta! like that of Spain," said he. "We are a free @@ -20711,12 +20694,12 @@ herself from tyranny, and, as a Republic, gave to all the world an example of heroism such as even her enemies were fain to regard with admiration.</p> -<p>"Señores, let us talk no more of a Junta like that of Spain, or of a +<p>"Señores, let us talk no more of a Junta like that of Spain, or of a king, but let us concert measures for calling together a representative assembly of the people, and for proclaiming at once the Argentine republic."</p> -<p>Opposite to Don Carlos Evaña sat Don Cornelio Saavedra, a +<p>Opposite to Don Carlos Evaña sat Don Cornelio Saavedra, a handsome man with somewhat stern features, dressed in an old-fashioned uniform, and wearing his hair combed back and united in one broad plait which fell on to his shoulders, which style of dressing @@ -20725,7 +20708,7 @@ commandant. His face flushed with anger, and as the speaker sat down he made as though he would rise at once, but Don Fausto Velasquez, who sat next to him, laid his hand upon his arm, saying to him:</p> -<p>"Cosas de Evaña! What matters it?"</p> +<p>"Cosas de Evaña! What matters it?"</p> <p>Then several spoke one after the other, some saying a few words without rising to their feet, others interrupting those who spoke with @@ -20738,7 +20721,7 @@ Lopez leaned over and whispered to Don Manuel Belgrano:</p> <p>Then Belgrano stood up and there was silence.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "the idea of an Argentine Republic seems +<p>"Señores," said he, "the idea of an Argentine Republic seems new to many of you, to others of us it is not new. We have thought of it years ago, but we thought of it then and we think of it now as a possibility, which may be considered of at some date far in the future. @@ -20756,13 +20739,13 @@ full discussion of plans for some superior form of government."</p> <p>The words of Don Manuel Belgrano, spoken calmly and deliberately, soothed at once the excitement which had been produced by -the speech of Don Carlos Evaña; as he resumed his seat Don Marcelino +the speech of Don Carlos Evaña; as he resumed his seat Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon rose.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "the only measure which is possible for us as an +<p>"Señores," said he, "the only measure which is possible for us as an immediate step, is the substitution of a Junta named by the people for a Viceroy named by Spain; this I think even my friend Don Carlos -Evaña will admit. Now the question before us is, not whether we be +Evaña will admit. Now the question before us is, not whether we be ruled by a Junta or an assembly, but whether we demand at once the resignation of the Viceroy and the vesting of his powers in a Junta. Shall we demand this at once, or shall we wait? If we must yet wait @@ -20781,7 +20764,7 @@ irresponsible government. Down with the Viceroy!"</p> <p>Then Don Cornelio Saavedra rose to his feet and there was instant silence.</p> -<p>"Señores," he said, "it is not for us who are men of experience to +<p>"Señores," he said, "it is not for us who are men of experience to give heed to the dreams of an enthusiast; let us look upon the peculiar circumstances in which we are placed with the sober eyes of mature reason. We are colonists of Spain, we are loyal subjects of @@ -20807,10 +20790,10 @@ of our own."</p> <p>Don Cornelio was listened to with deep attention, and when he sat down men looked at each other, many seeming anxious to reply to -him, more looking towards Evaña, as though they expected him to +him, more looking towards Evaña, as though they expected him to speak. Then Don Gregorio Lopez rose again.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "the question I have asked you has, I think, +<p>"Señores," said he, "the question I have asked you has, I think, been satisfactorily answered by Don Cornelio Saavedra. Let us do nothing rashly; in so important a step as this we have discussed, it is of the first importance that we be all united. By many of us the @@ -20866,7 +20849,7 @@ name of King Ferdinand over the whole Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires.</p> had returned to the city, Dolores had come to spend the day with her Aunt Josefina, and was sitting with her and Magdalen Miranda in the ante-sala. The door opened, and in came Marcelino and Don -Carlos Evaña.</p> +Carlos Evaña.</p> <p>Marcelino went at once to Magdalen and took her hand.</p> @@ -20899,7 +20882,7 @@ him, it was her father.</p> <p>"Chica!" said Don Alfonso, straightening himself a little, but he said no more, suffering himself to be led into the house and seated on a chair, where he looked round him with a bewildered gaze, apparently -deaf to the welcome of Doña Josefina and to the congratulations of +deaf to the welcome of Doña Josefina and to the congratulations of the others.</p> <p>Magdalen drew a stool to his feet and seated herself upon it, leaning @@ -20926,7 +20909,7 @@ at once."</p> Marcelino, who immediately left the house. During his absence Don Alfonso still sat in his chair with a vacant stare in his eyes, answering nothing to the questions that were addressed to him, and resisting -every effort of Doña Josefina, who pressed him to eat something. +every effort of Doña Josefina, who pressed him to eat something. Dolores placed a basin of broth in his hands; mechanically he took the spoon and stirred it, but put it away from him untasted.</p> @@ -20965,7 +20948,7 @@ seemed to have recovered strength surprisingly since the morning. Magdalen was in great spirits at finding everything at the quinta in good order, and that many needful repairs had been made during their absence, but she did not then know that this was owing to -Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña, one or other of +Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña, one or other of whom had visited the place every day during the imprisonment of Don Alfonso.</p> @@ -21062,7 +21045,7 @@ Baltazar de Cisneros, the Viceroy, gave audience in one of his private apartments, to two in whom he placed great confidence, Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon and Don Ciriaco Asneiros.</p> -<p>"I have brought the Señor Asneiros that he himself give you an +<p>"I have brought the Señor Asneiros that he himself give you an account of this affair," said Don Roderigo.</p> <p>"You opened the coffer yourself?" said the Viceroy to the major. @@ -21197,7 +21180,7 @@ these Creoles to reason. When I told you that I could raise you a regiment in two days I did not speak without thinking, we Spaniards are tired of the insolence of these Creoles."</p> -<p>"You were not at that meeting at the house of the Señor Puyrredon?" +<p>"You were not at that meeting at the house of the Señor Puyrredon?" said the Viceroy.</p> <p>"These Creoles know me too well to ask me to talk treason with @@ -21210,11 +21193,11 @@ there come more certain news from Spain."</p> <p>"Think you that this Puyrredon is a dangerous man?"</p> -<p>"Without doubt; but there are more dangerous. Whilst the Señor -Evaña lives in Buenos Aires your Excellency is always in danger of +<p>"Without doubt; but there are more dangerous. Whilst the Señor +Evaña lives in Buenos Aires your Excellency is always in danger of some conspiracy."</p> -<p>"Evaña! But against him you have been unable to bring me any +<p>"Evaña! But against him you have been unable to bring me any proof."</p> <p>"Give me authority to arrest him and search his house."</p> @@ -21244,9 +21227,9 @@ for him to speak.</p> <p>"Don Baltazar will do nothing," said Asneiros. "Let us not think any more of him, he is lost. Before many days we shall have a Junta -of Porteños."</p> +of Porteños."</p> -<p>"And this Evaña, can you do nothing against him?"</p> +<p>"And this Evaña, can you do nothing against him?"</p> <p>"Nothing. He has always the protection of your friend Don Roderigo. But have no fear, he will fall with the rest."</p> @@ -21265,7 +21248,7 @@ Baltazar gives not the slightest attention to my offer."</p> <p>"Return to Cordova, it is the best thing you can do, but prepare at once for a second reconquest of this Buenos Aires. Against a -Junta of Porteños it will be a very easy matter to stir up the Provinces."</p> +Junta of Porteños it will be a very easy matter to stir up the Provinces."</p> <p>"To Cordova then this night," said Liniers. "Adios! Buenos Aires; twice have I saved you from foreigners, yet once more will I @@ -21308,7 +21291,7 @@ independence."</p> <p>Before nightfall Don Manuel was again in the city. A meeting of the secret committee was at once convened, not one of the brotherhood was absent, long and earnestly they discussed the measures -they should adopt. The proposition of Don Carlos Evaña to appoint +they should adopt. The proposition of Don Carlos Evaña to appoint a committee of public safety with absolute powers, and to proclaim a Republic, was overruled. It was determined to call upon the Ayuntamiento of the city to appoint a Junta, elected in "Cabildo Abierto," @@ -21405,7 +21388,7 @@ foulest outrage you could commit against his authority."</p> <p>"There is no need for anger, your Excellency," replied Castelli with perfect calmness; "there is no alternative."</p> -<p>"Señor, they have given us five minutes in which to return with +<p>"Señor, they have given us five minutes in which to return with your answer. Your Excellency would do well to think carefully what you do," said Don Martin Rodriguez.</p> @@ -21413,7 +21396,7 @@ you do," said Don Martin Rodriguez.</p> the Viceroy with him into an adjoining room, whence the latter soon returned.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he to the envoys, "I deeply lament the evils which +<p>"Señores," said he to the envoys, "I deeply lament the evils which will fall upon this country in consequence of the step you have taken. But if the people cease to respect me, and the army abandon me, pues! do what you will."<a name="FNanchor_12" id="FNanchor_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a></p> @@ -21453,7 +21436,7 @@ natural to you, showing yourselves a wise, noble, docile, and generous people."</p> <p>In this meeting three parties were represented. One, headed by -the bishop and the Spanish employés, desired the continuance of the +the bishop and the Spanish employés, desired the continuance of the Viceroy in his office; the second, which included many Spaniards, <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_370" id="Page_370">[Pg 370]</a></span>such as Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon, who preferred measures of conciliation, desired to invest the higher powers in the Cabildo, until @@ -21496,7 +21479,7 @@ cease to be Viceroy, we will make you President of the Junta."</p> <p>But as Don Roderigo walked away to his own house his heart was heavy within him, not from sorrow only, but from anger. That day one of the most violent speeches made at the assembly had been -spoken by his own son, and Don Carlos Evaña, from whom he had +spoken by his own son, and Don Carlos Evaña, from whom he had hoped for aid in establishing a better order of affairs, though he had not spoken, had been incessantly active all day among the most determined opponents of Spanish rule, reconciling the varied opinions @@ -21539,7 +21522,7 @@ influence among the townsmen joined them on the 23rd May, many of the officers of the native regiments sought their advice on that day, and proffered their services for the enforcement of their resolutions.</p> -<p>At the house of the Señor Rodriguez Peña the committee was +<p>At the house of the Señor Rodriguez Peña the committee was assembled, awaiting the announcement that the Cabildo had formally decreed the deposition of the Viceroy, awaiting also with anxiety the list of the members of the new Junta. No such announcement, no @@ -21645,7 +21628,7 @@ Plaza Mayor.</p> of excited men, other groups filled the roadway under the balconies of the Cabildo, shouting loudly their demand that the Cabildo should cancel the decree just published. Among these groups Marcelino -walked, till he found Don Carlos Evaña declaiming angrily to a number +walked, till he found Don Carlos Evaña declaiming angrily to a number of young men, who were collected round him, calling upon them to resist to the last extremity this fraud which had been practised upon them by the Cabildo. Taking him by the arm Marcelino drew him aside.</p> @@ -21656,7 +21639,7 @@ are with us, through them we can secure the men, and even if Don Cornelio still desert us, to-morrow we will upset this Junta by the bayonet, if no other course is open to us."</p> -<p>Evaña agreed with him, and separating they went among the groups, +<p>Evaña agreed with him, and separating they went among the groups, calming the excitement of the people by assuring them that next day they would secure the appointment of another Junta, composed of men in whom they might trust. Both of them were well known as prominent @@ -21664,7 +21647,7 @@ members of the revolutionary committee; men hearkened to them, believed in their assurance, and dispersed quietly to their homes. Before sundown the Plaza Mayor was tranquil.</p> -<p>Marcelino and Evaña then went to the barracks of the Patricios, +<p>Marcelino and Evaña then went to the barracks of the Patricios, where they found the troops under arms, and all the junior officers of the regiment collected in the guard-room, debating whether they should not at once march upon the fort and put an end by force to the @@ -21675,21 +21658,21 @@ to put himself at their head. Marcelino acceded to their request, but proposed the postponement of any active step to the next day, as night was already closing in, and it was necessary to concert measures with the rest of the native troops. After some warm discussion, the young -officers consented to wait until Marcelino and Evaña could consult +officers consented to wait until Marcelino and Evaña could consult with the other members of the revolutionary committee.</p> -<p>Meantime the committee, convened at the house of the Señor -Rodriguez Peña, also discussed the proceedings of the Cabildo with +<p>Meantime the committee, convened at the house of the Señor +Rodriguez Peña, also discussed the proceedings of the Cabildo with great warmth and indignation. Opinions were divided, but the great majority were in favour of an appeal to arms. As Marcelino and -Evaña entered the room where they were assembled, the Señor Peña +Evaña entered the room where they were assembled, the Señor Peña was speaking, calmly advocating the employment of all other means to procure the peaceful resignation of the Viceroy.</p> -<p>"But if he will not resign?" said Evaña.</p> +<p>"But if he will not resign?" said Evaña.</p> <p>Don Manuel Belgrano, wearied out with the anxieties of several -days, lay on a sofa in an adjoining room; as Evaña repeated his question +days, lay on a sofa in an adjoining room; as Evaña repeated his question in a loud voice, Don Manuel, who was dressed in uniform as a Major of the Patricios, sprang from his sofa, and standing in the open doorway, his face flushed with indignation, his eyes flashing, laid his @@ -21714,7 +21697,7 @@ which was that Don Cornelio Saavedra had reconsidered his hasty acquiescence in the decree of the Cabildo, and that they could count upon his support to a "Representation," which they had resolved to present to the Cabildo on the following day. Don Nicholas Rodriguez -Peña had with some difficulty succeeded in calming the excitement, and +Peña had with some difficulty succeeded in calming the excitement, and proposed that they should send a deputation to the Patricios, informing them of the change in the ideas of their commandant, and asking for their support to the "Representation."</p> @@ -21729,7 +21712,7 @@ support the people in case the Cabildo refused to listen to their demands.</p> committee retired to their homes to recruit their strength for the next day; Marcelino Ponce de Leon threw himself upon the sofa where Don Manuel Belgrano had been lying as he entered, and fell at once -into a sound sleep, but Don Carlos Evaña and a few others remained +into a sound sleep, but Don Carlos Evaña and a few others remained together and passed the night in endeavouring to draw up a list of names for the Junta, which should meet with general acceptation. All agreed that Don Cornelio Saavedra was the best man they could @@ -21737,17 +21720,17 @@ appoint as President, but, as the original members of the secret committee refused to allow their names to be proposed, there was great difficulty in deciding upon his colleagues. The discussion lasted till nearly dawn, many lists had been made out, but to all there were -objections. Then Evaña, rising from his seat, went into the next room, +objections. Then Evaña, rising from his seat, went into the next room, and shook Marcelino by the shoulder.</p> <p>"I am going home to sleep for an hour or two," said he. "Come with me."</p> -<p>Marcelino sprang up from his sofa, and he and Evaña walked away +<p>Marcelino sprang up from his sofa, and he and Evaña walked away together along the muddy streets in the semi-darkness of the early morning, the morning of the 25th May. It had ceased to rain, but there was a cold wind, and the clouds hung heavily over the city. -They reached Evaña's house, but the cold wind and the morning +They reached Evaña's house, but the cold wind and the morning air had revived Marcelino from his sleepiness; he declined his friend's offer of a bed, and asked him for the loan of his horse.</p> @@ -21756,7 +21739,7 @@ always rises before the day since her father has been ill. I will go and talk with her while you sleep; a talk with her always puts me into good spirits, and I have so much to tell her."</p> -<p>Evaña laughed, but lent him his horse, watched him as he rode +<p>Evaña laughed, but lent him his horse, watched him as he rode away, awoke his servant, telling him to rouse him in two hours, and then throwing himself, dressed as he was, upon a sofa, slept soundly.</p> @@ -21820,7 +21803,7 @@ will be one which will mark an epoch in our history."</p> <p>"I have heard something, but not all; you will tell me."</p> -<p>"Señorita!" exclaimed the mulatto girl, running out from the sala, +<p>"Señorita!" exclaimed the mulatto girl, running out from the sala, "have you not seen the sky? In all my life I have seen nothing so strange."</p> @@ -21930,7 +21913,7 @@ looking together in faith to the future?"</p> <p>Magdalen's lips spoke no answer to his question, but her eyes looked up into his with a brave confidence, which was answer sufficient.</p> -<p>"Señor Don Marcelino, shall I not tie your horse under the shed, +<p>"Señor Don Marcelino, shall I not tie your horse under the shed, your saddle will be sopping wet in five minutes?"</p> <p>It was the gardener who spoke, an old man with a face like a block @@ -22020,7 +22003,7 @@ tears.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_379" id="Page_379">[Pg 379]</a></span></p> -<p>When Marcelino reached Evaña's house he found his friend already +<p>When Marcelino reached Evaña's house he found his friend already gone. On foot he followed him, not doubting that he would see him or hear of him on the Plaza Mayor. Neither here nor in any of the streets as he passed along did he see any troops, every corps was in @@ -22031,25 +22014,25 @@ of citizens, who, careless of the rain, wended their way thither. As Marcelino entered the Plaza he saw the wide causeway of the Recoba Nueva occupied by long lines of young men, all of whom were armed, some with pistols, some with sword-sticks. Among these young men -Evaña walked hurriedly, striving apparently to establish some organisation +Evaña walked hurriedly, striving apparently to establish some organisation amongst them, which was each moment destroyed by the accession of fresh recruits.</p> -<p>"What is that?" said Evaña, as Marcelino walked up to him and +<p>"What is that?" said Evaña, as Marcelino walked up to him and he saw the blue and white rosette on the lappel of his coat.</p> <p>"These," answered Marcelino, taking the streamers in his hand, "are the colours of La Patria."</p> -<p>"Viva La Patria!" shouted Evaña, taking off his hat.</p> +<p>"Viva La Patria!" shouted Evaña, taking off his hat.</p> <p>The shout was taken up and echoed all over the Plaza, and in an -instant all the organisation which Evaña had been labouring to +instant all the organisation which Evaña had been labouring to establish was destroyed. Each man after he had shouted turned to his neighbour to ask why. One only obtained a satisfactory answer, -and he was Marcelino, who asked the question of Evaña himself.</p> +and he was Marcelino, who asked the question of Evaña himself.</p> -<p>"You have given me the idea I wanted," said Evaña. "There are +<p>"You have given me the idea I wanted," said Evaña. "There are of all sorts here, and we must have some means of knowing our own. Choose your pickets of young men we can trust, and station them at every entrance to the Plaza. I will procure blue and white ribbons @@ -22081,7 +22064,7 @@ of Don Cornelio. But Don Roderigo was feebly supported by the native members of the Cabildo, his proposal was scouted as an act of cowardice by the more violent of the Spaniards. He warned them that hundreds of the people, greatly excited, and most of them armed,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_380" id="Page_380">[Pg 380]</a></span> -patrolled the Plaza Mayor and filled the cafés. The answer of the +patrolled the Plaza Mayor and filled the cafés. The answer of the Cabildo to this popular demonstration was to send for the commanders of the troops. As soon as these officers were assembled at the Cabildo they received orders to march their troops to the Plaza and disperse @@ -22095,7 +22078,7 @@ and, as they debated the matter angrily among themselves, there came a violent knocking upon the outer doors, which were closed.</p> <p>The people, wearied out by long waiting, had sent a deputation -headed by Don Carlos Evaña and Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon, +headed by Don Carlos Evaña and Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon, who demanded the immediate deposition of Don Baltazar de Cisneros. Don Martin Rodriguez, who was at the Cabildo with the other commanding officers, opened the door and went out to them. He was @@ -22109,29 +22092,29 @@ answered Don Martin, "which renders necessary the appointment of an entirely new Junta. They require time to decide upon what men to choose for the Junta."</p> -<p>"Is that all?" replied Evaña. "We will save them the trouble of +<p>"Is that all?" replied Evaña. "We will save them the trouble of debating that question any longer."</p> <p>So saying, Don Carlos drew out his pocket-book and turning to a blank leaf wrote on it in pencil, seven names.</p> <p>"There," said he, tearing out the leaf and presenting it to Don -Martin, "there, give that list to the Señores of the Cabildo, and tell +Martin, "there, give that list to the Señores of the Cabildo, and tell them that that Junta and no other will satisfy the wishes of the people."</p> <p>"Come in and present it to them yourself," said Don Martin, drawing back.</p> -<p>Upon this Evaña and Marcelino Ponce de Leon followed Don +<p>Upon this Evaña and Marcelino Ponce de Leon followed Don Martin into the council-chamber, a large room in the upper story, lighted by windows which reached to the floor of the room, and opened upon the balconies overlooking the Plaza Mayor.</p> -<p>Evaña, holding the paper in his hand, strode up to the table round +<p>Evaña, holding the paper in his hand, strode up to the table round which the members of the corporation were seated, and laying it before the Alcalde de primer voto—</p> -<p>"Señores," he said, "you are but wasting your time here, the +<p>"Señores," he said, "you are but wasting your time here, the people have chosen a Junta for themselves, you have nothing more to do than to draw up an edict appointing this Junta according to legal forms, and then to retire and leave the power in their hands."</p> @@ -22140,7 +22123,7 @@ legal forms, and then to retire and leave the power in their hands."</p> his feet, "where is this people? and how have they chosen this Junta?"</p> <p>"Step this way, Don Roderigo, and look upon the people," replied -Evaña, drawing the bolts of one of the windows and throwing the +Evaña, drawing the bolts of one of the windows and throwing the window wide open.</p> <p>Don Roderigo walked to the window and stepped out upon the @@ -22148,7 +22131,7 @@ balcony. Something more than a hundred young men stood drawn<span class="pagenum up in line on the roadway beneath him, the rest of the Plaza was nearly deserted; it was now an hour past noon, and the heavy rain had driven the greater part of those who had filled the Plaza some -hours before, back to their own homes or to the shelter of the cafés.</p> +hours before, back to their own homes or to the shelter of the cafés.</p> <p>"Do you call these boys the people?" said Don Roderigo</p> @@ -22160,7 +22143,7 @@ people. Ask them."</p> each man of whom still sat in his place as though stricken with fear, Don Carlos also turned to them.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "will you that I call all the people back, that +<p>"Señores," said he, "will you that I call all the people back, that you may speak to them? If you wish it I will do so. I will also send round to the barracks, and from each barrack there will march forth a regiment of patriots, each patriot with a musket on his @@ -22168,10 +22151,10 @@ shoulder. Will you that I send for them?"</p> <p>But the Cabildo, especially the more violent members, were stricken with consternation, they cowered before the haughty bearing -of Don Carlos Evaña, and looked in vain for hope into the quiet, +of Don Carlos Evaña, and looked in vain for hope into the quiet, resolute face of Marcelino Ponce de Leon. Round the door, which had been left open, there crowded other stern, determined faces. -Evaña, Marcelino, and each of these men wore blue and white ribbons +Evaña, Marcelino, and each of these men wore blue and white ribbons hanging from the lappels of their coats. The people who had thronged the Plaza two hours before had also each man worn these ribbons. These ribbons were the same colours which the Patricios @@ -22185,7 +22168,7 @@ wide-spread conspiracy.</p> <p>Then the Alcalde de primer voto, who was the President ex-officio, took up the paper which lay before him and read aloud the names -which Evaña had there written.</p> +which Evaña had there written.</p> <p>"I see no objection to any of these gentlemen," said one, "they are all men highly respectable, and of influence among the people."</p> @@ -22195,7 +22178,7 @@ Ponce de Leon, who, coming back from the window, now even more vehemently opposed their timid yielding to dictation, than he had opposed their purblind obstinacy in the morning.</p> -<p>"Señores," said he, "if you appoint that Junta you endorse a +<p>"Señores," said he, "if you appoint that Junta you endorse a revolution, you strike the first blow against the honour of the flag of Spain, you are guilty of treason to your legitimate sovereign."</p> @@ -22211,7 +22194,7 @@ are guilty of treason."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_382" id="Page_382">[Pg 382]</a></span></p> <p>The members looked up irresolute, but behind Don Roderigo -stood the tall figure of Don Carlos Evaña, leaning against the frame +stood the tall figure of Don Carlos Evaña, leaning against the frame of the open window, twisting the blue and white ribbons which hung from the buttonhole of his coat round his fingers. Their faces fell and they whispered one to the other—</p> @@ -22231,7 +22214,7 @@ as follows:—</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>President.</i>—Don Cornelio Saavedra.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"><i>Members.</i></span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr. Don Juan Josè Castelli.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr. Don Juan Josè Castelli.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 2em;"> " " Manuel Alberdi.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">" Manuel Belgrano.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">" Miguel Azcuenaga.</span><br /> @@ -22240,7 +22223,7 @@ as follows:—</p> </p> <p>Being a copy of the list which had been so hurriedly drawn up by -Don Carlos Evaña.</p> +Don Carlos Evaña.</p> <p>No clangour of bells or roaring of guns hailed the publication of this edict, a solemn silence fell over the city, all felt that a great revolution @@ -22258,7 +22241,7 @@ was to appoint two secretaries—</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 4em;">Dr. Don Mariano Moreno</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 2em;">and " " Juan Josè Passo.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 2em;">and " " Juan Josè Passo.</span><br /> </p> <p>whom they incorporated into their body, thus raising the total number @@ -22292,7 +22275,7 @@ and the first rulers of the <span class="smcap">Argentine Republic</span>.</p> number of his friends to celebrate the installation of the new Junta. Don Cornelio Saavedra was there as the principal guest, also Don Manuel Belgrano, and other members of the one time secret committee; -of course Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña were present, +of course Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña were present, but the chair which had been placed for Don Roderigo Ponce de Leon was vacant.</p> @@ -22316,14 +22299,14 @@ Constancia, or for his granddaughter Dolores. The younger people soon commenced dancing, while the elders collected in groups in the corners of the sala, or in the ante-sala, talking; some remained in the dining-room, where coffee was served to them, of whom Colonel Lopez -was one. As Evaña had risen from his seat to go to the sala the -Colonel had stopped him, and Evaña had taken another chair beside +was one. As Evaña had risen from his seat to go to the sala the +Colonel had stopped him, and Evaña had taken another chair beside him.</p> <p>"So you have your republic at last," said the Colonel, after they had conversed some time together.</p> -<p>"Not quite," replied Evaña, "but to this there can be only one +<p>"Not quite," replied Evaña, "but to this there can be only one end, a republic."</p> <p>"Then there is work before us yet?"</p> @@ -22340,7 +22323,7 @@ of captain, I wish you to take me with you with the rank of major."</p> <p>To this the Colonel made no answer, but sat twisting his moustachios.</p> -<p>"I know why you hesitate," said Evaña. "You are accustomed +<p>"I know why you hesitate," said Evaña. "You are accustomed to absolute authority in your own regiment, and do not like the idea of having another officer with you, so near to you in rank."</p> @@ -22361,17 +22344,17 @@ us the victory. What would you do in a country which is one immense pampa, with infantry or artillery?"</p> <p>"I thought you would feel flattered at my preference for the cavalry," -replied Evaña. "But do not alarm yourself, I do not wish to interfere +replied Evaña. "But do not alarm yourself, I do not wish to interfere in any way in the management of the regiment, I merely wish to march with you and hold a definite rank."</p> -<p>"Look you, Evaña," said the Colonel, with a searching look in his +<p>"Look you, Evaña," said the Colonel, with a searching look in his eyes, "there is more in this than you tell me. Be frank with me, tell me what you want, and count upon me."</p> <p>"I want nothing more than I have told you, but I will tell you why."</p> -<p>Evaña paused, looking round him to see that no one was within earshot, +<p>Evaña paused, looking round him to see that no one was within earshot, then drawing his chair closer to the Colonel and leaning his elbows on the table he continued—</p> @@ -22384,16 +22367,16 @@ that there be no vacillation."</p> <p>"Liniers?" said the Colonel.</p> -<p>Evaña nodded.</p> +<p>Evaña nodded.</p> <p>"I should not like to lead a charge against him," said the Colonel.</p> <p>"If the necessity should arise I will be there and will lead the -regiment for you," said Evaña.</p> +regiment for you," said Evaña.</p> <p>"This Liniers, three years ago the 'Reconquistador,' to-day is a -Goth, is he not, Senor Evaña?" asked the Colonel, stretching himself -and leaning back in his chair. Then as Evaña looked at him in +Goth, is he not, Senor Evaña?" asked the Colonel, stretching himself +and leaning back in his chair. Then as Evaña looked at him in surprise without answering, he continued—</p> <p>"What is this you have been telling Viana about Goths?"</p> @@ -22424,7 +22407,7 @@ We do not fight against Spaniards, who are very decent people, but against Goths, who are robbers and murderers; in favour of the Goths there is no tradition among them. These tales that I have told Viana about the Goths are perfectly true, they will circulate from rancho to -rancho all over the campaña, and if ever the day come that we are hard +rancho all over the campaña, and if ever the day come that we are hard pressed, thousands of valiant horsemen will follow you against the Goths who would not move a finger to help you against the Spaniards."</p> @@ -22444,7 +22427,7 @@ Father?"</p> the Goths, therefore those of them who may refuse to obey the Junta, we can call Goths. There is much in a name, my friend Don Gregorio."</p> -<p>"Do you know, Evaña, you are a man who can see far," said the +<p>"Do you know, Evaña, you are a man who can see far," said the Colonel, "but there are men who can see almost as far as you. You say that the Spaniards understand nothing of the paisanos, I can tell you there are other men who are quite as ignorant as the Spaniards. @@ -22466,7 +22449,7 @@ Baltazar de Cisneros in conference with the ex-Viceroy. About nine o'clock he left him and returned to his own house, walking with a firm, quick step, as though the result of his interview had been satisfactory. As he entered his sala he found there one visitor, talking with -his wife and Dolores, Don Ciriaco Asneiros. Doña Constancia looked +his wife and Dolores, Don Ciriaco Asneiros. Doña Constancia looked at him anxiously as he came in.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_386" id="Page_386">[Pg 386]</a></span></p> @@ -22480,7 +22463,7 @@ to dance with men who are traitors to Spain."</p> <p>"There spoke my own daughter," said Don Roderigo, smiling.</p> -<p>"Marcelino is there and Don Carlos Evaña," said Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"Marcelino is there and Don Carlos Evaña," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"Marcelino does not know what he is doing," said Dolores; "and Don Carlos, we all know what ideas he has always had, but I never @@ -22488,10 +22471,10 @@ thought that he would do more than talk. Now I see that the Viceroy was right to put Don Alfonso Miranda in prison, and I am very sorry, papa, that I asked you to get him out."</p> -<p>"The Señor Evaña has been at the head of the conspiracy for +<p>"The Señor Evaña has been at the head of the conspiracy for years past," said Asneiros.</p> -<p>Doña Constancia glanced hurriedly at Don Roderigo.</p> +<p>Doña Constancia glanced hurriedly at Don Roderigo.</p> <p>"But, papa, I have something else to tell you," said Dolores. "Marcelino says that they are going to send an army into the provinces, @@ -22512,7 +22495,7 @@ papa, then he will not," said Dolores.</p> for much obedience from their sons," said Don Roderigo; "I suppose Marcelino has persuaded him to go with him."</p> -<p>"Marcelino is not going," said Doña Constancia.</p> +<p>"Marcelino is not going," said Doña Constancia.</p> <p>"I understood that he had been offered the command of a regiment."</p> @@ -22631,7 +22614,7 @@ fierce twirl to his moustachios, left the room.</p> <p>By the second week in June the "Espedicion Auxiliadora," composed of 1200 volunteers, had assembled under the command of Colonel -Ocampo of the Arribeño regiment. The force had been originally +Ocampo of the Arribeño regiment. The force had been originally planned to consist of 500 men, but the first advices received by the new Junta from the interior, sounded a note of danger.</p> @@ -22651,7 +22634,7 @@ volunteers from his regiment. He proceeded to the north of the province and encamped on the river Arrecifes, collecting horses for the force under the command of Colonel Ocampo. The entire troop commanded by Venceslao Viana had volunteered, on learning that -Don Carlos Evaña would march with them as major of the regiment.</p> +Don Carlos Evaña would march with them as major of the regiment.</p> <p>On the 10th June there was considerable excitement in Buenos Aires. On the preceding night, a number of the volunteers had left @@ -22678,7 +22661,7 @@ the reason of his absence.</p> <p>All that could be done was to send a chasque to Colonel Lopez, telling him to look out for and intercept these deserters.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña had been one of the most active in prosecuting +<p>Don Carlos Evaña had been one of the most active in prosecuting the search for Major Asneiros. In the evening he, with several other officers of the expedition, after dining with Don Cornelio Saavedra, strolled about the city paying farewell visits to their friends, for they @@ -22688,9 +22671,9 @@ disappointed there, not one of the family was at home. About ten o'clock he returned to his own house, at the door he found his servant Pepe waiting for him.</p> -<p>"Ah, Señor!" said Pepe, "for two hours I have been looking for +<p>"Ah, Señor!" said Pepe, "for two hours I have been looking for you everywhere. There is a lady waiting to see you. She would not -go till you came, and I could not find you. She is in the sala, Señor, +go till you came, and I could not find you. She is in the sala, Señor, and the girl with her."</p> <p>As Don Carlos entered his sala he was met by a girl whose face @@ -22698,7 +22681,7 @@ was covered with a mantle. On seeing him she turned quickly towards another female figure, also muffled up, who was seated in an obscure corner of the room.</p> -<p>"Here he comes at last, Señorita," she said. Then stepping back +<p>"Here he comes at last, Señorita," she said. Then stepping back so that Don Carlos might pass her, she went to the door and closed it, standing there as though on the watch lest any other should enter.</p> @@ -22778,7 +22761,7 @@ that he has gone to Monte Video, but I know she thinks so too."</p> <p>"Can you do nothing to help me, Don Carlos? I know you can. Think if they should fight, and Evaristo is with the volunteers."</p> -<p>"You wish me to stop Evaristo? If you and Doña Constancia +<p>"You wish me to stop Evaristo? If you and Doña Constancia cannot stop him what can I do?"</p> <p>"No, no, Don Carlos. Do not be cruel to me, it is papa I wish @@ -22837,7 +22820,7 @@ out her hand to him, and leaving it for a minute in his firm grasp without speaking, Dolores turned from him and, taking her maid with her, disappeared in the patio.</p> -<p>Evaña stood motionless, looking after her, listening to the light +<p>Evaña stood motionless, looking after her, listening to the light rapid steps which passed along the side-walk outside his sala windows till as he heard them no more he drew a deep sigh, then ringing his bell for Pepe he cautioned him never to mention this visit to any one.</p> @@ -22847,7 +22830,7 @@ away, leaving a short note behind him for Marcelino, telling him, without any explanation of this hurried departure, that he had gone to join his regiment at Arrecifes.</p> -<p>Late the following afternoon, Don Carlos Evaña rode alone into the +<p>Late the following afternoon, Don Carlos Evaña rode alone into the encampment of the dragoons, close to the small town of Arrecifes. His two servants had been unable to keep up with him, and he had only accomplished the journey so hastily by changing horses at different @@ -22860,13 +22843,13 @@ with about 100 men.</p> <p>"A party of mutineers left Buenos Aires yesterday. Send out scouts to make enquiries at every estancia for ten leagues to the east -and west," said Major Evaña. "Two parties of three men each, with +and west," said Major Evaña. "Two parties of three men each, with a sergeant, will do. Any intelligence they may learn must be reported instantly."</p> -<p>"Are they Goths, Señor Don Carlos?" said Venceslao.</p> +<p>"Are they Goths, Señor Don Carlos?" said Venceslao.</p> -<p>"Yes," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Yes," replied Evaña.</p> <p>The news that Goths were in the neighbourhood caused great excitement among the men. In ten minutes a number of them had @@ -22874,7 +22857,7 @@ caught and saddled their horses, and before sundown the scouting parties were out of sight.</p> <p>Close to the encampment there was a small rancho, where Colonel -Lopez had taken up his quarters. There Evaña lay down on a catre<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_392" id="Page_392">[Pg 392]</a></span> +Lopez had taken up his quarters. There Evaña lay down on a catre<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_392" id="Page_392">[Pg 392]</a></span> to rest, but was too much fatigued and excited either to sleep or to eat.</p> @@ -22882,7 +22865,7 @@ to eat.</p> about midday a party of eighty men, escorting a galera, had crossed the Arrecifes river, and was believed to have halted for the night at the estancia of Don Lorenzo Pico, some five or six leagues further on, -Major Evaña rose at once from his catre, telling Viana to put his troop +Major Evaña rose at once from his catre, telling Viana to put his troop under arms, while he himself ate some food which had been kept in readiness for him.</p> @@ -22893,20 +22876,20 @@ to collect the spare horses at dawn, and march with all speed for the Estancia de Pico.</p> <p>A countryman who had come back with the scout offered to lead -Evaña, and performed his task so well, that at a quiet trot the Major +Evaña, and performed his task so well, that at a quiet trot the Major with his one troop reached the Estancia de Pico before sunrise.</p> <p>The estancia house was a large azotea, with a courtyard behind, surrounded by a low wall. There was no outer ditch or fence of any kind. In spite of the caution with which they advanced, their approach -was perceived by the garrison. A few men whom Evaña sent +was perceived by the garrison. A few men whom Evaña sent forward to reconnoitre were driven back by shots fired from the barred windows, and the rising sun glinted on a line of bright musket barrels behind the parapet of the flat roof. Don Roderigo was evidently -prepared for a vigorous defence, but it was not Evaña's purpose to +prepared for a vigorous defence, but it was not Evaña's purpose to fight with Don Roderigo if he could avoid it.</p> -<p>Halting his men at a distance of 200 yards, Evaña drew a white +<p>Halting his men at a distance of 200 yards, Evaña drew a white handkerchief from his pocket, and, waving it over his head, rode forward alone to attempt a parley. Standing close to the parapet with his back to him he saw a man of medium stature wearing a hat similar @@ -22922,9 +22905,9 @@ at the same time shouting—</p> <p>"Fuego!"</p> -<p>Evaña had just time to drive his spurs into his horse's flanks and +<p>Evaña had just time to drive his spurs into his horse's flanks and rein him sharply back. The animal reared up, received a volley of -balls in his chest and neck, and fell backwards, Evaña only just saving +balls in his chest and neck, and fell backwards, Evaña only just saving himself from being crushed underneath him.</p> <p>At this sight Venceslao Viana and his men rushed forward with @@ -22934,7 +22917,7 @@ of the house, after which many of them galloped closer and struck with their sabres at the garrison through the bars of the windows. But their fury availed them little. Asneiros kept up a steady fire upon them from the parapet, several of them fell from their saddles, and -more of them had their horses shot under them. Evaña, staggering +more of them had their horses shot under them. Evaña, staggering to his feet, shouted to them to keep back. They were too excited to hear him, but Asneiros saw him.</p> @@ -22946,17 +22929,17 @@ hear him, but Asneiros saw him.</p> pick him off. Venceslao heard the words and put himself in front of him, calling to his men to rally round him. Three more of the troopers fell, but the rest, re-forming their broken ranks, retreated -beyond musket-shot, Evaña retreating with them on foot. Nothing +beyond musket-shot, Evaña retreating with them on foot. Nothing more could be done than to keep watch on the house until the arrival of reinforcements.</p> -<p>Several of the men being wounded, Evaña applied himself to +<p>Several of the men being wounded, Evaña applied himself to binding up their wounds, and had just cut out a ball from the shoulder of one man with his penknife, when an exclamation caused him to look round. A troop of about fifty horsemen were coming towards them at a rapid gallop from the south-west. Their wide-brimmed hats, striped ponchos, and long lances showed that they -were not the dragoons. Evaña mounted at once upon a trooper's +were not the dragoons. Evaña mounted at once upon a trooper's horse, and, wheeling his men round, waited for them. At a distance of 100 yards they halted, and one man came galloping forward alone. He was a short, stout man, with fat, red cheeks almost destitute of @@ -22964,13 +22947,13 @@ beard, with curly hair, and dark, piercing eyes. In his hand he carried a long Indian lance, decked with ostrich plumes.</p> <p>Reining up his fiery steed with the ease of a consummate horseman, -he looked eagerly at Evaña. Then changing his lance to his bridle-hand, +he looked eagerly at Evaña. Then changing his lance to his bridle-hand, he removed his hat and bowed, saying:</p> -<p>"Have I the honour of speaking with the Señor Major Don Carlos -Evaña?"</p> +<p>"Have I the honour of speaking with the Señor Major Don Carlos +Evaña?"</p> -<p>"Your servant, Señor," replied Evaña.</p> +<p>"Your servant, Señor," replied Evaña.</p> <p>"I call myself Andres Zapiola, I am an hacendado of Arrecifes. Last night some scouts of yours came to my estancia and told me you @@ -22978,11 +22961,11 @@ were in pursuit of some mutineers. I have collected what men I could, I have the honour of placing them at your orders."</p> <p>"Never could you have come at a more opportune moment," said -Evaña, shaking hands warmly with his new ally. "We have had a +Evaña, shaking hands warmly with his new ally. "We have had a skirmish with them already."</p> <p>The men of both troops were ordered to dismount, while Major -Evaña and Don Andres carefully reconnoitred the house at a safe +Evaña and Don Andres carefully reconnoitred the house at a safe distance. Don Carlos was much perplexed as to what he should do next, for he wished at all hazards to ensure the safety of Don Roderigo, and desired if possible to conceal the fact of his being with the @@ -22990,7 +22973,7 @@ mutineers. Don Andres advised him to give up all idea of attacking the place, assuring him that hunger would soon compel them to surrender.</p> -<p>"But then," Evaña thought to himself, "the delay may bring me +<p>"But then," Evaña thought to himself, "the delay may bring me more allies such as this, and it will be impossible to secure the escape of Don Roderigo."</p> @@ -23000,14 +22983,14 @@ obstacle to a vigorous assault, Asneiros solved his perplexity for him. The men were withdrawn from the azotea, and the courtyard which appeared full of horses, became the scene of busy preparation.</p> -<p>"They are going," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"They are going," said Evaña.</p> <p>"Let them go," said Zapiola; "it may cost us some lives, but in the open camp we shall have them all the sooner."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_394" id="Page_394">[Pg 394]</a></span></p> -<p>Evaña looked on every side for the galera, it was nowhere to be +<p>Evaña looked on every side for the galera, it was nowhere to be seen. He turned rein, and they rode back to their men, telling each man to take his horse by the bridle and be ready to mount at the first note of the bugle. They had not long to wait, the iron gate in the @@ -23016,7 +22999,7 @@ column of march on the green sward outside, many of them led a second horse by the bridle. Behind them came the remainder of the small force on foot, with shouldered muskets and bayonets fixed.</p> -<p>"They have not horses to mount them all," said Evaña, "therefore +<p>"They have not horses to mount them all," said Evaña, "therefore we can overtake them when we please. If you will spread your men over the camp in front of them, Don Andres, and prevent them from catching fresh horses, I will follow you as soon as I have provided for @@ -23024,11 +23007,11 @@ my wounded and made some enquiries here."</p> <p>Don Andres bowed, and taking up his long lance, which quivered like a reed in his grasp, he started off with his men at full gallop in -pursuit. Evaña followed him as far as the house.</p> +pursuit. Evaña followed him as far as the house.</p> <p>Asneiros halted as he saw the horsemen in pursuit, and facing round with his infantry, prepared to give them a warm reception, but instead -of charging him, the Señor Zapiola and his horsemen galloped past +of charging him, the Señor Zapiola and his horsemen galloped past him with wild shouts of defiance, and, spreading over the camp on his line of march, drove off all the cattle and horses from before him.</p> @@ -23038,7 +23021,7 @@ on the spare horses, ordered the rest to get up behind such of the others as were best mounted; he then gave the word to trot, and resumed his march at a much quicker pace.</p> -<p>Meantime Evaña had dismounted a number of his men, and had +<p>Meantime Evaña had dismounted a number of his men, and had sent them round to the front of the azotea, where a number of his troopers lay wounded. Four of them were found to be dead, seven more were removed inside the house.</p> @@ -23050,23 +23033,23 @@ inside of it. In the courtyard were several horses lying about in the last stage of exhaustion.</p> <p>Leaving a sergeant with three men to take charge of the wounded, -Evaña, after remaining half an hour here, started in pursuit at a quick +Evaña, after remaining half an hour here, started in pursuit at a quick trot, but the march of the Spaniards was so rapid that it was two hours ere he rejoined Don Andres Zapiola. About a league further on there was a large estancia.</p> <p>"Let us charge them at once," said Don Andres.</p> -<p>"Collect your men and support me," said Evaña. "We must not +<p>"Collect your men and support me," said Evaña. "We must not give them time to dismount."</p> <p>The dragoons, who were marching four abreast, wheeled quickly into line, and led by Venceslao Viana dashed at full gallop upon the enemy, with uplifted sabres and a wild cry of "Death to the Goths!"</p> -<p>Evaña, galloping behind them with his sword drawn, had left the +<p>Evaña, galloping behind them with his sword drawn, had left the lead to Venceslao, so that he might devote his attention to protecting -Don Roderigo in the melée.</p> +Don Roderigo in the melée.</p> <p>But, quickly as the dragoons had performed their change of front; Asneiros had seen his danger. He halted at once, and ordered every<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_395" id="Page_395">[Pg 395]</a></span> @@ -23085,11 +23068,11 @@ stood firm, beating off the horsemen with their levelled bayonets.</p> rush and separated from them. As soon as he recovered command of his horse, he turned rein and tried to cut his way through the disordered dragoons, coming, in the midst of the tumult, face to face -with Evaña. Muttering a fierce execration he struck at him with his -sword, but Evaña parried the blow, and Venceslao Viana, spurring his +with Evaña. Muttering a fierce execration he struck at him with his +sword, but Evaña parried the blow, and Venceslao Viana, spurring his horse between them, clove him to the teeth with his sabre.</p> -<p>"Venceslao," said Evaña, "have you seen Don Roderigo, he was +<p>"Venceslao," said Evaña, "have you seen Don Roderigo, he was with these yesterday?"</p> <p>"Don Roderigo! I have not seen him. If he is with those," said @@ -23097,14 +23080,14 @@ Venceslao, pointing to the small knot of infantry who yet stood firm, "we must be quick to save him."</p> <p>A number of the dragoons riding round this group were firing upon -them with their carbines, every shot telling on the close rank. Evaña +them with their carbines, every shot telling on the close rank. Evaña galloped up to them, shouting to them to lay down their arms; a number of them did so; the next moment the horsemen of Don Andres Zapiola poured over them like an avalanche. Behind the rush of the partidarios the dragoons closed in, cutting down without mercy any who yet kept their feet.</p> -<p>With an aching heart Evaña rode over the field, while Viana called +<p>With an aching heart Evaña rode over the field, while Viana called his men together by the bugle and so put a stop to the slaughter. Evana searched among both dead and wounded, frequently dismounting to turn over one lying on his face, but saw nothing of Don Roderigo.</p> @@ -23115,12 +23098,12 @@ he called him to him.</p> <p>"What is your name?" he said.</p> -<p>"Joaquin Saurez, Señor, at your service."</p> +<p>"Joaquin Saurez, Señor, at your service."</p> <p>"How do you come among these mutineers, you do not seem to be a soldier?"</p> -<p>"Señor, I had urgent necessity for money, and the Señor Major +<p>"Señor, I had urgent necessity for money, and the Señor Major Asneiros gave me two doubloons to enlist in the regiment of Cordova."</p> <p>"Well, Joaquin, you are mixed up in a bad business, but will you @@ -23128,8 +23111,8 @@ swear to me that you are not a deserter from some regiment in Buenos Aires?"</p> <p>"By the Holy Virgin Maria and by all the saints I swear it to you, -Señor. I never was a soldier, I do not know how to handle a musket. -Señor, I will tell you how it was I came to enlist."</p> +Señor. I never was a soldier, I do not know how to handle a musket. +Señor, I will tell you how it was I came to enlist."</p> <p>"I have no time to listen, but if you will answer me my questions, and I find your information correct, I will give you your liberty and a @@ -23141,14 +23124,14 @@ your own leader?"</p> <p>"Were all here to-day who left Buenos Aires with you?"</p> -<p>"No, Señor. There was a gentleman with two servants who rode +<p>"No, Señor. There was a gentleman with two servants who rode with us the first day, but we stopped that night at an estancia where there was a galera waiting for him."</p> <p>"And he came with you in this galera yesterday as far as Pico's estancia?"</p> -<p>"Yes, Señor, we reached there soon after midday, and the men refused +<p>"Yes, Señor, we reached there soon after midday, and the men refused to travel any further. He picked out the best of the horses and went on."</p> @@ -23161,31 +23144,31 @@ him."</p> <p>"I heard his servants speak of him as Don Roderigo, and I have seen him before in Buenos Aires. I think he must be some powerful -Señor, from the respect that the Major showed to him."</p> +Señor, from the respect that the Major showed to him."</p> <p>"Did you hear where he was going?"</p> -<p>"To Cordova, Señor. He was very angry that we would not march +<p>"To Cordova, Señor. He was very angry that we would not march on yesterday, but some of the men could not sit their horses any longer."</p> -<p>As Evaña finished his examination the second party of the dragoons +<p>As Evaña finished his examination the second party of the dragoons came up, driving a mob of horses before them. The whole of the dragoons dismounted and stood in a circle round these horses, while each man in his turn caught one. When all were supplied they turned the horses they had previously ridden adrift, and saddled these fresh ones.</p> -<p>Meantime Evaña had walked to where the body of Asneiros lay +<p>Meantime Evaña had walked to where the body of Asneiros lay stretched on the ground in the charge of a dismounted dragoon. This man he told to search the pockets and give him all the papers he could find. The man found few papers on the body, but he found a -leather belt round the waist, filled with gold coins. Evaña took the +leather belt round the waist, filled with gold coins. Evaña took the papers, but handing the belt to Viana told him to distribute the money among the men of both troops. He did not think it necessary to give any of it to the men of Don Andres, for they were busy plundering the slain for themselves.</p> -<p>Evaña was not long in making up his mind what to do. Stiff and +<p>Evaña was not long in making up his mind what to do. Stiff and fatigued as he was, and sore with the bruises he had received when his horse fell back with him, he yet determined to carry on his pursuit himself. Telling Viana to select twenty men from his troop, he gave @@ -23210,7 +23193,7 @@ at military array, driving before them some two score spare horses.</p> <h3>HOW GENERAL LINIERS LOST AN IMPORTANT ALLY</h3> -<p>It was an hour past midday when Don Carlos Evaña galloped from +<p>It was an hour past midday when Don Carlos Evaña galloped from the scene of the skirmish. Judging that Don Roderigo would proceed by the high road for Cordova, he cut straight across camp for the town of Pergamino, where he halted for half an hour to make cautious @@ -23222,7 +23205,7 @@ the preceding night, and had started again at sunrise.</p> <p>Onwards he galloped, and soon after sundown reached an estancia near to the Arroyo del Medio, which divides the province of Buenos -Aires from the province of Santa Fè. Here he found it was useless +Aires from the province of Santa Fè. Here he found it was useless for him to attempt to go any further, as, though a good horseman, he was quite knocked up, not having galloped for any distance for several months. The estanciero pressed him to remain, and at once @@ -23231,7 +23214,7 @@ sent some peons to slaughter a cow for his men.</p> <p>"I am dead beat," he said to Venceslao, taking him to one side; "I must trust to you to catch this galera for me and bring it back."</p> -<p>"Pues! that is not strange, Señor Don Carlos," said Venceslao; +<p>"Pues! that is not strange, Señor Don Carlos," said Venceslao; "but you know you have only to tell me what to do and I will do it."</p> <p>"The gentleman who is in this galera is Don Roderigo Ponce de @@ -23256,7 +23239,7 @@ the galera round when you overtake it, and drive back. Speak to him as little as possible. Everything depends upon your speed; if you start at dawn you may catch him to-morrow."</p> -<p>Evaña asked the hospitable estanciero for a bed, and, in spite of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_398" id="Page_398">[Pg 398]</a></span> +<p>Evaña asked the hospitable estanciero for a bed, and, in spite of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_398" id="Page_398">[Pg 398]</a></span> fever of fatigue, was soon in a dreamless sleep; but soon after midnight he woke and heard the jingling of spurs and the rattle of sabres in their iron scabbards, as Viana with his men mounted and rode @@ -23264,7 +23247,7 @@ away.</p> <p>Viana took fifteen men with him, leaving the other five behind in charge of the spare horses; by sunrise he had reached the first post-house -in the province of Santa Fè on the main road to Cordova. All +in the province of Santa Fè on the main road to Cordova. All day he travelled rapidly, changing horses at the post-houses as he went on, encouraged by finding that the roads were heavy, and led through many swamps and bad passes, which would seriously impede @@ -23277,26 +23260,26 @@ dawn, just as the galera was leaving. Don Roderigo, supposing his party to be a detachment of Asneiros' men, waited for him to come up. Venceslao rode alone to the galera.</p> -<p>"You have mistaken the road, Señor Don Roderigo," said he.</p> +<p>"You have mistaken the road, Señor Don Roderigo," said he.</p> <p>"Are not you Venceslao Viana?" replied Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"Your servant," replied Venceslao. "The Señor Major Evaña +<p>"Your servant," replied Venceslao. "The Señor Major Evaña has detached me with this escort to secure your safety, there are many bad characters about."</p> -<p>"Evaña!" exclaimed Don Roderigo; "I thought he was in +<p>"Evaña!" exclaimed Don Roderigo; "I thought he was in Buenos Aires."</p> -<p>"He left the day after you did, Señor Don Roderigo. The day +<p>"He left the day after you did, Señor Don Roderigo. The day before yesterday we arranged those vagabonds, so now with this escort you need fear nothing."</p> -<p>"And the Señor Major Asneiros, what of him? Where is he?"</p> +<p>"And the Señor Major Asneiros, what of him? Where is he?"</p> -<p>"He died, Señor."</p> +<p>"He died, Señor."</p> -<p>"And the Señor Major Evaña, where is he?"</p> +<p>"And the Señor Major Evaña, where is he?"</p> <p>"He was tired and could come no further, he is waiting for you at an estancia on the Arroyo del Medio."</p> @@ -23314,7 +23297,7 @@ in his cloak.</p> back the way they had come, silencing their objections by throwing back his poncho, and laying his hand on the butt of a pistol.</p> -<p>On the afternoon of the day following Don Carlos Evaña, now +<p>On the afternoon of the day following Don Carlos Evaña, now quite recovered from his fatigue, sat talking with the estanciero who had given him shelter, when one of his troopers came to the door of the room and announced that a galera had crossed the arroyo and @@ -23327,8 +23310,8 @@ it stopped, Don Carlos himself opened the door.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_399" id="Page_399">[Pg 399]</a></span></p> -<p>"I am your prisoner I suppose, Señor Don Carlos?" replied Don -Roderigo, stepping out, but refusing the hand which Evaña stretched +<p>"I am your prisoner I suppose, Señor Don Carlos?" replied Don +Roderigo, stepping out, but refusing the hand which Evaña stretched out to him in welcome.</p> <p>"My prisoner, no," said Don Carlos; "I shall be happy to escort @@ -23347,16 +23330,16 @@ I see that you wish others to believe that I have taken no part in this insurrection as I suppose you call it. You have not introduced me to this good gentleman, who is, I presume, the owner of this estancia."</p> -<p>"The Señor Don Luis Peña," said Evaña, on which the estanciero +<p>"The Señor Don Luis Peña," said Evaña, on which the estanciero stepped forward, raising his hat.</p> -<p>"I have much pleasure in welcoming you to my house, Señor, and +<p>"I have much pleasure in welcoming you to my house, Señor, and put it and all I have at your service," said Don Luis, shaking hands with Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"Peña!" said Don Roderigo, "I know your father well, and a +<p>"Peña!" said Don Roderigo, "I know your father well, and a worthy old gentleman he is but I fear me infected with the disloyalty -of the present time. I am Roderigo Ponce de Leon, Señor Don +of the present time. I am Roderigo Ponce de Leon, Señor Don Luis, I am a member of the Cabildo and of the Audencia Real of Buenos Aires, and I am on my way to Cordova to join Marshal Liniers and to concert measures with him for the upsetting of this @@ -23380,7 +23363,7 @@ desire to prevent great unhappiness to your family."</p> Roderigo, then turning his back upon him he walked with Don Luis up to the house.</p> -<p>Don Luis Peña strove by every means in his power to render the +<p>Don Luis Peña strove by every means in his power to render the compulsory visit of Don Roderigo pleasant to him, but Don Roderigo declined to look upon himself in any other light than as a prisoner. He absolutely refused to return to Buenos Aires, although both Don @@ -23396,7 +23379,7 @@ other wealthy hacendados from Arrecifes and Pergamino. To many of these Don Roderigo was known personally, to all he was known by repute.</p> -<p>Don Carlos Evaña was sorely perplexed; some of these new +<p>Don Carlos Evaña was sorely perplexed; some of these new arrivals spoke of Don Roderigo as the man who had induced the desertion on the 10th June from the "Espedicion Auxiliadora." This expedition had already left Buenos Aires, and might probably reach @@ -23428,14 +23411,14 @@ the sake of his wife and daughter that he at last consented.</p> <p>As soon as it was dark that night, Viana's troop of dragoons left the encampment and marched away eastward, passing close to the -estancia of the Señor Peña, where they were joined by five men well +estancia of the Señor Peña, where they were joined by five men well mounted, who rode with them through the night at a rapid pace, and left them at dawn near to the frontier town of San Nicolas. The dragoons encamped till the next morning, when they were joined by -Don Carlos Evaña and Don Luis Peña; returning immediately to +Don Carlos Evaña and Don Luis Peña; returning immediately to the estancia of the latter gentleman, they were there met by the intelligence that the "Espedicion Auxiliadora" was encamped near -at hand on the Cañada de Cepeda.</p> +at hand on the Cañada de Cepeda.</p> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -23452,7 +23435,7 @@ at hand on the Cañada de Cepeda.</p> <p>The Spanish adherents of Marshal Liniers, had done their best to excite enthusiasm for the cause of Spain, in the hearts of the citizens of the learned city of Cordova, a city of which it was said at that -time, that even the waiters in the cafés talked Latin, and that the +time, that even the waiters in the cafés talked Latin, and that the favourite amusement of the peons at the street-corners, was to discuss among themselves the most abstruse questions of philosophy and metaphysics.</p> @@ -23477,14 +23460,14 @@ of July, his adherents falling away from him, till he lost all hope of making any effectual stand where he was against the patriot army.</p> <p>Meantime the patriots had met with great difficulties on their march -across the Pampas to Santa Fè, and it was already August when they +across the Pampas to Santa Fè, and it was already August when they ascended the high lands which surround the city of Cordova, marching with great precautions, for they knew not what resistance they might meet.</p> <p>It was a fine morning, it seemed as though the spring had already come, the air was so balmy, the vegetation so luxuriant, when on the -5th August, Don Carlos Evaña with a troop of dragoons, which +5th August, Don Carlos Evaña with a troop of dragoons, which formed the advanced guard of the patriot army, debouched from the thick wood, and looked down upon the pleasant city of Cordova, snugly nestling among the hills in the valley below him; upon Cordova, @@ -23505,11 +23488,11 @@ the Catholic and his Queen.</p> <p>Upon Cordova looked down from those wooded heights, the vanguard of the patriot army; upon Cordova looked down Don Carlos -Evaña, a man to whom the learning of Cordova was but as an idle +Evaña, a man to whom the learning of Cordova was but as an idle dream, a man in whose eyes its peacefulness was sloth, and its religion hypocrisy.</p> -<p>But no thought of all this passed through the brain of Major Evaña +<p>But no thought of all this passed through the brain of Major Evaña as he gazed upon the learned city, whose white domes and towers filled up the small valley beneath him; he thought but of that one man whom he considered as the most dangerous enemy of the Argentine @@ -23541,13 +23524,13 @@ of a new era, and that there was little in common between them and the black-robed priests and bearded monks who were the more usual occupants of their streets.</p> -<p>Major Evaña drew up his troop across the sandy Plaza in front +<p>Major Evaña drew up his troop across the sandy Plaza in front of the cathedral, and himself rode up to the hall of justice. Here he was met by a group of the civil authorities, who stood in the sun before him bare-headed, and invited him to dismount. Evana replied by asking them a question.</p> -<p>"Where is the Señor Mariscal Don Santiago Liniers?"</p> +<p>"Where is the Señor Mariscal Don Santiago Liniers?"</p> <p>"Marshal Liniers had left the city on the preceding day."</p> @@ -23577,12 +23560,12 @@ a number of citizens, bare-headed and in long white robes, carrying immense wax candles, which were lighted and burned in the bright sunshine with a dull, yellow flame.</p> -<p>Evaña, with a gesture of impatience, wheeled his horse round, and +<p>Evaña, with a gesture of impatience, wheeled his horse round, and placing himself in front of his troop drew his sword, while Viana shouted the word of command, "Present arms!"</p> <p>Straight for the centre of the troop marched the procession, but -Evaña stirred neither foot nor hand, each swarthy trooper sat motionless +Evaña stirred neither foot nor hand, each swarthy trooper sat motionless on his horse. An aged priest, with an angry scowl at the dragoons, spoke a word to the boys, they turned to the right, and the whole procession passed on in front of the line of horsemen and took its @@ -23594,7 +23577,7 @@ uncovered heads, devoutly crossed themselves, muttered an "Ave" and a "Credo," and gazed with admiring eyes upon the gorgeous canopy and upon the jewelled figure beneath it.</p> -<p>No sooner was the front of his line free than Evaña, sheathing +<p>No sooner was the front of his line free than Evaña, sheathing his sword, gave a signal to Viana, the troop wheeled at once into column, and trotted swiftly away by the northern road, watched by many a wondering eye as it crossed the Rio Primero and wound its @@ -23637,7 +23620,7 @@ new era into the heart of South America.</p> <p>Leagues beyond the sierra, on the road to Tucuman, there stood a large estancia, used also as a post-house, which went by the name of -"La Cabeza del Tigre." About noon, on the day after Evaña with +"La Cabeza del Tigre." About noon, on the day after Evaña with his dragoons passed through the city of Cordova, Marshal Liniers with General Concha, Bishop Orellana, Colonel Allende, and two others, were seated at dinner in the principal room of this estancia. The @@ -23661,16 +23644,16 @@ while his companions looked upon him in consternation.</p> back at once, his face of a pale-green colour, his eyes almost starting from his forehead with terror.</p> -<p>"Señor! Señores! my General! the revolution!" he gasped out.</p> +<p>"Señor! Señores! my General! the revolution!" he gasped out.</p> <p>Then there came a heavy step with the jingling of a spur, a hand was laid upon his shoulder, he was pulled roughly back, and Don -Carlos Evaña strode into the room.</p> +Carlos Evaña strode into the room.</p> -<p>"Señores, all of you, surrender yourselves prisoners to the orders +<p>"Señores, all of you, surrender yourselves prisoners to the orders of the Junta Gubernativa."</p> -<p>Liniers started to his feet, stared wildly at Evaña, then turned deadly +<p>Liniers started to his feet, stared wildly at Evaña, then turned deadly pale and sank back into his chair, muttering between his teeth—</p> <p>"It is he. All is lost!"</p> @@ -23681,11 +23664,11 @@ Colonel Allende drew his sword.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_405" id="Page_405">[Pg 405]</a></span></p> <p>"It is madness to think of resistance, the house is surrounded," -said Evaña.</p> +said Evaña.</p> <p>"Promise us our lives," said General Concha.</p> -<p>"I promise nothing. Give up you arms," replied Evaña, stamping +<p>"I promise nothing. Give up you arms," replied Evaña, stamping his foot.</p> <p>At this signal, in at the doorway came Venceslao Viana with his @@ -23699,7 +23682,7 @@ his belt, handed his sword to Viana.</p> of the Estancia "La Cabeza del Tigre" was the scene of a court-martial.</p> <p>At one end of the room, at the head of the table, sat Dr. Don -Juan José Castelli, member of the Junta Gubernativa, who had come +Juan José Castelli, member of the Junta Gubernativa, who had come express from Buenos Aires on learning the capture of Marshal Liniers in order to preside at this court-martial. On each hand sat several field-officers of the patriot army, who formed the court. At the other end of @@ -23710,7 +23693,7 @@ stood a party of the Patricios, with grounded arms and bayonets fixed. Several other officers of the patriot army, who had not been summoned to sit on the court-martial, stood grouped about the doorway.</p> -<p>About half-way down the table stood Don Carlos Evaña, in full +<p>About half-way down the table stood Don Carlos Evaña, in full uniform as a major of dragoons. He had just concluded his speech as public prosecutor, demanding in vehement language that sentence of death should be passed upon the five prisoners who stood before @@ -23738,7 +23721,7 @@ and demanded to be sent for trial to Buenos Aires.</p> <p>When the prisoners had been removed, many of the officers who had served under Liniers, and were anxious to save him, demurred to the sentence of death, but the influence of Dr Castelli, seconded by Don -Carlos Evaña, overcame all opposition. It was determined that the five +Carlos Evaña, overcame all opposition. It was determined that the five prisoners should be shot on the following day, and buried with military honours, in consideration of the past services of Marshal Liniers.</p> @@ -23753,7 +23736,7 @@ had given up all hope of life when he surrendered his sword.</p> said he to his fellow-prisoners; then turning to the court, he added:</p> <p>"To one only of you have I a word to say—to you, Don Carlos -Evaña. My fate I have brought upon myself, by listening to the words +Evaña. My fate I have brought upon myself, by listening to the words of those who induced me to spare you, when I had you in my power. I have long known you as a dangerous conspirator. I have known you as one of those reckless men, who care nothing what evils they @@ -23767,7 +23750,7 @@ The people know no gratitude for past services, and the day will come when they will turn upon you and destroy you, in payment for the lessons you have taught them.</p> -<p>"Beware, Don Carlos Evaña! Here in America you have raised +<p>"Beware, Don Carlos Evaña! Here in America you have raised up the fiend of revolution. You, and those who work with you, take to yourselves pride, in that you have liberated a great people from the power of a crushing despotism. You have done no such thing. You @@ -23781,8 +23764,8 @@ ambition."</p> <p>Here Marshal Liniers was interrupted by Dr Castelli, who commanded the officer of the guard to remove the prisoners.</p> -<p>"I pray you, Señor Presidente, to let him speak," said Don Carlos -Evaña. "We, conscious of the rectitude of our own hearts, may well +<p>"I pray you, Señor Presidente, to let him speak," said Don Carlos +Evaña. "We, conscious of the rectitude of our own hearts, may well suffer our motives to be impugned; it is but another sacrifice we make upon the altar of our country."</p> @@ -23884,7 +23867,7 @@ can come back and remain here as long as he chooses, but I fear there is little chance of his remaining long, I fear he has made up his mind to return to Spain, and will take my mother and Lola with him."</p> -<p>"And is Doña Constancia willing to go?"</p> +<p>"And is Doña Constancia willing to go?"</p> <p>"Yes, she is even anxious; she dreads nothing so much as that my father should take an active part in the hostile measures of the @@ -23892,12 +23875,12 @@ Spaniards of Monte Video. Dolores rejoices at the idea."</p> <p>"That I can understand very well," said Magdalen, smiling.</p> -<p>"She was always more a Spaniard than a Porteña," said Marcelino. +<p>"She was always more a Spaniard than a Porteña," said Marcelino. "Though she does not say anything to me, yet I know she sorrows over me as a hopeless rebel. When my father returns I think that both she and my mother will come to see you."</p> -<p>"Does she ever speak of Don Carlos Evaña?"</p> +<p>"Does she ever speak of Don Carlos Evaña?"</p> <p>"Yes, and you would be surprised to hear her. She will not allow any one to say a word against him. She calls the execution of Marshal @@ -23927,7 +23910,7 @@ command of the regiment to Don Carlos?"</p> one night in the city."</p> <p>"When you write to Don Carlos do not forget to tell him that Don -Roderigo is going to Spain, and will take Doña Constancia and Lola +Roderigo is going to Spain, and will take Doña Constancia and Lola with him," said Magdalen.</p> <p>"I will not forget," replied Marcelino.</p> @@ -23976,16 +23959,16 @@ answered to the voice of the young officer, who again called upon them to rally to the standard, the ranks were reformed, the patriot column rushed on, and the field of Suipacha was won.</p> -<p>"Major Evaña," said General Balcarce, as he strained that officer +<p>"Major Evaña," said General Balcarce, as he strained that officer in his arms, when covered with blood and dust he retired from the hard-fought field, "to you our country owes the greatest victory she has yet achieved. The enemy is totally routed, to-morrow there will not remain one armed foeman on Argentine soil."</p> -<p>"Not to me alone," said Evaña; "let me ask you a favour for a +<p>"Not to me alone," said Evaña; "let me ask you a favour for a young officer, who did even more than me to-day."</p> -<p>Evaña stepping back laid his hand upon the shoulder of a young +<p>Evaña stepping back laid his hand upon the shoulder of a young officer of the Patricios, and continued:</p> <p>"You have granted me leave of absence, let Don Evaristo Ponce @@ -24065,9 +24048,9 @@ Roderigo.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_412" id="Page_412">[Pg 412]</a></span></p> -<p>Apart from the others, sitting by Doña Constancia and soothing +<p>Apart from the others, sitting by Doña Constancia and soothing her sorrow with many gentle words, was Magdalen Miranda, who had -already found in Doña Constancia a second mother, and had learned +already found in Doña Constancia a second mother, and had learned to love her dearly, only to lose her. Marcelino went up to her, and taking her hand in his said:</p> @@ -24119,7 +24102,7 @@ wide waste of water which separated them from the land.</p> north," replied he; "they were making no end of a hullabulloo about it when I left."</p> -<p>"Oh! my son! my son!" cried Doña Constancia, when these +<p>"Oh! my son! my son!" cried Doña Constancia, when these words were translated to her, "I shall never see Evaristo again; but he could not know, poor boy!" and she covered her face with her hands.</p> @@ -24132,7 +24115,7 @@ them. Both were in uniform, but in uniforms travel-stained and sun-browned.</p> <p>"Evaristo!" said Dolores, with a cry of joy.</p> -<p>"And Evaña," echoed Marcelino.</p> +<p>"And Evaña," echoed Marcelino.</p> <p>Hardly had the boat touched the side, ere the younger officer, springing lightly up the ladder, stood on the deck looking eagerly @@ -24142,15 +24125,15 @@ mother sat, even yet barely comprehending what she heard.</p> <p>"Mamita!" he said, clasping her in his arms.</p> -<p>Leaving mother and son together, the rest crowded round Evaña, +<p>Leaving mother and son together, the rest crowded round Evaña, pressing his hands and listening eagerly, as he told them of the great victory which had freed Argentine soil from the footstep of a foe. Even Don Roderigo, forgetful of all else, came up to him, and taking -his hand, listened with a father's pride, to the words in which Evaña +his hand, listened with a father's pride, to the words in which Evaña spoke of the gallantry displayed by his youngest son, attributing to him more than to any other, the glories of Suipacha.</p> -<p>Evaña spoke with head erect, he stood among them with the +<p>Evaña spoke with head erect, he stood among them with the bearing of a conqueror, he felt that the dream of his life was rapidly approaching its full accomplishment. Though he spoke but little of his own deeds, he knew that had he not marched from Cordova with @@ -24163,7 +24146,7 @@ the orders of that Junta, and had dared to trample in the dust the standard of Spain, when upheld by those who equally with the Junta claimed to rule by the authority of King Ferdinand.</p> -<p>Evaña spoke proudly and haughtily as a free citizen of a free +<p>Evaña spoke proudly and haughtily as a free citizen of a free people, but as he spoke, his eye wandered from them who hung upon his words, wandered unceasingly, till his gaze fell at last upon her he sought, his eye had found Dolores, seated at some distance from him @@ -24173,20 +24156,20 @@ answered at random the questions which were put to him.</p> <p>"And General Nieto, is it true that he fell in some action?" asked Don Roderigo.</p> -<p>"No," replied Evaña fiercely, "I took him prisoner. Two file of +<p>"No," replied Evaña fiercely, "I took him prisoner. Two file of grenadiers and a priest, you remember his counsel to Marshal Liniers, such mercy as he would have shown to me, such mercy I gave to him."</p> <p>Then heedless of more questions, he made his way through them, -and walking up to Doña Constancia took her hand and raised it to +and walking up to Doña Constancia took her hand and raised it to his lips.</p> -<p>"Oh, Carlos, how good you have been to my son," said Doña +<p>"Oh, Carlos, how good you have been to my son," said Doña Constancia. "If you had not brought him, he could not have come, and I should have gone away without seeing him."</p> -<p>"He might have been here before," said Evaña, "but Evaristo is a +<p>"He might have been here before," said Evaña, "but Evaristo is a brave soldier, and his country could not spare him on the eve of a battle. I never told him you were going till the fight was over."</p> @@ -24197,11 +24180,11 @@ Then when all was over he told me and we have galloped ever since."</p> <p>"Don Carlos, I am so glad you have come," said Dolores, putting her hand in his.</p> -<p>Evaña drew her away from the others to a vacant corner behind +<p>Evaña drew her away from the others to a vacant corner behind the wheel, where they stood side by side, looking together at the shore.</p> -<p>"You are glad to see me, Lola," said Evaña.</p> +<p>"You are glad to see me, Lola," said Evaña.</p> <p>Dolores started and her face was troubled as he spoke to her by this name, which he had never used but once before during all their @@ -24229,11 +24212,11 @@ but some day you will come back, and to make sure that you do come back, I want you to make me one promise, the promise I have come here to ask from you. Promise me that you will never forget the land of your birth, promise me that you will never forget that you -are a Porteña."</p> +are a Porteña."</p> <p>"I will promise," said Dolores, "I can make that promise very -easily, for I am a Porteña. I love Spain as you say, because it is papa's -country, but I am a Porteña."</p> +easily, for I am a Porteña. I love Spain as you say, because it is papa's +country, but I am a Porteña."</p> <p>"Away across the ocean in the land to which you are going there is a gallant soldier, whose heart will beat with a wild joy when he @@ -24244,13 +24227,13 @@ country no longer needs his sword, he will come and join us, and will fight beside us till the independence of your country and my country is secure."</p> -<p>Dolores flushed scarlet, her hand trembled as it lay in Evaña's firm +<p>Dolores flushed scarlet, her hand trembled as it lay in Evaña's firm grasp, and she answered hurriedly:</p> <p>"But the war is over, is it not? After this great victory there will be no more fighting?"</p> -<p>"The war is but commencing," replied Evaña; "so long as Spain +<p>"The war is but commencing," replied Evaña; "so long as Spain holds one foot of ground on American soil, our independence is not secure."</p> @@ -24264,13 +24247,13 @@ voyage back to Europe, bearing within her the mingled joys and sorrows, hopes and cares, which make a ship a small epitome of the world.</p> -<p>"Remember!" said Evaña to Dolores, then bending over her he +<p>"Remember!" said Evaña to Dolores, then bending over her he pressed his lips upon her forehead and so left her.</p> <p> </p> <p>Again they stood in the porch together, Marcelino and Magdalen. -Evaña had just left them, and the evening breeze tossed about the +Evaña had just left them, and the evening breeze tossed about the branches of the trees which had waved over him as he disappeared, going from them with his heart full of proud hopes of which he had eloquently spoken to them, going forth into a life such as he had @@ -24340,7 +24323,7 @@ by royal edict the Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires.</p> <p>"Its limits extended from ten and a half degrees south latitude to Tierra del Fuego, and from the Cordillera of the Andes to the hills -from whence flow the upper affluents of the Paraguay, Paranà, and +from whence flow the upper affluents of the Paraguay, Paranà , and Uruguay; this immense line terminating at the opening where the Rio Grande de San Pedro falls into the sea. This territory, equal to a quarter part of the whole of South America, comprehended the @@ -24408,7 +24391,7 @@ echoed the cry of "Liberty" raised by the patriots of the capital.</p> <div class="footnote"> -<p><a name="Footnote_14" id="Footnote_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> "La Historia de la Republica Argentina," by Don Luis Josè +<p><a name="Footnote_14" id="Footnote_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> "La Historia de la Republica Argentina," by Don Luis Josè Dominguez.</p></div> @@ -24425,7 +24408,7 @@ of Buenos Aires, to appoint popular assemblies, and to name deputies to form a congress, which should decide their future fate. Where the people were free to express their opinions the vote was unanimous. Maldonado and Colonia, in the Banda Oriental; Las Misiones and -Corrientes, La Bajada and Santa Fè, along the rivers; San Luis, in +Corrientes, La Bajada and Santa Fè, along the rivers; San Luis, in the interior of the Pampas; Mendoza and San Juan, at the foot of the Andes; Salta and Tucuman, on the confines of Upper Peru, answered the call of the capital; Chili soon afterwards following the @@ -24447,7 +24430,7 @@ despatched it into the provinces. From Cordova this army marched to the borders of Upper Peru, under the command of Don Antonio Balcarce, defeated Goyeneche and other Spanish generals in several actions, shot General Nieto and other chiefs, and completely freed -the Arribeño provinces from Spanish rule. The revolution advanced +the Arribeño provinces from Spanish rule. The revolution advanced in every direction, Chili entered into strict alliance with the Junta of Buenos Aires, and sent a contingent of troops, and the auxiliary army, again victorious at Suipacha, menaced with destruction the last remnants @@ -24455,9 +24438,9 @@ of the Spanish army of Upper Peru.</p> <p>A second expedition was also despatched to Paraguay under the command of Don Manuel Belgrano, who received the grade of -general. Belgrano crossed the Paranà on the 19th December, putting +general. Belgrano crossed the Paranà on the 19th December, putting to flight a small force under Colonel Thompson, which opposed -his passage, and occupied the town of Itapùa.</p> +his passage, and occupied the town of Itapùa.</p> <p>But there was one exception to this general success which attended the first measures of the Revolutionary Junta. General Don Francisco @@ -24512,7 +24495,7 @@ dates and facts of this Epilogue are chiefly taken.</p></div> from the tyrannical exactions of Spanish rulers, but the rule of Velazco, the then governor, was extremely popular, and General Belgrano with his small army, instead of meeting with a friendly -reception, found the whole country in arms against the Porteños; the +reception, found the whole country in arms against the Porteños; the country people fled before him, driving off their horses and cattle, leaving nothing behind them that could in any way assist his progress, but without venturing to molest him.</p> @@ -24527,12 +24510,12 @@ and cut to pieces, and the rest under the immediate command of Belgrano were forced to retire. On the banks of the Tacuari, Belgrano halted with the remnant of his small army, was there attacked by a pursuing column of 3000 men, repulsed them, and then offered to -retire across the Paranà if allowed to march unmolested, saying it was +retire across the Paranà if allowed to march unmolested, saying it was not his object to conquer Paraguay.</p> <p>In a lengthened conference Belgrano fully explained his views to the Paraguayan generals and officers, his proposition was accepted, he -recrossed the Paranà, but the object of his expedition was achieved. +recrossed the Paranà , but the object of his expedition was achieved. Soon after his retreat the Paraguayans rose against their Spanish rulers, deposed them, and placed the government in the hands of a triumvirate of natives. Of this triumvirate Dr Francia, a lawyer of @@ -24546,14 +24529,14 @@ all intercourse between Paraguay and the rest of the world.</p> <h3><a name="CHAPTER_GE_IV" id="CHAPTER_GE_IV">IV. THE BANDA ORIENTAL</a></h3> -<p>Early in 1811 the campaña of the Banda Oriental rose in rebellion +<p>Early in 1811 the campaña of the Banda Oriental rose in rebellion against the Spanish Viceroy; the Junta of Buenos Aires sent an army to aid the movement. To Belgrano, recalled from the frontiers of Paraguay, was entrusted at first the command of this army, but he was soon superseded by General Rondeau, who was by birth an Oriental.</p> -<p>Josè Artigas had commenced life as an estanciero, and had obtained +<p>Josè Artigas had commenced life as an estanciero, and had obtained great fame and influence among the paisanos of the Banda Oriental, till the Government of Monte Video, finding themselves unable other<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_423" id="Page_423">[Pg 423]</a></span>wise to put a stop to depredations upon the revenue, entrusted him @@ -24566,7 +24549,7 @@ laying siege to Monte Video.</p> <p>The Princess Carlota of Brazil sent an army of 4000 Portuguese in aid of the Viceroy. Then peace was made in November, 1811, but -was of no long duration. Josè Artigas took umbrage at the slow +was of no long duration. Josè Artigas took umbrage at the slow retreat of the Portuguese, and made war upon them with his light cavalry on his own account. Again the Government of Buenos Aires sent an army to aid him, and secured the retreat of the Portuguese by @@ -24581,14 +24564,14 @@ Soler, who with the 6th regiment recaptured the Cerrito at the point of the bayonet, and drove the garrison back with heavy loss into the city.</p> -<p>After this, Artigas left the whole work of the siege to the Porteños, +<p>After this, Artigas left the whole work of the siege to the Porteños, named himself the military Governor of the Banda Oriental, and sent deputies chosen by himself to the "Constituent Assembly" of Buenos Aires. The assembly refused to admit his deputies, on the ground that they were not legally elected; whereupon Artigas declared war against Buenos Aires, and sent emissaries into Entre Rios, Corrientes, -and Santa Fè, seeking to stir up the people of those provinces against -the "Government of the Porteños."</p> +and Santa Fè, seeking to stir up the people of those provinces against +the "Government of the Porteños."</p> <p>At this time, the Government of Spain sent out to Monte Video a reinforcement of 2200 men. Thus, when in January, 1814, Don Gervacio @@ -24608,13 +24591,13 @@ named William Brown, determined to dispute this supremacy.</p> <p>The Spanish fleet was at that time divided into two squadrons, one stationed at Martin Garcia, an island which commands the entrance -to the rivers Uruguay and Paranà, the other stationed at Monte Video. +to the rivers Uruguay and Paranà , the other stationed at Monte Video. Brown sailed in the first place against Martin Garcia, but was beaten off by the Spanish squadron with heavy loss. He returned to Buenos Aires for the purpose of refitting and procuring reinforcements, after<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_424" id="Page_424">[Pg 424]</a></span> which he again approached the island, and, landing his crews, captured it on the 16th March, 1814. The Spanish squadron fled up the Uruguay, -and placed themselves under the protection of Josè Artigas.</p> +and placed themselves under the protection of Josè Artigas.</p> <p>Brown then sailed for Monte Video, attacked the Spanish squadron there on the 14th May, and after a desperate conflict against very @@ -24773,7 +24756,7 @@ Tucuman, applied himself diligently to reorganising the army, and constructed an entrenched camp to the north of the city. Pezuela reoccupied Jujui and Salta, but the two victories gained by Belgrano had so roused the spirit of the people, that the paisanos rose in mass -against the invaders, and under Arenales and Güemes prevented any +against the invaders, and under Arenales and Güemes prevented any further advance of the royalists.</p> <p>In this year 1814, the revolution in Chili was completely crushed @@ -24863,7 +24846,7 @@ sense a congress.</p> entirely of men born in Spanish America, organised by General Don Francisco Miranda of Venezuela, with the object of working out the independence of the Spanish colonies of America. Three members -of this society, Josè de San Martin, Carlos Maria de Alvear, and Josè +of this society, Josè de San Martin, Carlos Maria de Alvear, and Josè Matias Zapiola, all Argentines by birth, arrived in Buenos Aires on the 13th March, 1812, in the British ship <i>George Canning</i>. They at once proceeded to form a branch of this society under the name of @@ -24877,7 +24860,7 @@ of a new triumvirate, consisting of:</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 2em;">Dr Don Juan Jose Passo,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 3.3em;">Don Nicolas Rodriguez Peña,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 3.3em;">Don Nicolas Rodriguez Peña,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 5.3em;">Antonio Alvarez Jonte,</span><br /> </p> @@ -25073,7 +25056,7 @@ their bayonets the fields of Suipacha, Tucuman, and Salta; they stood round Belgrano and the blue-and-white standard among the rocks on that dismal night which followed the rout of Vilcapugio; they retreated with him from the still more disastrous field of Ayouma. -Argentines from other provinces, Paz, Arenales, Martin Güemes, and +Argentines from other provinces, Paz, Arenales, Martin Güemes, and many others, vied with their comrades from Buenos Aires in gallantry and endurance on many a hard-fought field; on two occasions Belgrano saved the remnant of his army solely through the devoted @@ -25118,14 +25101,14 @@ a despotism which threatened them with the loss of all for which they had fought. Their gaze fell upon the new power which had risen up amongst them, they appealed to the people.</p> -<p>In the year 1815 Josè Artigas stood forth prominently as "the man +<p>In the year 1815 Josè Artigas stood forth prominently as "the man of the people." The people were in a state of semi-barbarism. He himself was little better, but he understood them, knew how to attract their sympathies to himself, and how to rule over them. The Banda Oriental, Entre Rios, and Corrientes obeyed him. In answer to the appeal of the citizens of Buenos Aires, he crossed the Parana into Santa -Fè with the pompous title of "Chief of the Orientales and Protector of -the Free Peoples." The men of Santa Fè received him as their +Fè with the pompous title of "Chief of the Orientales and Protector of +the Free Peoples." The men of Santa Fè received him as their deliverer. Cordova declared herself independent of Buenos Aires.</p> <p>The people, knowing nothing of representative Government, chose @@ -25137,7 +25120,7 @@ rights against the domination of Buenos Aires. These popular chieftains throughout the provinces hailed Artigas as their champion.</p> <p>Alvear bestirred himself against this new enemy, and despatched an -army to drive him from the province of Santa Fè. But on the frontier +army to drive him from the province of Santa Fè. But on the frontier of Buenos Aires this army joined the popular movement, and frater<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_433" id="Page_433">[Pg 433]</a></span>nised with the barbaric hordes of Artigas. Then the citizens of Buenos Aires arose and decreed the downfall of the Government, the assembly @@ -25159,10 +25142,10 @@ enemies, Spain, the provinces, the people. Two provinces of the old Viceroyalty of Buenos Aires, Paraguay and the Banda Oriental, were now completely independent of Buenos Aires; every other province had an equal right to such independence; Cordova and -Santa Fè utterly refused to recognise the new government; Entre +Santa Fè utterly refused to recognise the new government; Entre Rios and Corrientes had chosen a ruler for themselves, and obeyed -the orders of Josè Artigas. The people everywhere, weary of the -exactions of the nominees of the capital, looked to Josè Artigas as +the orders of Josè Artigas. The people everywhere, weary of the +exactions of the nominees of the capital, looked to Josè Artigas as their champion.</p> <p>Artigas, obeying the universal law which impels "the man of the @@ -25171,13 +25154,13 @@ his own power.</p> <p>The Government, after a vain attempt to come to some definite arrangement with Artigas, concluded a truce with him. He retired -across the Parana, and they despatched an army to occupy Santa Fè. +across the Parana, and they despatched an army to occupy Santa Fè. But this Army was compelled to capitulate to the "Montonera," or -"gaucho" cavalry of Santa Fè. A second army, stationed at Rosario, +"gaucho" cavalry of Santa Fè. A second army, stationed at Rosario, revolted, and demanded the resignation of the Supreme Director. The Government yielded, the "Junta de Observacion" named General Antonio Gonsalez Balcarce, Supreme Director, and the army of Buenos -Aires was withdrawn from Santa Fè.</p> +Aires was withdrawn from Santa Fè.</p> <h3><a name="CHAPTER_GE_VII" id="CHAPTER_GE_VII">VII. THE CONGRESS OF TUCUMAN</a></h3> @@ -25193,11 +25176,11 @@ congress of his own at Paysandu in the Banda Oriental.</p> <p>Each province sent deputies to the Congress of Tucuman in proportion to its estimated population, and some attempt was made to -procure the representation of the campaña. Buenos Aires sent seven +procure the representation of the campaña. Buenos Aires sent seven deputies; Cordova, five; Chuquisaca, four; Tucuman, three; Catamarca, Santiago del Estero, Mendoza, and Salta, two each; La Rioja, San Luis, San Juan, Misque, Cochabamba, and Jujui, one each. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_434" id="Page_434">[Pg 434]</a></span> -Banda Oriental, Entre-Rios Corrientes, and Santa Fè sent no deputies, +Banda Oriental, Entre-Rios Corrientes, and Santa Fè sent no deputies, Paraguay was by this time completely isolated from Argentine affairs.</p> <p>The congress of Tucuman did not fully represent the Argentine @@ -25265,10 +25248,10 @@ July, 1816.</p> <p>Since then the anniversary of that great day has been yearly welcomed with rejoicings throughout the length and breadth of the land. -Amid the vineyards of Mendoza, on the sunny plains of Santa Fè, in +Amid the vineyards of Mendoza, on the sunny plains of Santa Fè, in the peaceful seats of learning at Cordova, and amid the busy hum of commerce at Buenos Aires, the yearly recurrence of that day has been -welcomed ever since. Arribeños, Rivereños, and Porteños, whatever +welcomed ever since. Arribeños, Rivereños, and Porteños, whatever their passing differences, alike look back in boastful pride to the day when their forefathers boldly asserted their right to a place among the nations of the world.</p> @@ -25287,7 +25270,7 @@ is fulfilled.</p> <p> </p> <p>In many of the events which we have so shortly chronicled in this -epilogue, Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña took +epilogue, Don Marcelino Ponce de Leon and Don Carlos Evaña took their share, playing their parts, each according to his several character. Both of them sprang to their feet and responded with an enthusiastic "Yes" to the question proposed to the deputies by the secretary of @@ -25325,7 +25308,7 @@ electronic format and is released to the public domain.</p> <h3>Typographical changes to this volume:</h3> <p> Pg 6 in the aame[name] of the King of Great Britain.<br /> -Pg 31 Doña Constanica[Constancia] and Dolores<br /> +Pg 31 Doña Constanica[Constancia] and Dolores<br /> Pg 41 earned for themelves [themselves] immortal fame<br /> Pg 75 forming perpendicular chiffs,[cliffs]<br /> Pg 78 taking his hand let[led] him up to his mother<br /> @@ -25333,7 +25316,7 @@ Pg 82 the things[thing] is to commence a<br /> Pg 83 one of the twenty had make[made] off from the <br /> Pg 83 he ordered them to drive to[delete to] four stout stakes<br /> Pg 87 when the golloping[galloping] of horse<br /> -Pg 87 said Donñ[Doña] Constancia<br /> +Pg 87 said Donñ[Doña] Constancia<br /> Pg 88 Then you were made prisioner[prisoner]<br /> Pg 99 his two brothers, Lietuenant[Lieutenant] Gordon<br /> Pg 103 and a few sconds[seconds] afterwards<br /> @@ -25367,7 +25350,7 @@ Pg 245 Until the new Viceroy arrive [arrives]<br /> Pg 250 in the most critical noment[moment]<br /> Pg 262 their follow[fellow]-countrymen.<br /> Pg 289 said Don Ciricao[Ciriaco]<br /> -Pg 291 For this Doña[Don] Manuel Belgrano<br /> +Pg 291 For this Doña[Don] Manuel Belgrano<br /> Pg 296 he forget[forgot] that he<br /> Pg 303 But Marcelino heardly[hardly] heard the remark<br /> Pg 318 With heard [head] erect<br /> @@ -25389,359 +25372,6 @@ Pg 401 in the hearts of the citzens[citizens]<br /> <p> </p> <hr class="pg" /> -<p>***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PONCE DE LEON***</p> -<p>******* This file should be named 40859-h.txt or 40859-h.zip *******</p> -<p>This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:<br /> -<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/0/8/5/40859">http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/8/5/40859</a></p> -<p> -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed.</p> - -<p> -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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