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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers</p> -<p>Author: G. A. Henty</p> -<p>Release Date: June 30, 2013 [eBook #43067]</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN THE HANDS OF THE CAVE-DWELLERS***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by David Edwards, Mary Meehan,<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<br /> - (<a href="http://archive.org">http://archive.org</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -309,14 +293,14 @@ the defender of the doorway bounded forward and buried his knife in one of their bodies, while the other at once fled, followed by the man whose wrist had been broken by the sailor's first blow.</p> -<p>"Carambo, señor!" the Mexican said. "You have rendered me a service +<p>"Carambo, señor!" the Mexican said. "You have rendered me a service indeed, and I tender you a thousand thanks. I could not have held out much longer, for I had been more than once wounded before you arrived."</p> -<p>"You are heartily welcome, señor. It was but a slight business—two +<p>"You are heartily welcome, señor. It was but a slight business—two blows with my stick and the matter was done."</p> -<p>"You are not a countryman of mine, señor," the other said, for the +<p>"You are not a countryman of mine, señor," the other said, for the sailor spoke with a strong accent; "you are a stranger, and, as I can see now, a sailor."</p> @@ -336,12 +320,12 @@ watch."</p> <p>The other laughed. "You might wait some time before we found them, and, besides, it would give us a deal of trouble. No; leave them where they -lie. The one I struck at least will never get up again. Now, señor, may +lie. The one I struck at least will never get up again. Now, señor, may I ask the name of my preserver? Mine is Juan Sarasta."</p> <p>"Mine is William Harland," the sailor replied.</p> -<p>"We are friends for life, Señor Harland," the Mexican said, as he held +<p>"We are friends for life, Señor Harland," the Mexican said, as he held out his hand and gripped that of the sailor warmly. "Where are you staying?"</p> @@ -360,7 +344,7 @@ tell them that you saved my life."</p> <p>"I thank you very much," the sailor said, "but no doubt I shall be able to find some little inn where I can obtain a night's lodging."</p> -<p>"Such a thing is not to be thought of, Señor Harland, and I shall feel +<p>"Such a thing is not to be thought of, Señor Harland, and I shall feel very much hurt if you do not accept my offer."</p> <p>They were now in a wider street, and, passing a wine-shop from which the @@ -391,27 +375,27 @@ killed, jumped overboard, and then I made up my mind that as soon as we landed I would bolt and take my chance of getting a berth on board some other ship."</p> -<p>"But you speak Spanish very fairly, señor."</p> +<p>"But you speak Spanish very fairly, señor."</p> <p>"Well, the last ship I was in traded along the western coast, putting in at every little port, so I picked up a good deal of the language, for we were out here nearly six months. The ship I have just left did the same, so I have had nearly a year on this coast, and having learned Latin at -school, of course it helped me very much. And you, señor, how do you +school, of course it helped me very much. And you, señor, how do you come to speak English?"</p> <p>"I have been down for the past six months in Valparaiso, staying with a relation who has a house there, and my greatest friends there were some young Englishmen of my own age, sons of a merchant. My father had spoken of my paying a visit to your States some day, and therefore I was glad -of the opportunity of learning the language. This, señor, is the house +of the opportunity of learning the language. This, señor, is the house of my friends."</p> <p>As Harland saw that his companion would take no denial, he followed him into the house. The young Mexican led the way to a pretty room with windows to the ground, opening on to a garden.</p> -<p>"You are late, Señor Juan," a gentleman said, rising from his seat; but +<p>"You are late, Señor Juan," a gentleman said, rising from his seat; but before the young man could reply, a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old cried out: "Madre Maria, he is wounded!"</p> @@ -425,7 +409,7 @@ ship-owner of Boston, but, owing to some slight disagreement with his father, he has worked his way out here as a sailor. I ventured to promise that you would extend your hospitality to him."</p> -<p>"My house is at your service, señor," the Mexican said courteously. "One +<p>"My house is at your service, señor," the Mexican said courteously. "One who has rendered so great a service to my friend Don Juan Sarasta, is my friend also. Christina, ring the bell and tell the servants to bring hot water and clothes, and then do you go to your room while we attend to @@ -439,10 +423,10 @@ loss of blood.</p> <p>"A few bottles of good wine, and I shall be all right again."</p> -<p>"I must apologize for not having asked you before," Señor Guzman said to +<p>"I must apologize for not having asked you before," Señor Guzman said to Harland, when the wounds were bandaged, "but have you supped?"</p> -<p>"Yes, thank you, señor. I bought some food as I came through the town, +<p>"Yes, thank you, señor. I bought some food as I came through the town, and ate it as I was waiting at the port."</p> <p>"Have you any luggage that I can send for?"</p> @@ -469,7 +453,7 @@ encounter."</p> <p>"Do you suspect anyone?"</p> -<p>The young Mexican hesitated a moment before he answered. "No, señor; I +<p>The young Mexican hesitated a moment before he answered. "No, señor; I have no quarrel with anyone."</p> <p>"I do not see how, indeed, you could have an enemy," Don Guzman said, @@ -634,7 +618,7 @@ Will."</p> <p>"Now, Juan," Harland said, as they sipped their chocolate, "who do you believe set those ruffians on to you? I could see plainly enough that -both you and the señorita had suspicions, though you did not choose to +both you and the señorita had suspicions, though you did not choose to mention them to her father."</p> <p>"You are a sharp observer," Juan laughed. "Well, yes, I will tell you @@ -683,7 +667,7 @@ a little awkward when suddenly interrupted.</p> look round sharply. As his eye fell on us he turned as pale as if he had received a blow, and if ever man's face wore for a moment an expression of intense rage his did then. However, he checked himself, murmured a -word or two about believing that Señor Guzman was in the veranda, and +word or two about believing that Señor Guzman was in the veranda, and then turned on his heel and went back into the room. Christina caught my arm. 'Beware, Juan, that man will be your deadly enemy!' And I felt that she spoke truly. She said that his attentions of late had been very @@ -837,7 +821,7 @@ while for their lariats and heel ropes, and so on, they use buffalo hide, which is stronger and tougher. So practically, you see, it is only the value of the fat that we lose."</p> -<p>Three days later Juan and Will said good-bye to Señor Guzman and his +<p>Three days later Juan and Will said good-bye to Señor Guzman and his daughter and set out, the four mounted men riding behind them with two led animals carrying provisions and water-skins.</p> @@ -883,7 +867,7 @@ that number. We do not use the upper part of the valley. By our agreement with the Indians that is to remain untouched as a hunting-ground for them."</p> -<p>That night they slept at the hacienda of some acquaintances of Señor +<p>That night they slept at the hacienda of some acquaintances of Señor Sarasta, where they were most hospitably entertained; the next day they halted for a few hours at San Felice, and rode on as soon as the sun had lost its full power. They were now beyond the region of general @@ -1149,7 +1133,7 @@ moved since."</p> <p>The man returned in a minute.</p> -<p>"He is quite dead, señor."</p> +<p>"He is quite dead, señor."</p> <p>"Where is the man you shot, Will? Let us see if my suspicions are correct."</p> @@ -1172,7 +1156,7 @@ canvas bag from the dead man's sash.</p> <p>"Ten apiece," Juan remarked. "Put aside sixty for the widows of Pedro and Lopez, and take ten each yourselves."</p> -<p>"Shall we do anything with the body, señor?"</p> +<p>"Shall we do anything with the body, señor?"</p> <p>"Fetch some big stones and pile them over it. There will be no search for him, for you may be sure he has not mentioned to anyone in the town @@ -1231,7 +1215,7 @@ marauding red-skins is too slight to be thought of. Our next day's ride will be an easy one, across a cultivated country. Then we have a long day and a half of mountain work."</p> -<p>The passes which they had to traverse before arriving at Señor Sagasta's +<p>The passes which they had to traverse before arriving at Señor Sagasta's ranch astonished Harland, who had no previous experience of such scenery. Sometimes they were travelling up ravines so deep and rugged that it was almost twilight below, while at others they wound along on @@ -1301,7 +1285,7 @@ once imagine that I had been badly wounded and that you were concealing the truth from her. Of course you will tell them, Antonio, that I am bringing a friend with me."</p> -<p>Señor Sarasta and his daughter came up. Will Harland reined in his horse +<p>Señor Sarasta and his daughter came up. Will Harland reined in his horse a little so as to allow his companion to meet his friends alone. Juan checked his horse and dismounted as they came up to them, and they, too, leaped from their horses.</p> @@ -1322,7 +1306,7 @@ as I will presently relate to you."</p> yards away. Juan's father walked across to him, and, lifting his sombrero, said:</p> -<p>"As the friend of my son, señor, I welcome you most warmly, the more so +<p>"As the friend of my son, señor, I welcome you most warmly, the more so since he tells me that you have rendered him a signal service, though of what nature I am not aware, but in any case, as his friend you are mine, and I beg you to consider my house as your own. This is my daughter, @@ -1331,7 +1315,7 @@ Donna Clara."</p> <p>Will removed his sombrero and bowed deeply, while the girl made a ceremonious salute.</p> -<p>"Now let us mount and ride on," Señor Sarasta said. "Your mother will +<p>"Now let us mount and ride on," Señor Sarasta said. "Your mother will be anxiously expecting you, Juan. We have been looking for you for the past two days. But where are your other two men?"</p> @@ -1364,7 +1348,7 @@ on."</p> on. The first thing to do is to have your wound seen to. Padre Hidalgo is a famous hand at such matters."</p> -<p>"Well, señor," he went on to Will, as they cantered along, "I can quite +<p>"Well, señor," he went on to Will, as they cantered along, "I can quite understand now that the service that you rendered to my son is a valuable one, for had you not shot the leader of these rascals, to say nothing of some of the others, the fight might have terminated very @@ -1382,10 +1366,10 @@ himself, I disposed of, and the other ran away."</p> <p>"By the saints! you seem to have had a hot time of it, Juan, and, indeed, we have all good reason to be most grateful to your preserver. -Señor Harland, my obligations to you are infinite—such as I can never +Señor Harland, my obligations to you are infinite—such as I can never repay."</p> -<p>"Really, señor, you are making more of the matter than it is worth," +<p>"Really, señor, you are making more of the matter than it is worth," Will said earnestly. "I was going quietly along when I heard shouts and exclamations, and felt that someone was being attacked. I ran forward, and, seeing four men attacking one, had no difficulty in deciding who @@ -1396,7 +1380,7 @@ over almost before it began. It was not a quarter of a minute from the time I came up to that in which the fourth man was running off at the top of his speed. I have already benefited very largely by the affair, having gained thereby the friendship of your son, the hospitality of his -friend, Señor Guzman, and the opportunity of making this journey and +friend, Señor Guzman, and the opportunity of making this journey and paying you a visit. As to the affair in the mountains, I was defending my own life also, and our success was as important to me as to him."</p> @@ -1413,7 +1397,7 @@ there."</p> <p>"That was so, father. Both attacks were the work of one man, who, I am happy to say, will trouble me no more, as he was the leader of the -second attack—the man whom Señor Harland shot."</p> +second attack—the man whom Señor Harland shot."</p> <p>"But who is the man, and what could have been his motive for thus attacking you?"</p> @@ -1441,18 +1425,18 @@ murdering me on my way home, no search is likely to be made in that direction."</p> <p>"That is well. Of course I received your letter, Juan, and sent off a -messenger at once to Señor Guzman, giving my and your mother's hearty +messenger at once to Señor Guzman, giving my and your mother's hearty consent to the match, which indeed pleased us much."</p> <p>Two or three minutes later they arrived at the hacienda, in front of which a number of servants and peons employed in the gardens and stables had gathered to welcome their young master back after his nine months' absence. As they dismounted, Donna Sarasta appeared at the door. Juan -ran up the steps and tenderly embraced her; Señor Sarasta then led Will +ran up the steps and tenderly embraced her; Señor Sarasta then led Will up.</p> <p>"Your first welcome, my dear, should have been given to this gentleman, -Señor William Harland, for had it not been for him you would not have +Señor William Harland, for had it not been for him you would not have Juan by your side now. He has twice saved his life."</p> <p>"Twice saved his life!" Donna Sarasta exclaimed incredulously. "Is it @@ -1466,7 +1450,7 @@ rifle."</p> <p>The lady held out both hands to Will. The tears were streaming down her cheeks.</p> -<p>"Señor," she said, "I cannot thank you now. Remember that it is our only +<p>"Señor," she said, "I cannot thank you now. Remember that it is our only son's life that you have saved. Think of what we should have felt had he not returned, and our men had brought us news of his death. May the Blessed Virgin reward you and bless you! Give me your arm, Philip, I am @@ -1482,7 +1466,7 @@ attendants came in.</p> unaware that my son has returned. Tell him that he is to bring bandages and salves, for there is a wound to be dressed. He will find my son in the dining-room. Do one of you fetch basins of hot water and sponges -there. Now, Señor Harland, I will lead you to your room. Doubtless a +there. Now, Señor Harland, I will lead you to your room. Doubtless a bath will be agreeable to you after your journey."</p> <p>Will was glad to be out of the way during this family meeting, and @@ -1504,7 +1488,7 @@ an amount of gratitude that seems to me almost ridiculous, considering that it is all the result of my interfering in a street row, just as I might have done in any other port. At any rate, I shall have some new experiences to tell about when I get home. I shall certainly like the -señor; he has been so long out here that he has shaken off the indolent +señor; he has been so long out here that he has shaken off the indolent air and the formal constraint that almost all these Spanish people have, and is much more like an American than an Englishman. The mere fact of his having settled in this out-of-the-way valley is a proof that @@ -1540,7 +1524,7 @@ great purple bunches of grapes. Two or three little fountains were half-hidden among the trees, and the air was heavy with the scent of the orange and citron flowers.</p> -<p>"My father and mother will be down directly, señor," she said; "the bell +<p>"My father and mother will be down directly, señor," she said; "the bell will ring for the mid-day meal in a few minutes."</p> <p>"What a lovely little garden this is!" Will said cheerfully, for he saw @@ -1549,14 +1533,14 @@ like this in the east, even under glass."</p> <p>The girl was silent for a few moments, and then broke out:</p> -<p>"I hope you do not think me ungrateful, señor, that I have said nothing +<p>"I hope you do not think me ungrateful, señor, that I have said nothing to thank you for what you did for my brother, but it was not that. It was because I felt that if I were to say a word I should break out crying. We love each other dearly, Juan and I, and it was so awful to think that I might never have seen him alive again;" and she stopped, with her eyes full of tears.</p> -<p>"I quite understand, señorita," he said; "and, indeed, I have been very +<p>"I quite understand, señorita," he said; "and, indeed, I have been very much more than sufficiently thanked by your father and mother. As for my share in the matter, it was really not worth talking about. I am a sailor, you know, and I am sorry to say that sailors when in port are @@ -1570,7 +1554,7 @@ happened to come along, but there was really no shadow of risk to myself. A couple of blows and it was all over; and I do hope that no one will say any more in the way of thanking me."</p> -<p>At this moment Señor Sarasta, his wife, and Juan, all came out together.</p> +<p>At this moment Señor Sarasta, his wife, and Juan, all came out together.</p> <p>"Well, Juan, how do you feel now?" Will asked, well pleased at their arrival.</p> @@ -1615,7 +1599,7 @@ just had a week's riding on one of them. I may as well begin with a fairly bad one at once; it only means a few more throws. I have got to learn to hold on, and the sooner I begin that the better."</p> -<p>"With beginners we sometimes put a strap for them to hold on by, señor."</p> +<p>"With beginners we sometimes put a strap for them to hold on by, señor."</p> <p>Will shook his head. "I don't want anything of that sort," he said. "I want to be able to stick on by my knees."</p> @@ -1634,7 +1618,7 @@ thrown off. After a time Antonio urged him to give it up for the day, but he insisted on continuing until he was so absolutely exhausted that he could do no more.</p> -<p>"Well, señor," the man said, "you have done wonderfully well for a +<p>"Well, señor," the man said, "you have done wonderfully well for a beginner, and I will guarantee that in another week you will be able to ride any ordinary horse, and in a month you will be able to mount fearlessly any animal that you may come across, except, of course, a few @@ -1650,7 +1634,7 @@ any ordinary bucker without difficulty. After that he practised for an hour a day on vicious animals, and at the end of three months Antonio said:</p> -<p>"Now, señor, I can do no more for you; that brute that you have been +<p>"Now, señor, I can do no more for you; that brute that you have been riding the last week is the terror of the ranch, and after sitting him as you have done for the last three days, without his being able to get rid of you once, you can ride anything without fear."</p> @@ -1664,7 +1648,7 @@ rid of you once, you can ride anything without fear."</p> <p>The time passed very pleasantly; Will had become a great favourite with -both Señor Sarasta and his wife, and was treated as one of the family. +both Señor Sarasta and his wife, and was treated as one of the family. Donna Clara often accompanied the party on horseback, and when her first shyness with Will had worn off, he found that she was lively and high-spirited. Accustomed to horses from her infancy, she was an @@ -1703,7 +1687,7 @@ slight smile that glanced across it.</p> <p>Two months later all hands were busy on the ranch. It was the season at which the herds were weeded out, the old bulls and some of the young ones slaughtered, skinned, and boiled down. Will only once accompanied -Señor Sarasta and Juan to the scene of operations. He was interested in +Señor Sarasta and Juan to the scene of operations. He was interested in the Indians, who, with their squaws and young ones, had come down and established a camp of their own. They were free to take as much meat as they pleased, not only for eating, but for drying for future @@ -1714,7 +1698,7 @@ between heavy stones, and then mixed with a little salt and packed tightly in bags made of skins. In this state it would keep for an indefinite time. Will Harland often went there, but could not be induced to approach the spot where the animals were slaughtered. He was much -rallied by Señor Sarasta and Juan on what they called his +rallied by Señor Sarasta and Juan on what they called his faint-heartedness.</p> <p>"I admit all you say," he replied. "I don't mind going into a fight @@ -1759,7 +1743,7 @@ invested with authority by their master. The report of Antonio and Sancho of what had taken place at San Diego and on the road, had greatly predisposed them in his favour, and the manner in which he had succeeded in sitting a horse that few of them would venture to mount had greatly -increased their respect for him. Don Señor Sarasta settled the matter by +increased their respect for him. Don Señor Sarasta settled the matter by saying, "If you were to go with Juan I could not leave at the same time, Will, and I particularly wish to be present at his betrothal. It would be strange and contrary to all custom if one of his family were not @@ -1782,7 +1766,7 @@ part of the day. Two days after the others had started he saw one of the Indians talking to Antonio. As soon as the latter saw him he left the Indian and came up to him.</p> -<p>"This Indian, who is one of the chiefs of our tribe, señor, tells me +<p>"This Indian, who is one of the chiefs of our tribe, señor, tells me that there is a report that the Indians on the other side of the river are preparing for an expedition. It is supposed that it is against another tribe farther east. They have not raided on this side of the @@ -1793,7 +1777,7 @@ know as soon as he has any certain news."</p> <p>"Is there anything to be done, do you think, Antonio?"</p> -<p>"No, señor; wars are frequently going on between the Indians to the +<p>"No, señor; wars are frequently going on between the Indians to the east, but we have never had any trouble with them since we came here. If our Indians thought that there was any danger, they would very soon be flocking down here, for they have always been promised that they should @@ -1819,7 +1803,7 @@ the house."</p> able to hold the hacienda against almost any number of Indians, and you could all be here in ten minutes from the alarm being given."</p> -<p>"Very well, señor, I will tell the chief."</p> +<p>"Very well, señor, I will tell the chief."</p> <p>He talked for a few minutes with the Indian.</p> @@ -1845,11 +1829,11 @@ country, but they never go farther south that side than the river Santemaria, for the Tejunas would be down upon them if they caught them in what they consider their country."</p> -<p>"I wish the señor was back," Will said; "though I dare say it is all +<p>"I wish the señor was back," Will said; "though I dare say it is all right, and that, as the Indians haven't made a raid across here for many years, they will not do so now. How would they get across the river?"</p> -<p>"They would swim across, señor. An Indian thinks nothing of swimming a +<p>"They would swim across, señor. An Indian thinks nothing of swimming a wide river; he simply slips off his horse, and either puts his hands on its back, or more generally holds on by its tail."</p> @@ -1865,12 +1849,12 @@ slightest regard to any law."</p> Indians? I see by the map that the frontier line is a long way north of the Gila."</p> -<p>"Yes, señor; they may put the line where they like, but there is not a +<p>"Yes, señor; they may put the line where they like, but there is not a white man for a couple of hundred miles north of the Gila, except on the -Santa Fé River, and even there they are never safe from the Apaches and +Santa Fé River, and even there they are never safe from the Apaches and the Navajoes. Why, it would want an army of twenty thousand men to venture among the mountains north of the Gila, and they would all die of -starvation before they ever caught sight of an Apache. No, señor; unless +starvation before they ever caught sight of an Apache. No, señor; unless there is an earthquake and the whole region is swallowed up, I don't see any chance of getting the better of the red rascals."</p> @@ -1885,7 +1869,7 @@ but two hours when Antonio rode up at a headlong gallop.</p> <p>"What is it, Antonio?" Will exclaimed, for it was evident from the man's appearance that his errand was one of extreme importance.</p> -<p>"The hacienda has been attacked by Indians, señor; I was with the herd +<p>"The hacienda has been attacked by Indians, señor; I was with the herd two miles this side of it when I heard some shots fired. I galloped to see what was the matter, but when I got within a quarter of a mile I saw that the Indians were swarming round it. A dozen started in pursuit of @@ -1896,14 +1880,14 @@ me, but they did not follow me far."</p> <p>"But how can they have got there, Antonio?"</p> <p>"They must have come by what is called the little gap. You know it, -señor,—that valley that runs off from the other nearly abreast of the +señor,—that valley that runs off from the other nearly abreast of the hacienda. Following that and crossing a shoulder, you cross down on to the river some ten miles higher up. They must have crossed there by swimming in the night."</p> <p>"But the chief said he had scouts there."</p> -<p>"They could hardly watch thirty miles of the river, señor; besides, the +<p>"They could hardly watch thirty miles of the river, señor; besides, the red-skins would have sent over two or three swimmers to silence anyone they found near the place where they were to cross."</p> @@ -1913,7 +1897,7 @@ he came down, joined them.</p> <p>"We must ride for the hacienda at once," Will said, leaping into the saddle.</p> -<p>"No use, señor, no use. I should say there must be four hundred or five +<p>"No use, señor, no use. I should say there must be four hundred or five hundred of the red-skins, and we may be sure that there is not a soul alive now at the hacienda or at the huts. They will be here in a short time, of that there is no doubt; probably half will come down the valley @@ -1924,7 +1908,7 @@ till we are past the hills; there is not a moment to be lost."</p> you like, Antonio; I see we can do nothing at present, but I will not leave the place."</p> -<p>"What will you do then, señor?"</p> +<p>"What will you do then, señor?"</p> <p>"We will take the rafts and pole them across the river; there are no signs of Indians there, and it is not likely there will be now." Then he @@ -1932,7 +1916,7 @@ turned to the peons. "You have heard what I said. Get to the rafts at once, there is not a moment to be lost. Look at that herd galloping wildly; you may be sure that the red-skins are after them."</p> -<p>"The señor's advice is good," Antonio said, "and there is not a moment +<p>"The señor's advice is good," Antonio said, "and there is not a moment to be lost. Get on board all of you, comrades; tie your bridles to the rafts."</p> @@ -1961,12 +1945,12 @@ the chief, and the latter fell dead from his horse.</p> <p>"Will they take to the water, Antonio?" he asked the vaquero, who had taken his place on the raft with him.</p> -<p>"I do not think so, señor; it is not in Indian nature to run such a risk +<p>"I do not think so, señor; it is not in Indian nature to run such a risk as that. We should shoot down numbers of them before they reached us, and they would have a tough job then, for the peons would fight desperately with their long knives, and it is no easy matter to climb out of the water on to a raft with two or three men with long knives -waiting for you. This band are Apaches, señor; they have evidently +waiting for you. This band are Apaches, señor; they have evidently joined the Tejunas in a big raid."</p> <p>The Indians for a few minutes continued their fire, but as those on the @@ -1980,25 +1964,25 @@ the safety of those with him he had scarcely had time to think. Now that there was nothing to do, the full horror of the situation was felt, and the thought of Donna Sarasta and of Clara being murdered altogether overpowered him, and his cheeks were moistened with tears. What would -the señor and Juan say on their return? They had left him in charge, and +the señor and Juan say on their return? They had left him in charge, and although he could hardly be said to be to blame, yet he might have taken greater precautions. He should not have relied upon the Indian scouts, but have kept at least enough of the men up at the house to offer a serious defence. Antonio, who was at the head of one of the parties in charge of a herd, came up to him presently.</p> -<p>"Well, señor, 'tis no use grieving, and assuredly if anyone is to blame +<p>"Well, señor, 'tis no use grieving, and assuredly if anyone is to blame it is I rather than you, for I assured you that there was no danger. I -shall tell the señor so when he comes. Had he been here he would, I feel +shall tell the señor so when he comes. Had he been here he would, I feel sure, have waited for further news before regarding the matter as -serious. Now, señor, what do you propose to do next? You are our +serious. Now, señor, what do you propose to do next? You are our leader."</p> <p>"The first thing to do is to go to the hacienda after dark, and to find out what has happened there. How long do you think that the Indians will remain in the valley?"</p> -<p>"Some days, I should say, señor. They will no doubt kill a number of +<p>"Some days, I should say, señor. They will no doubt kill a number of cattle and jerk the meat. Then they will drive off as many as they think they can take with them, and probably slay the rest out of pure wickedness."</p> @@ -2006,12 +1990,12 @@ wickedness."</p> <p>"The principal point is to find out if all at the hacienda have been killed."</p> -<p>"That you may be sure of, señor; but still it is right that we should +<p>"That you may be sure of, señor; but still it is right that we should know. There may be one exception, although I can hardly hope."</p> <p>"How do you mean, Antonio?"</p> -<p>"I mean, señor, that the señorita may have been spared for a worse +<p>"I mean, señor, that the señorita may have been spared for a worse fate—I mean, may have been carried off by them. The Indians, while sparing no one else, old or young, always carry off the young women."</p> @@ -2021,12 +2005,12 @@ murdered by her mother's side. It is maddening to sit here and be able to do nothing, not even to be able to find out if this dreadful thing is true. How many men have we with guns?"</p> -<p>"Thirteen besides myself and you, señor."</p> +<p>"Thirteen besides myself and you, señor."</p> <p>"Those who have no rifles will be useless; they had better go down with the rafts as soon as it becomes dark."</p> -<p>"Yes, señor, that would be best. The Indians are sure to swim across +<p>"Yes, señor, that would be best. The Indians are sure to swim across to-night, and the four rafts would do well to push off as soon as they can no longer be seen from the other side. The four head men, who will go down with them, are all here."</p> @@ -2043,7 +2027,7 @@ who have not guns had better go with you; that will give three to each raft. We will pick out thirteen of the best horses, the others you must kill this afternoon for food. Have you fishing-lines?"</p> -<p>"Yes, señor, we always carry them with us; and we have spears and can +<p>"Yes, señor, we always carry them with us; and we have spears and can fish by torch-light."</p> <p>"Good! then you will manage very well. The vaqueros and what peons you @@ -2064,7 +2048,7 @@ Don Sarasta at San Diego."</p> Will Harland said to Antonio: "Do you think that it will be absolutely impossible to approach the hacienda by daylight?"</p> -<p>"It could not be done, señor, and, indeed, I don't see that any good +<p>"It could not be done, señor, and, indeed, I don't see that any good could come of it, for even if we could get in unobserved, there would be no one of whom we could ask questions or find out anything as to what has taken place. It is just possible that in the confusion of the attack @@ -2100,7 +2084,7 @@ round."</p> <p>"He would not be able to give us any information as to what was done in the house."</p> -<p>"No, señor. But he would be of great assistance to us if we follow the +<p>"No, señor. But he would be of great assistance to us if we follow the red-skins. He is up to all their ways, and is a good shot with the rifle. At any rate, if we go down to the house I should like to try to find him. We have been comrades a good many years now."</p> @@ -2111,7 +2095,7 @@ think that we could make a circuit and come down on the river again two or three miles higher up, and cross there and get anywhere near the house?"</p> -<p>"We might do it, señor, but as we cannot get near enough to do any good, +<p>"We might do it, señor, but as we cannot get near enough to do any good, I think we should be wrong to move from here. You may be sure that there are some of the red-skins hiding on the opposite bank, keeping a sharp watch on us. If any of us were to ride away, one of them would @@ -2134,7 +2118,7 @@ along at the foot of the hills until in a line with the hacienda.</p> <p>"You don't think that there is any fear of there being any red-skins on the farther side?"</p> -<p>"Not the slightest, señor. Long before this they will have their fires +<p>"Not the slightest, señor. Long before this they will have their fires lighted and be gorging themselves with meat. They know how small our force is, and will never dream of our venturing back into their midst."</p> @@ -2151,7 +2135,7 @@ blazed round it was a sufficient indication of its position. At various other points up and down the valley fires also blazed, but there was none much nearer their side of the valley than those round the hacienda.</p> -<p>"Do you mean to go with me, señor?"</p> +<p>"Do you mean to go with me, señor?"</p> <p>"Certainly I mean to go. How had it best be done?"</p> @@ -2169,13 +2153,13 @@ attack. If we do not find Sancho, possibly we may come upon one or two of the peons, who would be likely enough to make for the same shelter; if not, we can try round the stables. Still, I am afraid there is no chance of hearing what has happened at the house—I mean, whether the -señorita is killed or a prisoner. If there is no other way we must get +señorita is killed or a prisoner. If there is no other way we must get hold of an Indian and kill him; I will then dress up in his clothes, and see if I can get into the house. As there are two tribes engaged, one would have more chance of passing unsuspected than if they all knew each other personally. At any rate, it must be risked. I know the Indian ways pretty well, and might pass muster, but you would have no chance, -señor."</p> +señor."</p> <p>When they dismounted Antonio said:</p> @@ -2189,11 +2173,11 @@ shoulder, he might at a short distance be easily mistaken for an Indian. He had already left his riding-boots behind him, and had obtained a pair of moccasins from one of the peons.</p> -<p>"I will lead the way, señor, as I know every foot of the ground," +<p>"I will lead the way, señor, as I know every foot of the ground," Antonio said.</p> <p>Moving along noiselessly they came down upon the huts of the white -employés of the hacienda. As there were no fires burning here, they had +employés of the hacienda. As there were no fires burning here, they had but slight fear of encountering any of the Indians. Each, however, carried a long knife ready for instant action. They had left their rifles and pistols behind them, for if it was necessary to fight, the @@ -2201,7 +2185,7 @@ combat must be a silent one.</p> <p>They crossed to the clump of bushes of which Antonio had spoken.</p> -<p>"You stop outside, señor; it is of no use two of us making our way into +<p>"You stop outside, señor; it is of no use two of us making our way into the tangle."</p> <p>As he parted the bushes before entering, a slight sound was heard.</p> @@ -2217,7 +2201,7 @@ bee-line here as soon as you heard the red-skins."</p> <p>"You were right, and there are two peons here. We were just going to start to make our way down to the river. Are you alone?"</p> -<p>"I have the young señor with me."</p> +<p>"I have the young señor with me."</p> <p>"That is good. I was afraid that we had all been wiped out."</p> @@ -2226,7 +2210,7 @@ start to make our way down to the river. Are you alone?"</p> <p>"I am glad to see that you are safe, Sancho," Will said warmly. "Now can you tell me what has happened?"</p> -<p>"I know nothing whatever, señor. I was eating my breakfast when I heard +<p>"I know nothing whatever, señor. I was eating my breakfast when I heard a sudden yell, and knew that it was the Apache war-whoop, and that there must be a big force of them. There was evidently no fighting to be done, so I caught up my rifle and pistols and made for the bush. These two @@ -2246,17 +2230,17 @@ getting away singly than if together." All this was spoken in a low voice.</p> <p>"The principal thing that I wanted to ask you is, do you know whether -the señorita was killed, or whether they have kept her to carry off? +the señorita was killed, or whether they have kept her to carry off? But, of course, you don't know."</p> <p>"They would not kill her," the man said confidently; "but so far as I know, they have not even caught her. I was at the stables maybe half an -hour before the señorita came down and had her horse saddled. She had a +hour before the señorita came down and had her horse saddled. She had a basket with her, and told me she was going to ride up the valley to that wigwam that remained when the Indians went away, carrying as much meat as their ponies could take. There were an old Indian and his wife left there—she had got a fever or something, and was too ill to travel, and -the señorita was going to take a basket of food and some medicine that +the señorita was going to take a basket of food and some medicine that the padre had made up for the old man. I have been thinking of her all day. I should say she was coming back when the red-skins rode up the valley after the cattle. She could hardly have helped seeing them, and I @@ -2282,21 +2266,21 @@ come that way."</p> <p>The peons at once started.</p> -<p>"Now, señor, will you go on to where the horses are? Sancho and I will +<p>"Now, señor, will you go on to where the horses are? Sancho and I will go back to the house; he understands the Apache language. We will crawl up near the fires, and I should think that we are pretty certain to hear -if they have caught the señorita or not. However, we may be some time, +if they have caught the señorita or not. However, we may be some time, so do not be anxious, and don't move if you hear a sudden row, for we might miss you in the dark. We shall make straight to this tree, and for a bit my horse must carry double; you had better hand your jacket to -Señor Harland, Sancho, and take his blanket."</p> +Señor Harland, Sancho, and take his blanket."</p> <p>"How far are the horses?"</p> <p>"There are three of them about two hundred yards farther on."</p> <p>"I will go there first, then," the man said. "This is a terrible -business, señor."</p> +business, señor."</p> <p>"Terrible, indeed. I am afraid there is no doubt that Donna Sarasta has lost her life."</p> @@ -2345,7 +2329,7 @@ or a bow and arrow. Now, good-bye!"</p> <p>Without another word he turned and strolled away towards the hacienda. It was nearly two hours before he returned.</p> -<p>"The señorita has got away so far," he said. "The red-skins came across +<p>"The señorita has got away so far," he said. "The red-skins came across her half-way up the valley; she turned and rode straight up; a dozen well-mounted men were sent after her. I heard that they sent so many because they were afraid that they might fall in with a party of the @@ -2360,7 +2344,7 @@ time—we can attack them as they come back again."</p> <p>During the time Sancho had been away he had been questioning Antonio as to the extent of the valley.</p> -<p>"It goes a long way into the heart of the mountains, señor, but none of +<p>"It goes a long way into the heart of the mountains, señor, but none of us know it beyond what we have learned from the Indians, for we were strictly forbidden to go beyond the boundary for fear of disturbing the game in the Indian country. They say that it runs three hours' fast @@ -2373,7 +2357,7 @@ Moquis country."</p> <p>"How far would that be from here?" Will asked.</p> -<p>"I have never been across there, señor, and I doubt whether any white +<p>"I have never been across there, señor, and I doubt whether any white man has—not on that line. I should think that from what the Indians say it must be some fifty miles from the end of our part of the valley to the ford of the Colorado, and from there to the Little Colorado it must @@ -2393,7 +2377,7 @@ news.</p> waited till the fires were a bit low, and then sauntered about near those of a party of the Tejunas, and heard them talking about it. I learned that they had, as they believed, wiped out all our people except -those who crossed the river on rafts, and the señorita, though they +those who crossed the river on rafts, and the señorita, though they allowed that a few of the men with the herds might have got away, and they were going to search the valley thoroughly to-morrow. Not a soul in the hacienda escaped. The red-skins were exultant over the amount of @@ -2404,7 +2388,7 @@ and goods of all kinds in the magazines."</p> <p>When they joined the main body Sancho was heartily welcomed by his comrades, who were delighted to hear that there was at least a chance of -saving the señorita, of whom all hands on the estate were fond. It was +saving the señorita, of whom all hands on the estate were fond. It was arranged at once that Sancho should ride by turns behind the others, and then they started at a gallop up the valley, keeping close within the edge of the trees that covered the hillside.</p> @@ -2424,7 +2408,7 @@ considerably beyond the Indian fires.</p> <p>"There is no fear of our meeting with any of the red devils now," Sancho said. "They know well enough that our Indians would not venture to attack them, and that there are no other enemies near. A quarter of a -mile and we shall be at the wigwam where the señorita went this +mile and we shall be at the wigwam where the señorita went this morning."</p> <p>"We will stop there for a moment," Will said; "it is not likely that we @@ -2449,7 +2433,7 @@ not here," he said. "I noticed that it was pretty full."</p> <p>"I suppose the red-skins took it, Sancho?"</p> <p>"They would not bother about a basket; it is the last thing they would -think of taking. My idea is that the señorita came back here. I expect +think of taking. My idea is that the señorita came back here. I expect she came to warn the Indians. She would, to begin with, if she rode at full speed, have distanced the 'Paches, who would not be able to get through the herd, which must have been between them and her when she @@ -2458,7 +2442,7 @@ here some minutes before them. Of course the two old Indians knew that there was no escape for them, and made no effort to avoid their fate. I expect they had only taken that pudding and medicine out of the basket when she got back. Now, seeing that the basket and all that was in it -are gone, it seems to me possible enough that the señorita may have +are gone, it seems to me possible enough that the señorita may have caught it up and ridden off with it, knowing that she had a long ride before her, and through a country where there are no posadas."</p> @@ -2466,7 +2450,7 @@ before her, and through a country where there are no posadas."</p> what she would do if she were lost in these mountains. What would she be likely to put in the basket?"</p> -<p>"I handed it up to her, señor, when she had mounted; there were two +<p>"I handed it up to her, señor, when she had mounted; there were two bottles of milk, a bottle of wine, and a pile of cakes. There were a few other things, but I did not notice what they were."</p> @@ -2474,7 +2458,7 @@ other things, but I did not notice what they were."</p> comfort to know that she had enough provisions to last her for two or three days."</p> -<p>"I expect you will find that it is so, señor; the señorita is +<p>"I expect you will find that it is so, señor; the señorita is quick-witted and cool. I saw her once when a dozen bulls stampeded when we were trying to drive them into the yard; she was sitting her horse a short distance from the gate, and was just in their line. She didn't try @@ -2494,7 +2478,7 @@ took them."</p> <p>"Well, we will ride steadily on. Is there any place where she could have left the valley?"</p> -<p>"Not beyond this, señor; at least, I know of none; but, as I told you, +<p>"Not beyond this, señor; at least, I know of none; but, as I told you, we know very little of the valley beyond this point. Certainly she could have known no path; no doubt she went straight on. Well mounted as she was, she would feel sure that the red-skins could not overtake her, and @@ -2507,7 +2491,7 @@ that the horse was able to cross without swimming."</p> <p>"She would not be able to turn, after she had crossed, and come down on the opposite bank?"</p> -<p>"No, señor; that would not be possible; there are high mountains there, +<p>"No, señor; that would not be possible; there are high mountains there, and the river at some places runs through deep gorges."</p> <p>"How far do you think the Apaches would follow?"</p> @@ -2517,7 +2501,7 @@ when they found at last that they had no chance of catching her, they might turn and come back and cross the river, and camp on this side. By that time their horses would be done for; you see, they most likely had a long ride yesterday; maybe they were travelling all night, and, of -course, it gave the señorita an immense advantage that her horse was +course, it gave the señorita an immense advantage that her horse was fresh, while theirs had anyhow a great deal taken out of them before they set out in pursuit. I should recommend that we halt, as soon as it becomes light, in some clump of trees and wait for them as they come @@ -2527,14 +2511,14 @@ far as we can up the valley to the point where it becomes a mere ravine, before daylight breaks, and our horses will be all the better for a rest of a few hours. They will have gone over forty miles since they left the river, and we may probably have a very long journey to do again -to-morrow. There is no saying how far the señorita may have gone; she +to-morrow. There is no saying how far the señorita may have gone; she would not know whether the red-skins might not follow all night, and I should think that she would keep on till daybreak, though, of course, she would only go at a walk."</p> <p>"It is difficult to say what she is most likely to do."</p> -<p>"It is, indeed, señor; if I myself were in her place I should be +<p>"It is, indeed, señor; if I myself were in her place I should be puzzled. I should reckon that all in the valley had been wiped out. The red-skins would assuredly first make a rush for the hacienda, because it was most important that they should carry that before the men could @@ -2553,9 +2537,9 @@ Zunis.</p> <p>"The red-skins say that these people were here before them, and that they really belong to the tribes of Central Mexico, and came from there long before the white man ever set foot in America. From there one could -travel north, strike the Santa Fé trail, and possibly make one's way +travel north, strike the Santa Fé trail, and possibly make one's way through safely, though the Navajoes are pretty nearly as bad there as -the Apaches are here. Whether the señorita has ever heard of the Moquis +the Apaches are here. Whether the señorita has ever heard of the Moquis I cannot say, but if she finds that she is on a trail she will follow it, thinking anything better than going back and falling into the hands of the Apaches."</p> @@ -2578,7 +2562,7 @@ down, and most of them were asleep in a few minutes.</p> <p>"Is it necessary to keep watch?" Will said.</p> -<p>"No, señor, the 'Paches will assuredly not start to come back until +<p>"No, señor, the 'Paches will assuredly not start to come back until morning. The country is as strange to them as it is to us. I should say, from what I have heard, it is about ten miles from the river, and in an hour or an hour and a half after daylight they are likely to be here."</p> @@ -2658,7 +2642,7 @@ know, we alone have escaped."</p> <p>"If you go on a hundred yards farther up, you will find the dead bodies of twenty Apache braves; they have been riding in pursuit of Donna -Clara, the daughter of the señor, who was fortunately at your end of the +Clara, the daughter of the señor, who was fortunately at your end of the valley, having gone there with food and medicine for the old Indian of your tribe who was too ill to leave with the rest, a fortnight since."</p> @@ -2695,7 +2679,7 @@ chief pointed down to marks on the rocks, with the remark, "A shod horse".</p> <p>"That is all right," Antonio said. "The Indians do not shoe their -horses, so we may be sure it was the señorita."</p> +horses, so we may be sure it was the señorita."</p> <p>The path soon began to descend again, and in an hour from the time of starting they emerged from the pass within one hundred yards of the @@ -2821,11 +2805,11 @@ eat grass. There horse!" and he pointed to an animal seven hundred or eight hundred feet below them.</p> <p>"That is its colour, sure enough," Antonio exclaimed, "but I don't see -the señorita."</p> +the señorita."</p> <p>"She may be asleep," Will suggested.</p> -<p>"Likely enough, señor; we shall soon see."</p> +<p>"Likely enough, señor; we shall soon see."</p> <p>Dismounting, they made their way down the steep descent. Then all leaped into their saddles and galloped forward to the edge of the stream, a @@ -2903,7 +2887,7 @@ sacrifices."</p> and they dwell in such inaccessible caves that, once there, they are safe from pursuit.</p> -<p>"If you like, señor, I will go up to the Moquis village, and try to find +<p>"If you like, señor, I will go up to the Moquis village, and try to find out something about them. I don't know the Moquis language, but I understand something of the sign language, which is understood by all Indians, and I dare say that I shall be able to learn something about @@ -2916,20 +2900,20 @@ there to dismount and cook a meal.</p> <p>"Now, Antonio," he said, "we have to see how this place can be climbed."</p> <p>Antonio shook his head. "I should say that it was altogether impossible, -señor. You see there is a zigzag path cut in the face of the cliff up to +señor. You see there is a zigzag path cut in the face of the cliff up to that ledge. In some places the rock is cut away altogether, and then they have got ladders, which they would no doubt draw up at once if they were attacked. You see the lower ones have already been pulled up. Like enough sentries are posted at each of those breaks when they are threatened with an attack. Besides, the chances are that if they thought -there were any risk of our getting up, they would kill the señorita."</p> +there were any risk of our getting up, they would kill the señorita."</p> <p>"I see all that, Antonio, and I have no thought of making my way up by the steps; the question is, could it be climbed elsewhere? The other end of the ledge would be the best point to get up at, for any watch that is kept would certainly be where the steps come up."</p> -<p>Antonio shook his head. "Unless one could fly, señor, there would be no +<p>Antonio shook his head. "Unless one could fly, señor, there would be no way of getting up there."</p> <p>"I don't know that," Will said shortly; "wait till I have had a good @@ -2972,7 +2956,7 @@ quietly. The chief came up and spoke to him.</p> <p>"What does he say, Antonio?"</p> -<p>"He says that you are a brave man, señor, but that no man could do what +<p>"He says that you are a brave man, señor, but that no man could do what you are talking of, and that you will throw away your life."</p> <p>"Tell him I will bet my horse against his that I shall succeed, and you @@ -2988,7 +2972,7 @@ Indians, leading four sheep as a present, and followed by women carrying pans of milk, baskets of eggs, and cakes of various descriptions. Sancho presented the chief to Will.</p> -<p>"They are quite friendly, señor; they hate the cave-dwellers, who are +<p>"They are quite friendly, señor; they hate the cave-dwellers, who are constantly robbing them, and who compel them to keep guard over the animals at night. I can understand them pretty well; they bid me tell you that they would gladly assist you against the cave-dwellers, but @@ -3006,7 +2990,7 @@ to-night."</p> try; and I may add that I hope that I shall succeed. Will you ask if the cave-dwellers poison their arrows?"</p> -<p>"I have already asked that, señor, but he said no. The cattle have often +<p>"I have already asked that, señor, but he said no. The cattle have often been wounded by them, and unless the wound is a mortal one, they recover."</p> @@ -3014,11 +2998,11 @@ recover."</p> being hit by a poisoned arrow than I have of scaling the cliff."</p> <p>"The chief says that if you will go up to their village he will place a -house at your disposal, señor."</p> +house at your disposal, señor."</p> <p>"Tell him that I am much obliged, and that to-morrow I may accept their invitation. Our horses will require three or four days' rest before -starting back, and I can hardly hope that the señorita will be fit to +starting back, and I can hardly hope that the señorita will be fit to travel for a good deal longer than that."</p> <p>Although they had but just eaten a meal, the vaqueros were perfectly @@ -3080,7 +3064,7 @@ of skin and attached to one end. A strap was fastened to each pole so that these could be slung behind him, so permitting him the free use of both hands where it was not needful to use them.</p> -<p>"The saints watch over you, señor!" Antonio whispered, as Will prepared +<p>"The saints watch over you, señor!" Antonio whispered, as Will prepared to start, and he and Sancho gave him a silent grip of the hand, while the Indian chief laid his hand on his shoulder and muttered, "Ugh, heap brave!"</p> @@ -3348,7 +3332,7 @@ Hereafter."</p> of the vaqueros had been sent off the day after Clara rallied from her attack of fever. If they found the Apaches still in the valley, they were to return to warn them; if not, they were to ride on until they met -Señor Sarasta and told him of his daughter's safety.</p> +Señor Sarasta and told him of his daughter's safety.</p> <p>When half-way back they met Juan with ten well-armed vaqueros. The meeting was a joyful one, although saddened by the loss, now confirmed, @@ -3382,7 +3366,7 @@ We found twenty of the vaqueros assembled at the hacienda; they had taken to the woods at the first attack, and had remained in hiding until they found that the red-skins had gone."</p> -<p>A messenger was at once sent on ahead to inform Señor Sarasta of the +<p>A messenger was at once sent on ahead to inform Señor Sarasta of the time at which the party would arrive, and he met them at the upper end of the valley. The meeting was an affecting one. After embracing his daughter the Mexican threw his arms round Will with as much affection as @@ -3398,7 +3382,7 @@ to remove all signs of the visit of the Apaches. Donna Sarasta had been buried in the little chapel near the house. The broken and torn-up shrubs had been replaced, and although inside the rooms were bare, for the furniture had been hacked to pieces by the red-skins, everything was -spotlessly clean. Will did not enter with Señor Sarasta into the house, +spotlessly clean. Will did not enter with Señor Sarasta into the house, but went straight to the stables with the vaqueros and saw his horse and Zona cared for. When he went to the house, Don Sarasta and Juan went out to him.</p> @@ -3412,7 +3396,7 @@ Sarasta, in marriage. I know that I can intrust her happiness to you, and the match will afford both myself and Juan the most lively satisfaction."</p> -<p>"It would be altogether beyond my hopes, señor," Will said, greatly +<p>"It would be altogether beyond my hopes, señor," Will said, greatly moved. "I will not deny that I have from the first had a profound admiration for your daughter, but I should never have spoken of it, seeing that I am at present a penniless man, and am, indeed, much below @@ -3424,11 +3408,11 @@ and although it is not often that marriages take place quite so young as that, they are very frequent when the man is sixteen and the girl fourteen or fifteen; therefore, that is no obstacle whatever."</p> -<p>"Then, señor, I accept your generous offer most gladly and thankfully, +<p>"Then, señor, I accept your generous offer most gladly and thankfully, and shall consider myself the most fortunate man alive in winning such a bride as Donna Clara."</p> -<p>"Well, you had better go in and tell her so," the señor said. "I think +<p>"Well, you had better go in and tell her so," the señor said. 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