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diff --git a/43424-h/43424-h.htm b/43424-h/43424-h.htm index 1e8167e..436744b 100644 --- a/43424-h/43424-h.htm +++ b/43424-h/43424-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of Francisco, Our Argentine Cousin, by Eva Cannon Brooks. @@ -85,49 +85,7 @@ </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin, by -Eva Cannon Brooks - -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 www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin - -Author: Eva Cannon Brooks - -Illustrator: John Goss - -Release Date: August 9, 2013 [EBook #43424] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANCICSO, LITTLE ARGENTINE COUSIN *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran, Google Print and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from images made available by the -HathiTrust Digital Library.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43424 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 534px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="534" height="800" alt="Cover" /> @@ -356,7 +314,7 @@ New England Building, Boston, Mass <div class="figcenter" style="width: 337px;"><a id="frontispiece"></a> <img src="images/i004.jpg" width="337" height="500" alt="statue of San Martin on horseback in park" /> <span class="caption">"THEY SAT DOWN ALMOST UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE HIGH -STATUE OF SAN MARTÍN."</span><div class='right'>(<i>See <a href="#Page_33">page 33</a>.</i>)</div> +STATUE OF SAN MARTÃN."</span><div class='right'>(<i>See <a href="#Page_33">page 33</a>.</i>)</div> </div> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> @@ -571,7 +529,7 @@ greater harmony and more splendid achievement.</p> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" summary="list of illustrations"> <tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="right"><span class='small'>PAGE</span></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"><div class='hang1'>"<span class="smcap">They sat down almost under the shadow of the high statue of San Martín</span>"<br />(see <a href="#Page_33">page 33</a>)</div></td><td align="right"><i><a href="#frontispiece">Frontispiece</a></i></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"><div class='hang1'>"<span class="smcap">They sat down almost under the shadow of the high statue of San MartÃn</span>"<br />(see <a href="#Page_33">page 33</a>)</div></td><td align="right"><i><a href="#frontispiece">Frontispiece</a></i></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">"<span class="smcap">He permitted Francisco to take a ride on the tame llama</span>"</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">"'<span class="smcap">Did you ever see such glorious blue eyes!</span>'"</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left">"<span class="smcap">Soon after his eager question they passed a group of them</span>"</td><td align='right'><a href="#Page_100">100</a></td></tr> @@ -598,7 +556,7 @@ Our Little Argentine Cousin</div> the <i>patio</i> under the shade of a small pomegranate tree which grew in a tub. He had moved halfway around the <i>patio</i> since morning, trying -to keep out of the sun. Just after <i>café</i> he had +to keep out of the sun. Just after <i>café</i> he had started out under the shade of the east wall, where wistaria vines and jasmine grew in a dense mass of purple, yellow and green; then @@ -621,7 +579,7 @@ and sisters could not see what occupied his busy hands.</p> <p>Francisco's father was dead, and he, with -his mother, La Señora Anita Maria Lacevera +his mother, La Señora Anita Maria Lacevera de Gonzalez, and his two sisters, Elena Maria, who was six, and Guillerma Maria, who was eighteen and very beautiful, lived in the Calle<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> @@ -770,7 +728,7 @@ like their seasons, are different from ours. At eight o'clock he had had his <i>cafe con leche</i>, or coffee with hot milk, and a roll; at half-past eleven he was accustomed to having his breakfast; -at four he would have <i>máte</i> or tea; and +at four he would have <i>máte</i> or tea; and at seven dinner would be served.</p> <p>Francisco gathered his treasures into the @@ -816,7 +774,7 @@ in exclusive Buenos Aires society. He suffered it because of his love for them, but his natural fondness for quiet and study led him to think longingly of the large estate in the Province of -Santa Fé, where he could spend the remaining +Santa Fé, where he could spend the remaining years of his life in the free open air, enjoying the quiet and solitude he so loved. But the daughters must be educated and their mother @@ -827,8 +785,8 @@ himself with a few months each summer at the estate, when he rode at will over the wide prairies on his swift Argentine horse, or read for hours under the shade of the wide spreading -<i>ombú</i> trees which surrounded the country house. -This <i>estáncia</i>, as they term a very large farm +<i>ombú</i> trees which surrounded the country house. +This <i>estáncia</i>, as they term a very large farm or ranch, was really his wife's; in fact, so was the city house, for no retired colonel's pay,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> nor general's pay, for that matter, could have @@ -855,7 +813,7 @@ corridors rang with no merry girlish laughter, and the luxuriantly furnished <i>patio</i> with its marble floors, and softly pattering fountains,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span> seemed to mock him of his loneliness. Always -before, he had left for the <i>estáncia</i> before his +before, he had left for the <i>estáncia</i> before his family had gone to Europe or the seashore for their summer outing, and he never would have believed that he—an old soldier—could be @@ -919,12 +877,12 @@ scarlet and green uniform.</p> sister's <i>casa</i>,<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and the maid who answered his ring in the narrow vestibule that opened directly onto the street told him the family were having -<i>máte</i> in the <i>patio</i>, which was partly shaded in +<i>máte</i> in the <i>patio</i>, which was partly shaded in the late afternoon. He was welcomed heartily,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> and was kissed by each one twice, after the foreign fashion, once on either cheek.</p> -<p>The <i>máte</i> cup, an egg-shaped gourd, was +<p>The <i>máte</i> cup, an egg-shaped gourd, was passed from hand to hand as they sat talking, each one in turn sucking the fragrant tea through the same silver tube; the little Indian @@ -938,7 +896,7 @@ of the pungent herb itself, it has a significance akin to the "loving cup" idea, and is a symbolization of family love and domestic ties.</p> -<p>A guest is always asked to partake of <i>máte</i> +<p>A guest is always asked to partake of <i>máte</i> with the family, and if he is unaccustomed to the manner of its usage, the fact that he is expected to obtain his share by means of the @@ -963,7 +921,7 @@ taste it is exceedingly bitter, but one soon grows very fond of it. It is very stimulating and a <i>gaucho</i>, or cowboy, will sometimes, under stress of circumstances, ride all day with only -his morning gourd of <i>máte</i> to sustain him, and +his morning gourd of <i>máte</i> to sustain him, and then eat his first meal of the day at sundown.</p> <p>The Colonel soon made known his errand, @@ -984,7 +942,7 @@ a note of sadness crept into his voice.</p> <p>"Yes, Francisco, I shall miss you, but I shall enjoy myself every day thinking of what -you are doing, and you will write to me; Mamá +you are doing, and you will write to me; Mamá will read me your letters, and then there will be so much to talk about when you return,"—and Francisco embraced her another time.</p> @@ -1074,7 +1032,7 @@ the chauffeur and said, "Turn towards the Zoological Gardens, Enrique." And then, to the boy beside him, he said, "How could you stand half an hour in the Zoological Gardens, -Niño?"<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> +Niño?"<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> <p>"I would try to bear up under it, Uncle," replied Francisco, as his eyes twinkled an answer @@ -1109,7 +1067,7 @@ elephant stood beside its mother, who was rubbing it affectionately with her long trunk.</p> <p>The alpacas, llamas, deer, bison, guanacos -and vicuñas came next, and Uncle Juan could<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> +and vicuñas came next, and Uncle Juan could<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> answer every question that the eager boy put to him, for, during his active service in the army, he had spent much time on the frontier, @@ -1133,7 +1091,7 @@ him, and, as they proceeded, he told him much about the small camel-like animal upon whose back he rode.</p> -<p>"You see, Niño, a llama is almost like a +<p>"You see, Niño, a llama is almost like a camel, but its size and strength are inferior. It has no hump on its back, but as you saw when you mounted it, it kneels like one. They @@ -1146,7 +1104,7 @@ is deliciously tender, and it is then that they can be caught with dogs and a lasso, but the old ones can only be shot at a distance, and their flesh is fit only to be dried and salted. I -have seen them in Perú used as beasts of +have seen them in Perú used as beasts of burden, and the Indians make a very beautiful and valuable cloth from the soft fleece. But come, lad, the sun sinks, and we may come here @@ -1174,7 +1132,7 @@ the bears, nor the monkeys, nor the boa-constrictors," coaxed Francisco, as they came in sight of the gates.</p> -<p>"But we shall see them another time, Niño. +<p>"But we shall see them another time, Niño. We cannot see the half of these great gardens in a day, for they cover many acres, and contain the finest specimens of any garden on the continent." @@ -1306,14 +1264,14 @@ the Colonel taking his coffee and rolls in a shaded corner of the <i>patio</i>.</p> <p>"I am going to give you all of my time to-day, -Niño, as I feel lazy, and I find there are many +Niño, as I feel lazy, and I find there are many things here in your own native city that you know nothing about, and that a boy of nine should see and learn. Your mother could not be expected to do it, so it falls to me. We must start immediately, before the heat of the day drives us indoors. Get your cap, lad, and we -will start over in the Plaza San Martín opposite, +will start over in the Plaza San MartÃn opposite, and have a lesson in history."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span>They donned their hats, and Francisco felt @@ -1321,7 +1279,7 @@ very proud to walk beside his uncle, who, if not a very large man in stature, loomed up big before the boy's worshipful eyes.</p> -<p>"What do you know of Buenos Aires, Niño?" +<p>"What do you know of Buenos Aires, Niño?" he asked as they sauntered towards the centre of the park.</p> @@ -1351,7 +1309,7 @@ sit here on this bench and begin. At this early hour we will not be disturbed."</p> <p>They sat down almost under the shadow of -the high statue of San Martín and the Colonel +the high statue of San MartÃn and the Colonel reverently uncovered his head. Without being told, Francisco took off his cap, and his uncle patted him affectionately on the back. "Good, @@ -1413,7 +1371,7 @@ of May was but the beginning of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Pag long struggle. A <i>Junta</i> was formed to govern, but it was no easy task. To the north were Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia; to the west -Chile and Perú; all Spanish colonies. The +Chile and Perú; all Spanish colonies. The <i>Junta</i> sent troops to these countries to endeavour to arouse the people to throw off the yoke. They sent General Belgrano to—"</p> @@ -1440,8 +1398,8 @@ and his name was William Brown.</p> <p>"With this navy, Montivideo, the capital of Uruguay, was taken. Enthusiasm ran high, -and it was just here that Don José de San -Martín came into the light of publicity, as +and it was just here that Don José de San +MartÃn came into the light of publicity, as commander-in-chief of the army. Now let us take the automobile, awaiting us over in front of the house, and ride to the Cathedral @@ -1462,7 +1420,7 @@ there is a vegetable cart; there is a vender of fruit, and all of them speaking broken Spanish with an Italian accent."</p> -<p>"Yes, Niño, most of the peddlers are Italian. +<p>"Yes, Niño, most of the peddlers are Italian. I do not know why, unless it is that each nationality turns to a special kind of work in this world. The Italians are naturally merchants, @@ -1536,14 +1494,14 @@ into the vestibule.</p> <p>"Do you know him, Uncle Juan?" asked Francisco, with awe in his voice.</p> -<p>"Señor Alcorta, El Presidente, is a warm +<p>"Señor Alcorta, El Presidente, is a warm friend of mine," replied the Colonel, and as he said it he grew fully half a foot in his nephew's estimation.</p> <p>"A warm friend? Do tell me about him."</p> -<p>"Another time, Niño, we must hasten to +<p>"Another time, Niño, we must hasten to yonder Cathedral; but he is a good man and a good President."</p> @@ -1565,20 +1523,20 @@ floor, for like most Argentines, they were Catholics, and this was their greatest cathedral. After a few minutes spent in devotion, the Colonel led the way to one of the naves, where -the tomb of the great liberator, San Martín, +the tomb of the great liberator, San MartÃn, stands, a huge sarcophagus upon a high pedestal of marble. The Colonel stood in meditation a moment, then drew the boy beside him on a bench. In a low voice he said:</p> -<p>"Francisco, San Martín, the father of our +<p>"Francisco, San MartÃn, the father of our country, was not only a great general, but he was also a remarkable organizer, for his troops were composed mainly of <i>gauchos</i> of the wild uncivilized kind, who were not easily trained or drilled. It was he who originated the plan of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> crossing the Andes and liberating Chile and -Perú from the Spanish yoke.</p> +Perú from the Spanish yoke.</p> <p>"With his army of five thousand men, and in the face of public derision, for the undertaking @@ -1589,10 +1547,10 @@ He was thus the liberator of the Chilean people, for that battle on the twelfth of February, 1817, gave them their independence from Spain. In Santiago, Chile, there is a statue to General -San Martín, and one to the city of Buenos +San MartÃn, and one to the city of Buenos Aires. After his wonderful achievement in crushing the power of Spain, in Argentina, -Chile and Perú, he retired to private life, +Chile and Perú, he retired to private life, refusing to serve in any civil capacity.</p> <p>"Following this revolutionary triumph, Brazil @@ -1626,13 +1584,13 @@ congress of nations."<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</ <p>Francisco listened attentively, and when his uncle concluded, followed him out a side entrance into the street, like one in a dream. -They stepped into the Calle Bartolomé +They stepped into the Calle Bartolomé Mitre, which seemed congested with a torrent of vehicles pouring down its narrow channel like a noisy stream and discharging itself into the great Plaza in front of the Cathedral.</p> -<p>"What if San Martín could see this now?" +<p>"What if San MartÃn could see this now?" ventured Francisco, still under the spell of the hero's achievements. "Wouldn't he open his eyes?"</p> @@ -1685,7 +1643,7 @@ us this afternoon?"</p> <p>"I think she is," answered his mother, entering the room, and taking her son into a close -embrace. "But how I have missed my Niño, +embrace. "But how I have missed my Niño, Juan," turning to her brother, the Colonel.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> <p>"Perhaps I have been selfish in taking him @@ -1698,7 +1656,7 @@ and I am most pleased. Only, let me see him often, and I shall be content."</p> <p>"That you shall, and this afternoon just -after <i>máte</i>, we will come to take you and Elena +after <i>máte</i>, we will come to take you and Elena with us for a ride. It may bring roses to her cheeks," and he pinched the pale cheeks as he passed her on his way out.</p> @@ -1789,7 +1747,7 @@ in the United States."</p> Stars and Stripes of North America," cried Francisco, pointing to a small vessel.</p> -<p>"Not exactly, Niño. It is from <i>Los Estados +<p>"Not exactly, Niño. It is from <i>Los Estados Unidos</i>.<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> You must not confound them, for the United States are but a part of North America, although many of our people do not @@ -1951,7 +1909,7 @@ of the afternoon, while softly gliding servants<span class="pagenum"><a name="Pa in quiet livery served them, the Colonel said:—</p> -<p>"Did you know, Niño, that every time +<p>"Did you know, Niño, that every time La Prensa blows that whistle as they did to-day, it costs them three hundred dollars?"</p> @@ -1961,7 +1919,7 @@ steam as that?" earnestly inquired Francisco.</p> <p>"Scarcely," laughed the Colonel, as he lifted up an enormous bunch of muscatel grapes, weighing several pounds, from the platter of -fruit before him, "scarcely that, Niño, but +fruit before him, "scarcely that, Niño, but our city government fines them that amount every time they blow it, as they term it a public nuisance. Now, when they want to indulge in @@ -1997,7 +1955,7 @@ waiting a chance to speak. He wrote on and on, until Francisco's patience was exhausted and he coughed warningly.</p> -<p>"Not much of a soldier, Niño! A soldier +<p>"Not much of a soldier, Niño! A soldier must have patience if it is to wait all day."</p> <p>But Francisco was used by now to his uncle's @@ -2039,7 +1997,7 @@ to go and set it up."</p> <p>"Oh, it's fine, Uncle. I've got twenty-eight figures and the paint is dry on every one of them. I worked all day yesterday in the back <i>patio</i>, -and José, the <i>portero</i>, helped me cut out the +and José, the <i>portero</i>, helped me cut out the camels. He said mine looked like giraffes." And the boy began to lay them out on the desk, tenderly lifting each one as though they @@ -2058,7 +2016,7 @@ into the circle of his arm and together they<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ discussed the merits of each wee wooden figure.</p> -<p>"Niño, we will go together! That's what +<p>"Niño, we will go together! That's what we'll do," he exclaimed almost boyishly. "I am tired of these long army statistics, so let us go <i>inmediatamente</i>."</p> @@ -2112,7 +2070,7 @@ be cut up into half <i>kilo</i> bits, and divided among them; but just then Francisco entered the room and asked them to come into the dining-room where Estrella, the servant, was preparing -<i>máte</i>.</p> +<i>máte</i>.</p> <p>As they entered the <i>comedor</i><a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> Elena spied the manger with its surrounding images in the @@ -2120,7 +2078,7 @@ corner, on the floor.</p> <p>"<i>Que hermosa! Que linda!</i>"<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> she cried, clasping her hands in ecstasy. "Only yesterday -did I tell Encarnación, when she came to +did I tell Encarnación, when she came to bring me Christmas cakes full of almonds and raisins, that we should have no <i>pesebre</i>. She is to have one of ivory that cost a small fortune, @@ -2168,9 +2126,9 @@ for travelling and was quite excited, but Elena could not notice that, so absorbed was she in her toys and doll.</p> -<p>"See this <i>muñeca</i>,<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> Francisco, mio! Did you +<p>"See this <i>muñeca</i>,<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> Francisco, mio! Did you <i>ever</i> see such glorious blue eyes, just like the -English Señora's on the corner. Why, you act +English Señora's on the corner. Why, you act as though you had seen them before, Francisco, are you not surprised to see so many?" exclaimed Elena, impatient that he would not @@ -2179,7 +2137,7 @@ kneel with her among her gifts.</p> <p>"They are beautiful, Elena, every one of them. But I am in a great haste for Uncle<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span> Juan and I are leaving from the Retiro Station -in half an hour. The servant, José, has taken +in half an hour. The servant, José, has taken our trunks and large bags ahead, and I stopped here to bid you all goodbye, as Uncle Juan had another errand to do on his way down. @@ -2192,8 +2150,8 @@ shall write to you, all of you;" and he embraced them, each one, mother and two sisters, hastily, not trusting himself to prolong the goodbye.</p> -<p>The Estación Retiro was full of a holiday -crowd, for it was early morning. José was +<p>The Estación Retiro was full of a holiday +crowd, for it was early morning. José was awaiting him, and they stood watching the long trains of cars coming and going, discharging their loads into the long sheds, and swallowing @@ -2214,7 +2172,7 @@ broke from its brass throat his uncle strode in, and, motioning the servant to follow with the bags, he hurried Francisco through the gate.</p> -<p>José, the <i>portero</i> accompanying them, was an +<p>José, the <i>portero</i> accompanying them, was an Araucanian Indian by birth, but he spoke Spanish fluently. When a mere boy, the Colonel's father had brought him from Chile, @@ -2224,7 +2182,7 @@ servant of the family ever since. As slavery is prohibited in Argentina he had been paid<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> wages since he became of age, over forty years ago, but no power on earth could have induced -José to leave the service of Colonel Lacevera.</p> +José to leave the service of Colonel Lacevera.</p> <p>He was but slightly bent and possessed the broad face and high cheek bones of the South @@ -2237,8 +2195,8 @@ Indians to be a tangent of the Oriental races, and upheld their theory mainly because of the peculiar similarity of the eyes.</p> -<p>José and Francisco were great friends and -Francisco was much pleased that José was to +<p>José and Francisco were great friends and +Francisco was much pleased that José was to be with them at the <i>estancia</i>, since his knowledge of animals, birds, herbs, in fact all out door life, was unlimited.</p> @@ -2263,7 +2221,7 @@ summer homes, surrounded by well kept gardens. The villages began to grow fewer and fewer and Colonel Lacevera said:</p> -<p>"Now it's my turn, Niño! Can you bound +<p>"Now it's my turn, Niño! Can you bound the Argentine Republic?"</p> <p>Francisco began in the sing-song manner of @@ -2310,7 +2268,7 @@ large as Great Britain."</p> the largest and best in the world, tell me, is this the longest railroad on the earth?"</p> -<p>"No, Niño, not quite that. Our railroads +<p>"No, Niño, not quite that. Our railroads are developing our country at a rapid rate and we have some of the finest road beds in the world, but that is because our country is so @@ -2348,7 +2306,7 @@ true.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>NEW EXPERIENCES</div> -<p>"<span class="smcap">Levantese!</span> Levantese!" came José's +<p>"<span class="smcap">Levantese!</span> Levantese!" came José's voice to Francisco's ear, just as the latter was lassoing a llama he had been pursuing on the back of an ostrich.</p> @@ -2360,19 +2318,19 @@ not in motion. Where could he be?</p> <p>As he rubbed his sleepy eyes again his uncle took him gently by the shoulder.</p> -<p>"Wake yourself, Niño. We are in Rosario; +<p>"Wake yourself, Niño. We are in Rosario; come, follow me."</p> <p>Francisco followed him through the long hall of the compartment car out into the big station where insistent porters and shouting cab-men made frantic grabs at them and their baggage, -only to be beaten off by José, whose language<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> +only to be beaten off by José, whose language<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> as he scolded and berated them was not what is known as "polite Spanish."</p> <p>Selecting a victoria from the long line of -waiting ones, they entered, José sitting with +waiting ones, they entered, José sitting with the driver, and were soon before the lighted portals of a large hotel.</p> @@ -2405,24 +2363,24 @@ adjourned to the <i>patio</i> for coffee.</p> <p>While his uncle smoked and talked with friends, whom he had chanced to meet, Francisco -slipped away and José helped him undress +slipped away and José helped him undress for bed, as he was very tired.</p> -<p>He remembered no more after José turned +<p>He remembered no more after José turned off the electric light until he opened his eyes into the full glare of the sun, the next morning. -It was nine o'clock and José was laying out +It was nine o'clock and José was laying out clean linen for him. After a refreshing shower bath, he returned to his room to find his rolls and coffee on a table beside his bed.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span></p> -<p>"Why, José, I'm not a lady that I must have -my <i>café</i> in bed!" exclaimed the lad. "Mother +<p>"Why, José, I'm not a lady that I must have +my <i>café</i> in bed!" exclaimed the lad. "Mother and the girls always do that, but I'm a man and I want to have mine in the dining-room with Uncle Juan."</p> -<p>José explained that in hotels one must always +<p>José explained that in hotels one must always take one's morning coffee in one's rooms; and he talked on while Francisco ate and dressed.</p> @@ -2430,7 +2388,7 @@ he talked on while Francisco ate and dressed.</p> he has placed you in my hands. Rosario, I know like a book, and together we will see it."</p> -<p>"Oh! that will be great fun, José. Where +<p>"Oh! that will be great fun, José. Where shall we go first?"</p> <p>"Would you like to see them load the vessels? @@ -2488,16 +2446,16 @@ breasts.</p> Francisco spied a raft-like boat piled high with small logs tied on securely.</p> -<p>"It looks out of place here, José, among all +<p>"It looks out of place here, José, among all these enormous freight steamers. What does it carry?"</p> -<p>"Willow, Señorito, and see, there are others<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> +<p>"Willow, Señorito, and see, there are others<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span> coming down the river. It goes to Buenos Aires to be made into charcoal, the principal fuel of that city. Great quantities of it are raised above here; it is quick of growth and needs -only to be planted so," and José demonstrated +only to be planted so," and José demonstrated by taking a short twig and sticking it into the earth.</p> @@ -2514,7 +2472,7 @@ they did, for Francisco must stop to see this thing and that as they sauntered along. The mid-day heat meant little to him while so much of novelty challenged his attention.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> -José was always ready to answer his questions, +José was always ready to answer his questions, and he frequently drew the boy's notice to something that would escape any one but a keen observer, and this the Indian was.</p> @@ -2528,15 +2486,15 @@ its shade; even the beggars were curled up on the church steps fast asleep.</p> <p>"Why do some of those ragged beggars wear -metal badges, José?"</p> +metal badges, José?"</p> -<p>"They are licensed beggars, Señorito. The +<p>"They are licensed beggars, Señorito. The city has authorized them to beg, and when you help them you may know you are helping no rogues."</p> <p>Francisco drew his nose up into a prolonged -sniff. "I believe I'm hungry, José. What +sniff. "I believe I'm hungry, José. What smells so good?"</p> <p>"Step here on to this side street and I'll @@ -2552,7 +2510,7 @@ meat, potatoes and onions.</p> <p>"But how are they cooking here in the street?"</p> -<p>"Go closer and you can see," replied José.</p> +<p>"Go closer and you can see," replied José.</p> <p>Francisco walked to the curb, and looking over their backs into the middle of one circle @@ -2585,7 +2543,7 @@ with straw that they can be sold by the yard; or, in that country's measure, a <i>metro</i>.<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></p> <p>Many of the stalls offered cooked foods; -roasted partridges and chickens; pâtes of +roasted partridges and chickens; pâtes of jellied meats; cleaned and cooked armadillo, whose meat tastes like tender roast pork. The Argentines are very fond of them and they @@ -2593,13 +2551,13 @@ consume thousands every month.</p> <p>Around the curbing, at one end of the market,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_85" id="Page_85">[85]</a></span> stood great carts, with wheels fully eight feet -high. These, José told Francisco, were the +high. These, José told Francisco, were the market carts that brought the produce into the city. They look rude and cumbersome, but carry several tons and often as many as a dozen oxen are hitched to them.</p> -<p>These interested Francisco but José bid +<p>These interested Francisco but José bid him hurry as no doubt his uncle would have breakfasted. Which, indeed, he was doing, for as they entered the hotel Francisco caught sight @@ -2629,9 +2587,9 @@ and horses which was to take place at his <i>estancia</i> the next day, Sunday. Patting Francisco on the head he added:</p> -<p>"Bring the Niño also, he may enjoy it."</p> +<p>"Bring the Niño also, he may enjoy it."</p> -<p>So early the following morning José had their +<p>So early the following morning José had their horses at the curb of the hotel, saddled and ready for the three league gallop.</p> @@ -2639,7 +2597,7 @@ ready for the three league gallop.</p> enthusiasm knew no bounds when he saw the Argentine pony that was to be his mount.</p> -<p>The Colonel looked at José meaningly, for +<p>The Colonel looked at José meaningly, for he knew that this eagerness would not outlast the long gallop.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_87" id="Page_87">[87]</a></span></p> @@ -2662,12 +2620,12 @@ asparta grass.</p> <p>Francisco was so tired and his bones began to ache so desperately that he ceased to show any interest in the things they passed. Colonel -Lacevera and José exchanged knowing looks, +Lacevera and José exchanged knowing looks, but dared not permit Francisco to see them. When they came to one of these rude huts his uncle said:<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_88" id="Page_88">[88]</a></span></p> -<p>"Niño, would you not like to see the inside +<p>"Niño, would you not like to see the inside of one of these <i>prairie palaces?</i>"</p> <p>He admired the boy's pluck, but he feared @@ -2677,11 +2635,11 @@ to tax his physical endurance more.</p> up to the door around which a swarm of dirty, half naked children sat on the ground.</p> -<p>José called: "Ola!" and a copper-coloured +<p>José called: "Ola!" and a copper-coloured woman appeared at the door, dressed only in one garment, a dun-coloured chemise.</p> -<p>She was an Indian, and when José spoke to +<p>She was an Indian, and when José spoke to her in her own tongue, asking for a drink, she pointed to the square kerosene tin filled with water, beside which hung a gourd.</p> @@ -2699,11 +2657,11 @@ dried skulls of oxen; their wide, spreading horns serving as arms to these unique seats. Francisco was glad, however, to rest his weary body within their grewsome embrace and he -sat thus for half an hour, while José watered +sat thus for half an hour, while José watered the horses and the Colonel talked to the children.</p> <p>Francisco himself proposed that they start -on, but José was obliged to lift him into his +on, but José was obliged to lift him into his saddle. One more league and they were in sight of the <i>estancia</i>, where the sale was to be held.</p> @@ -2713,11 +2671,11 @@ architecture, and the many buildings grouped around it gave the place a resemblance to a village.</p> -<p>Señor Stanley met them and "gave" them +<p>Señor Stanley met them and "gave" them his house, after the manner of all Spanish hosts, and they entered to wash and rest.</p> -<p>As the Señor Stanley was an Englishman,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> +<p>As the Señor Stanley was an Englishman,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> his house interested Francisco in spite of his weariness. It was fitted with every luxury of a high class English home; the baths being @@ -2752,14 +2710,14 @@ after he had eaten he crept under the shade of one of the trees to rest.</p> <p>He fell asleep and slept until his uncle -wakened him at <i>máte</i> time.</p> +wakened him at <i>máte</i> time.</p> <p>"Hello, my boy! Slept through all of this noise? You were certainly exhausted, for such a clatter as there has been. One hundred thousand dollars and many pedigreed animals have changed hands, and it wasn't done quietly -either. We will have our <i>máte</i> and then ride +either. We will have our <i>máte</i> and then ride home in the cool of the evening. Come." And the Colonel helped the stiff jointed, weary boy to his feet.</p> @@ -2784,7 +2742,7 @@ boy to his feet.</p> <p>"<span class="smcap">What</span> is that you have, Manuel?" cried Francisco, to one of the <i>peons</i>, five days later, -as he sat under an ombú tree in the garden on +as he sat under an ombú tree in the garden on his uncle's <i>estancia</i>, playing with some tame <i>tierra</i> birds, that kept the garden clean of worms.</p> @@ -2793,7 +2751,7 @@ worms.</p> had a queer looking machine with a long snout under his arm.</p> -<p>"Why, this is an ant destroyer, Señorito; +<p>"Why, this is an ant destroyer, Señorito; would you care to watch me kill ants?"</p> <p>For answer, Francisco ran eagerly to his side @@ -2810,7 +2768,7 @@ of any wider acquaintance, which would have included the gauchos, or cowboys; at least the nearer ones, for the Tres Arroyas ranch was very large, and Francisco never could have -known them all. José had told him that one +known them all. José had told him that one could ride all day from the centre and not reach its boundaries.</p> @@ -2818,7 +2776,7 @@ its boundaries.</p> asked of Manuel. "Our <i>servienta</i> at home uses hot water when they get into the <i>patio</i>."</p> -<p>"Ah, yes, Señorito, but these country ants +<p>"Ah, yes, Señorito, but these country ants come in such armies it would take a geyser of boiling water to kill them. Now, we are here in the orchard; you can see how they destroy @@ -2895,7 +2853,7 @@ come in armies that swarm over every obstacle in their path.</p> <p>As they entered the house, Francisco noticed -that his uncle had had <i>café</i> and was in his +that his uncle had had <i>café</i> and was in his riding breeches ready for a morning gallop.</p> <p>"May I go with you, Uncle Juan?" cried @@ -2906,9 +2864,9 @@ to fragments a few days ago and ready for another trial to-day. <i>Che</i>," clapping his hands as a <i>peon</i> appeared.</p> -<p>"Saddle Barboza for the Señorito, <i>inmediatamente</i>."</p> +<p>"Saddle Barboza for the Señorito, <i>inmediatamente</i>."</p> -<p>Francisco gulped his <i>café</i> and nibbled at a +<p>Francisco gulped his <i>café</i> and nibbled at a biscuit, but he was too excited to eat more.</p> <p>When the horses were brought to the door, @@ -2999,7 +2957,7 @@ they passed a group of them, crouched on the ground around a fire of dry thistles, over which hung a can, suspended by wire from a tripod, and which held the water for their morning -<i>máte</i>. They arose to their feet as the Colonel +<i>máte</i>. They arose to their feet as the Colonel galloped past and greeted him with <i>vivas</i>.</p> <p>"Do they often use those murderous looking @@ -3009,7 +2967,7 @@ his zeal somewhat. They were rougher looking men in their working clothes than when they came to the city dressed for a lark.</p> -<p>"Seldom, Niño; unless they are intoxicated. +<p>"Seldom, Niño; unless they are intoxicated. They are not very civilized and they have no education whatever. They fairly live on their horses' backs and cannot be persuaded to do @@ -3089,7 +3047,7 @@ way. Several dozen <i>peon gauchos</i> had assembled and they had driven the horses to be branded into an enclosure.</p> -<p>"See, Niño, these are all young animals; +<p>"See, Niño, these are all young animals; they have never had the iron on them."</p> <p>"Why do you brand them, Uncle Juan? @@ -3170,11 +3128,11 @@ worth of the horses being branded.</p> <p>"Not less than ten or twelve dollars each," answered the superintendent. "These are -very good ones. Does the Señor care to have +very good ones. Does the Señor care to have his breakfast now?"</p> <p>For some time, Francisco had been feeling -pangs of hunger. His hurried <i>café</i> had not +pangs of hunger. His hurried <i>café</i> had not been sufficient nourishment for the long hot ride, and now his hunger was aroused by odours that came to his nostrils like pleasant messengers;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_108" id="Page_108">[108]</a></span> @@ -3252,7 +3210,7 @@ Do they ever eat anything but meat?"</p> not enough to take the trouble of raising a few. Meat and <i>galletas</i>, the hard biscuit of the Pampas, often three or four months old, is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_111" id="Page_111">[111]</a></span> -all they have besides their <i>máte</i>, that they +all they have besides their <i>máte</i>, that they <i>must</i> have always.</p> <p>"Que esperanza! lad, this lamb is good! @@ -3287,7 +3245,7 @@ to take the land from the Indians of Patagonia? They had lived there for centuries and it was theirs."</p> -<p>"It is a long story, Niño, and I shall give +<p>"It is a long story, Niño, and I shall give you only the bare outline. You see, Patagonia is a series of vast terraces from the Atlantic Ocean to the foot of the Andes. On @@ -3381,15 +3339,15 @@ sport; and once, for three days, I had only ostrich eggs to eat. You see, we were digging those same trenches and could not spare many of the men for hunting. I was ill and could -not eat the army rations, so José brought me +not eat the army rations, so José brought me ostrich eggs and cooked them as the Indians do—in the red-hot coals."</p> -<p>"And was José with you on that expedition?" +<p>"And was José with you on that expedition?" exclaimed Francisco.</p> <p>"Yes, through all my campaigns he has -been my body servant. It was José who told us +been my body servant. It was José who told us how the Indians catch ostriches; he had heard it when a boy among his tribe of Araucanians."</p> @@ -3400,7 +3358,7 @@ built and the huntsmen remained within this circle. The ostriches and guanacos that were thus imprisoned in the circle of fire were easy prey for they fear fire and ran almost into our -arms. Why, what's the matter, Niño?"<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span></p> +arms. Why, what's the matter, Niño?"<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_117" id="Page_117">[117]</a></span></p> <p>The interest had died out of Francisco's eyes and he sat with his hands clasped over his @@ -3502,10 +3460,10 @@ not the kind that produce the long plumes worn in ladies' hats; these are called the 'rhea' and are an allied species. Speaking<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> of skins, Francisco, I will tell you of one that -will interest you. It is a vicuña, and one of +will interest you. It is a vicuña, and one of the finest I have ever seen. It was presented to your great-grandfather, General Lacevera, -by a chief of the Incas, as a vicuña robe is +by a chief of the Incas, as a vicuña robe is worn only by one of royal blood among the Indians. It saw service as your great-grandfather's <i>poncho</i> during his remarkable career, @@ -3517,12 +3475,12 @@ heirlooms, it shall be yours, as I have no son."</p> of it."</p> <p>"As you well may be. Whatever fortunes -come to you in life, Niño, remember you are a +come to you in life, Niño, remember you are a Lacevera."</p> <p>Sleep was sweet that night, and Francisco's head was scarcely on his pillow when guanacos, -vicuñas and even <i>gauchos</i> were forgotten in +vicuñas and even <i>gauchos</i> were forgotten in dreamless slumber.</p> <div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> @@ -3571,7 +3529,7 @@ their dinner at this <i>estancia</i> and Francisco ate bread made from powdered peanuts mixed with wheat flour and he found it very delicious.</p> -<p>José had taken him on several fishing excursions, +<p>José had taken him on several fishing excursions, and once they had hunted <i>armadillos</i> with small dogs. Francisco had laughed heartily at the antics of one dog, who had almost @@ -3601,15 +3559,15 @@ to inspect some of the new fencing; he had left word that he would not return until late that night.</p> -<p>Francisco sat under his favourite ombú tree, -watching a <i>mangangá</i>, or carpenter bee, that +<p>Francisco sat under his favourite ombú tree, +watching a <i>mangangá</i>, or carpenter bee, that was humming loudly in the foliage above his head and looking like a shining ball of gold<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[125]</a></span> among the green leaves. He had received a letter from his mother that morning, and he was a bit homesick.</p> -<p>"El Señorito is <i>triste</i>. No?" It was José's +<p>"El Señorito is <i>triste</i>. No?" It was José's voice behind him.</p> <p>Francisco brushed away a tear that had @@ -3618,9 +3576,9 @@ Indian with a smile. "I was wishing to see Elena, but it won't be long now; and I shall hate to leave this lovely place, too. But one can't have everything one wants, all at the -same time, can one, José?"</p> +same time, can one, José?"</p> -<p>"No, Señorito, but we always have <i>one</i> happiness; +<p>"No, Señorito, but we always have <i>one</i> happiness; have you noticed it? There never comes a time when we haven't one, at least. Now I've one just now, and I am going to share @@ -3654,15 +3612,15 @@ has offered one hundred <i>pesos</i> to the one, or ones, who can catch these thieves. Would you like to try?"</p> -<p>Had José asked him if he would like to swing +<p>Had José asked him if he would like to swing on to the new moon by his toes Francisco could not have been more startled.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</a></span></p> -<p>"Try—! Why José, you can't be in earnest!"</p> +<p>"Try—! Why José, you can't be in earnest!"</p> <p>"<i>Como no?</i>" grinned the Indian cheerfully.</p> -<p>"But José, wouldn't they shoot us, and, +<p>"But José, wouldn't they shoot us, and, anyhow, I know you are jesting when you ask <i>if I</i> would care to try. You,—you are a strong man, even if you are getting old, and I heard @@ -3673,11 +3631,11 @@ learned how from a Japanese soldier years ago in Chile. And I know you can shoot; but I would just be in the way."</p> -<p>"No, Señorito, you wouldn't be in the way. +<p>"No, Señorito, you wouldn't be in the way. Manuel and I want you to go with us because we need you."</p> -<p>"Need <i>me!</i> Oh, José!" and Francisco's eyes +<p>"Need <i>me!</i> Oh, José!" and Francisco's eyes gleamed brightly. "Do you think Uncle would allow me to go with you?"</p> @@ -3687,7 +3645,7 @@ and if I feel sure no harm can befall you, I see no reason why you should not go."</p> <p>"Oh! Oh! Oh!" shouted the happy boy, -dancing around José and clapping his hands.</p> +dancing around José and clapping his hands.</p> <p>"This is the greatest adventure I ever had. To hunt brigands! Why, it's too good to be @@ -3700,7 +3658,7 @@ and Francisco sat on the ground hugging his knees, and rocking to and fro gleefully.</p> <p>"Well, don't clean your turtles till you've -tied them, Señorito. We may not get them. +tied them, Señorito. We may not get them. It's only because I have a clue and a scheme that I am willing to try; for they are pretty clever fellows and they won't be easy to catch. @@ -3708,7 +3666,7 @@ We want to take you for a decoy, and besides, I think you would enjoy it. A Lacevera, even at nine years of age, is no coward."<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_129" id="Page_129">[129]</a></span></p> -<p>"A coward, I should say not. Why, José, +<p>"A coward, I should say not. Why, José, I am <i>never</i> afraid. But what is a decoy?"</p> <p>"A decoy? Well, that's what we used when @@ -3717,14 +3675,14 @@ you remember how we put young frogs on the end of a string and then lay low in the grass and waited?"</p> -<p>"But, you can't tie a string to me, José—and—and—besides +<p>"But, you can't tie a string to me, José—and—and—besides I don't be—believe I want to be a decoy. It isn't that I'm not -brave; no, indeed, José—but I think I would +brave; no, indeed, José—but I think I would rather you would decoy them with something else."</p> -<p>"Leave that to me, Señorito, and I promise +<p>"Leave that to me, Señorito, and I promise they won't hurt you. You must have forgotten you are a Lacevera. They shall not gobble you up as the flamingoes did the frogs. Just @@ -3738,13 +3696,13 @@ for myself. I think I would buy a beautiful parasol, all lace and chiffon, for Guillerma, for young ladies don't care for anything much but clothes. Then I should buy a jewelled fan -for Mamá, and then—well, I believe Elena +for Mamá, and then—well, I believe Elena and I would spend the balance for Carnival -as it comes next month. But José, what did +as it comes next month. But José, what did you say about not cleaning your turtles till you had tied them?"</p> -<p>José laughed and patted him on the back. +<p>José laughed and patted him on the back. "True, Don Francisco. But let me tell you our plan, or part of it. I have reason to believe that these two horsetail thieves are taking @@ -3764,14 +3722,14 @@ were. Now be ready immediately after breakfast, for we must start in time to reach the charcoal kilns before dusk."</p> -<p>It was twelve o'clock, when José, Manuel +<p>It was twelve o'clock, when José, Manuel and Francisco galloped off in the direction of the river, and it was just <i>mate</i> time when they came in sight of the charcoal kilns and adobe huts near the river's bank.</p> <p>Gathered about the fires, over which hung -boiling water for making the <i>máte</i>, were several +boiling water for making the <i>máte</i>, were several clusters of these uncouth appearing men. Dirty looking women sat in groups apart, with dozens of dirtier children rolling about on the hard earth @@ -3779,7 +3737,7 @@ at their feet. A pack of dogs ran out to greet them, yelping in front of their horses, until they were called off by their respective owners.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_132" id="Page_132">[132]</a></span></p> -<p>José and Manuel approached one group, +<p>José and Manuel approached one group, and after greeting and being greeted, asked for boiling water with which to make <i>mate</i>. This was given willingly, and with Francisco @@ -3793,16 +3751,16 @@ they made. Francisco noticed two men, who were less grimy in appearance and who sat quietly side by side, taking no part in the conversation.</p> -<p>They glanced occasionally at José and Manuel +<p>They glanced occasionally at José and Manuel in a hostile manner, and suspicion seemed to lurk in their attitude towards them. Francisco -felt sure these were the thieves, but José +felt sure these were the thieves, but José and Manuel took no notice whatever of them and Francisco feared his friends had not seen them.</p> <p>After <i>mate</i> Francisco asked to see the kilns -and José and Manuel took him over to examine<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> +and José and Manuel took him over to examine<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_133" id="Page_133">[133]</a></span> them and explain to him how the willow was made into charcoal. It was quite dark when they returned to the huts and proposed that @@ -3819,12 +3777,12 @@ is cool."</p> <p>"No, it is moonlight. A thousand 'gracias'<a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a> for your offer, but the lad is a good rider and we shall be home before midnight;" and bidding -them <i>adios</i>, José and Manuel with Francisco, +them <i>adios</i>, José and Manuel with Francisco, wondering at their behaviour, started towards the enclosure where the horses had been staked together with several other animals.</p> -<p>And then José did a thing that made Francisco's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> +<p>And then José did a thing that made Francisco's<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_134" id="Page_134">[134]</a></span> eyes fairly start from his head. He deliberately lifted up the stake to which a piebald mare, belonging to one of the thieves, @@ -3846,7 +3804,7 @@ hoofs away off in the distance.</p> <p>"Carramba! They are after us," cried Manuel. "Good! Now for the chase. Let -your heart be glad, Señorito, they have taken +your heart be glad, Señorito, they have taken the bait."</p> <p>Still Francisco wondered, he could not yet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_135" id="Page_135">[135]</a></span> @@ -3868,7 +3826,7 @@ plainer, and when their own horses were within a few hundred feet of the stream he could hear the men's shouts.</p> -<p>"Are there more than two?" asked José.</p> +<p>"Are there more than two?" asked José.</p> <p>"No, just the two thieves, themselves. Those <i>carboneros</i> would never give us pursuit. @@ -3889,21 +3847,21 @@ and low growing trees.</p> them when their horses plunged into the water.</p> <p>"Heaven be praised! So far—so good," -whispered José to Francisco. "Now do just +whispered José to Francisco. "Now do just as I bid you; our time is come."</p> <p>They crossed the ford and were leaving the water, enveloped in the dense shadows, when -José dropped from his horse and threw the +José dropped from his horse and threw the reins into Francisco's hand; Manuel did the -same, as José's voice said in a whisper,</p> +same, as José's voice said in a whisper,</p> <p>"Ride half a league and wait for us."</p> <p>And now the boy saw their plan; he was to ride ahead, the hoof beats of the four horses indicating to the pursuers that they were all<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_137" id="Page_137">[137]</a></span> -still fleeing, and José and Manuel in ambush +still fleeing, and José and Manuel in ambush would have it all their own way.</p> <p>He spurred his horse to its highest speed; @@ -3915,19 +3873,19 @@ but it was really but half a minute when he heard a sharp cry, and then—a shot. But he rode on, fearing to stop until the half league was covered. He knew the fight was over -and that either José and Manuel were being +and that either José and Manuel were being carried back to the huts beside the big river, or that they would soon overtake him with their prisoners.</p> -<p>Soon a shout came to his ears. It was José's +<p>Soon a shout came to his ears. It was José's voice and his mind was relieved. He reined in the horses, which was an easy matter for they were panting, and waited beside a shrine, whose white cross stood like a ghost beside the trail; and soon he saw four figures toiling<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_138" id="Page_138">[138]</a></span> along, two in front and two behind. The two -in the rear were José and Manuel, and they +in the rear were José and Manuel, and they were holding their pistols close to the heads of the two in front, who walked with the shambling gait of men whose feet were hobbled, @@ -3942,13 +3900,13 @@ capture that he paid no attention to the vile language, that at any other time would have made him cringe and tremble.</p> -<p>"Oh! José—Manuel—Do tell me all about +<p>"Oh! José—Manuel—Do tell me all about it! How did you get them?"</p> <p>"Well, you see, we grappled with them so unexpectedly that they had no time to defend themselves; thanks to the little frog on the end -of the string," and José patted the boy on the +of the string," and José patted the boy on the shoulders encouragingly.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_139" id="Page_139">[139]</a></span></p> <p>"One of them tried to shoot as he was regaining @@ -3963,7 +3921,7 @@ they will tell us the price of horsehair per kilo—eh, gentlemen?" and the Indian grinned derisively at the cursing men.</p> -<p>"But José, Manuel is not fit for the saddle; +<p>"But José, Manuel is not fit for the saddle; let me go to the house. Please, I beg of you—"</p> <p>"What! Alone—and at night. Why, the @@ -3977,13 +3935,13 @@ just me here—he is suffering, and he can't ride—so it's the only thing to be done."<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_140" id="Page_140">[140]</a></span></p> <p>"Well, but you will have to ride pretty fast, -Señorito, and tell them to send the <i>peons</i> immediately. +Señorito, and tell them to send the <i>peons</i> immediately. Here, ride the piebald mare. It's yours anyhow, I dare say, or will be. It has been all day in the corral and is fresh, while Barboza is tired."</p> -<p>José changed the saddle, and Francisco +<p>José changed the saddle, and Francisco was off towards the <i>casa</i>.</p> <p>It was nearly two o'clock when Don Carlos @@ -3991,7 +3949,7 @@ awoke the Colonel, who had returned about midnight from his journey.</p> <p>"Who calls, Colonel? It sounds like the -Niño's voice."</p> +Niño's voice."</p> <p>They were out by the edge of the house corral, as Francisco rode up, and with almost @@ -4000,12 +3958,12 @@ little body, he shouted,</p> <p>"We've caught them! We've caught them! They are over by the 'Last Tribute' shrine -near the Rio Salinas, and José and Manuel -are waiting for help to bring them here; José<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> +near the Rio Salinas, and José and Manuel +are waiting for help to bring them here; José<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_141" id="Page_141">[141]</a></span> could not bring them alone, and Manuel has a wound."</p> -<p>His uncle was lifting the tired Niño from the +<p>His uncle was lifting the tired Niño from the saddle, but he did not place him on the ground; he carried him close to his heart into the house and laid him on his soft bed. He left him saying @@ -4033,7 +3991,7 @@ smile, and was asleep before he knew it.</p> <p><span class="smcap">Francisco</span> had been at home now for a week. He had returned to find Elena rosy and well and the house in a turmoil of preparation, for -Guillerma was to be married. Her fiancé +Guillerma was to be married. Her fiancé was a wealthy <i>estanciero</i> from the province of Mendoza, which lies almost at the foot of the Andes, and he had made a fortune from raising @@ -4041,7 +3999,7 @@ grapes for wine. His <i>estancia</i>, also, produced great quantities of figs, dates and sugar cane.</p> <p>Guillerma was very happy, for although El -Señor Conquero was older than she by fifteen +Señor Conquero was older than she by fifteen years, theirs was a genuine love match. He had seen her at mass, one morning, and the following day, he had presented himself to @@ -4050,7 +4008,7 @@ credentials, and their engagement of six<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_143" months was to culminate in the celebration of their marriage during the early part of March.</p> -<p>It would be a very quiet wedding, for Señor +<p>It would be a very quiet wedding, for Señor Conquero was in mourning for his father, who had died over a year before; and the custom of mourning in Argentina demands two years @@ -4085,7 +4043,7 @@ great festival, came early this year, and never before had he had so much money to spend in its celebration.</p> -<p>He and José and Manuel had divided the +<p>He and José and Manuel had divided the reward money they had received for capturing the horsetail thieves, and Francisco felt very proud of his share of it. He and Elena had @@ -4116,7 +4074,7 @@ and singing.</p> allowed to enter the <i>corso</i> or Carnival parade, and Uncle Juan had offered his motor car, which was to be decorated with garlands of -paper flowers; José was to be their chaperon +paper flowers; José was to be their chaperon and Enrique would drive the car.</p> <p>Elena and Francisco owned their little costumes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_146" id="Page_146">[146]</a></span> @@ -4165,7 +4123,7 @@ ready.</p> <p>The harlequin jumped out and bowed low to the ground, and Elena ran back into the house, for she was sure this comical looking fellow -could never be José. But she was reassured +could never be José. But she was reassured when he lifted his mask, and soon the huge car was puffing along the street with the red driver in front and a dainty little shepherdess, a small @@ -4222,7 +4180,7 @@ high with excitement, for their ambition was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ realized—to be a <i>part</i> of the great Carnival <i>corso</i>.</p> -<p>It was quite one o'clock before José could +<p>It was quite one o'clock before José could persuade them to leave it and be taken home; and it was many days before they ceased to talk of their wonderful experience.</p> @@ -4513,7 +4471,7 @@ Large 12mo, illustrated $1.50<br /> <p>In this book Mr. Johnston gives interesting sketches of the Indian braves who have figured with prominence in the history of our own land, including Powhatan, the -Indian Cæsar; Massasoit, the friend of the Puritans; +Indian Cæsar; Massasoit, the friend of the Puritans; Pontiac, the red Napoleon; Tecumseh, the famous war chief of the Shawnees; Sitting Bull, the famous war chief of the Sioux; Geronimo, the renowned Apache Chief, etc., @@ -4984,389 +4942,12 @@ Montgomery and Arnold against Quebec.</p> <p>Obvious punctuation errors repaired.</p> -<p>Varied use of accents mate/máte, estancia/estáncia, and Martin/Martín were +<p>Varied use of accents mate/máte, estancia/estáncia, and Martin/MartÃn were retained.</p> <p>Page xi, Table of Contents, "v" changed to "vii" to reflect actual first page of Preface.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Francisco Our Little Argentine Cousin, by -Eva Cannon Brooks - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANCICSO, LITTLE ARGENTINE COUSIN *** - -***** This file should be named 43424-h.htm or 43424-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/4/2/43424/ - -Produced by Emmy, Beth Baran, Google Print and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from images made available by the -HathiTrust Digital Library.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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