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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Pearl of the Andes - A Tale of Love and Adventure - -Author: Gustave Aimard - -Editor: Percy B. St. John - -Translator: Lascelles Wraxall - -Release Date: September 28, 2013 [EBook #43838] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PEARL OF THE ANDES *** - - - - -Produced by Camille Bernard and Marc D'Hooghe at -http://www.freeliterature.org (Scans generously made -available by the Hathi Trust) - - - - - - -</pre> <h1>THE PEARL OF THE ANDES</h1> @@ -178,7 +139,7 @@ available by the Hathi Trust) <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">I.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_I">IN THE CABILDO</a></td><td align="right">XXIII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXIII">PLAN OF CAMPAIGN</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">II.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_II">JOAN</a></td><td align="right">XXIV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXIV">A DISAGREEABLE MISSION</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">III.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_III">THE PURSUIT</a></td><td align="right">XXV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXV">THE KITE AND THE DOVE</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">IV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">SERPENT AND VIPER</a></td><td align="right">XXVI.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">THE END OF DON RAMÓN'S JOURNEY</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">IV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">SERPENT AND VIPER</a></td><td align="right">XXVI.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXVI">THE END OF DON RAMÓN'S JOURNEY</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">V.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_V">AN INDIAN'S LOVE</a></td><td align="right">XXVII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXVII">THE AUCA-COYOG</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">VI.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_VI">PREPARATIONS FOR DELIVERANCE</a></td><td align="right">XXVIII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXVIII">THE HUMAN SACRIFICE</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">VII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_VII">A COUNTERMINE</a></td><td align="right">XXIX.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXIX">THE KING OF DARKNESS</a></td></tr> @@ -196,7 +157,7 @@ available by the Hathi Trust) <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">XIX.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XIX">THE APPEAL</a></td><td align="right">XLI.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XLI">LA BARRANCA</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">XX.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XX">THE COUNCIL</a></td><td align="right">XLII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XLII">THE QUIPU</a></td></tr> <tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">XXI.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXI">DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND</a></td><td align="right">XLIII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XLIII">THE ROCK</a></td></tr> -<tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">XXII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">DELIRIUM</a></td><td align="right">XLIV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XLIV">CÆSAR</a></td></tr> +<tr><td align="left"></td><td align="right">XXII.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XXII">DELIRIUM</a></td><td align="right">XLIV.</td><td align="left"><a href="#CHAPTER_XLIV">CÆSAR</a></td></tr> </table></div> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -210,7 +171,7 @@ available by the Hathi Trust) <h3>IN THE CABILDO</h3> -<p>While Doña Rosario effected her escape by the assistance of Curumilla, +<p>While Doña Rosario effected her escape by the assistance of Curumilla, as recorded in the "Adventurers," Don Tadeo was not long in regaining his senses. On opening his eyes he cast a bewildered look around him, but as soon as memory threw light into his brain, he let his head sink @@ -312,7 +273,7 @@ contracted towards you a debt which it is impossible I can ever discharge."</p> <p>"Why attach so high a value to the little I have been able to do, Don -Tadeo." said Louis. "Alas! I would have given my life to preserve Doña +Tadeo." said Louis. "Alas! I would have given my life to preserve Doña Rosario."</p> <p>"We shall find her again!" Don Tadeo observed, energetically.</p> @@ -379,7 +340,7 @@ therefore, followed up his questions.</p> <p>"Whence does my brother come?"</p> -<p>"From the toldería of San Miguel."</p> +<p>"From the tolderÃa of San Miguel."</p> <p>"That is some distance from the city; is it long since my brother left it?"</p> @@ -442,14 +403,14 @@ smiling.</p> <p>"Ah! I knew it!" cried Don Tadeo, "still that woman!—still that demon!"</p> <p>Louis rose and said, in a voice trembling with emotion, "My friend, -Doña Rosario must be saved!"</p> +Doña Rosario must be saved!"</p> <p>"Thanks, boundless thanks, for your devotion, my friend!" said Don Tadeo; "but, you are very weak."</p> <p>"Of what consequence is that!" the young man exclaimed eagerly. "Were I -to perish in the task, I swear to you, Don Tadeo de León, by the honour -of my name, that I will not rest till Doña Rosario is free."</p> +to perish in the task, I swear to you, Don Tadeo de León, by the honour +of my name, that I will not rest till Doña Rosario is free."</p> <p>"My friend," Don Tadeo said, "three men—three devoted men, are already on the trail of my daughter."</p> @@ -579,7 +540,7 @@ concealed her hiding place with this transparent curtain. Then he regained the horses, mounted his own, led the other, and galloped off.</p> <p>He galloped thus for many minutes without relaxing his speed, and when -he thought himself sufficiently far from the place where Doña Rosario +he thought himself sufficiently far from the place where Doña Rosario was concealed, he dismounted, listened for an instant, untied the sheep skins from the horses' feet and set off again with the speed of an arrow. He soon heard the galloping of horses behind him; at first @@ -614,7 +575,7 @@ great advantage over me; but, thanks to my precautions, I have forced them to abandon their horses, which alone could have saved them. Within an hour they will be in our hands."</p> -<p>"To horse, then; and let us delay no longer," Doña Maria exclaimed +<p>"To horse, then; and let us delay no longer," Doña Maria exclaimed impatiently.</p> <p>"To horse, then, be it!" replied the chief.</p> @@ -697,14 +658,14 @@ their horses in astonishment. The courageous girl had saved Curumilla.</p> <h3>SERPENT AND VIPER.</h3> -<p>Doña Rosario stood motionless, her arms crossed, her head haughtily +<p>Doña Rosario stood motionless, her arms crossed, her head haughtily raised, and her look disdainful. The Linda leaped from her horse, and seizing her by the arm, shook her violently.</p> <p>"Oh, oh!" she said, in a bitterly mocking tone, "my pretty dear! This is the way you oblige people to come after you: is it?"</p> -<p>Doña Rosario only replied to this flood of words by a look of cold +<p>Doña Rosario only replied to this flood of words by a look of cold contempt.</p> <p>"Ah!" the exasperated courtesan exclaimed, clutching her arm, "I will @@ -866,7 +827,7 @@ chest.</p> preparing to inflict on the young girl, had stopped at a short distance from the spot where he had left her.</p> -<p>When they reached the toldería, the horsemen dismounted and the maiden +<p>When they reached the tolderÃa, the horsemen dismounted and the maiden was untied and transported, half dead, into the same cuarto where, an hour before, she had, for the first time, found herself in the presence of the courtesan.</p> @@ -906,7 +867,7 @@ sleep; he fixed his dull eyes upon her, and exclaimed—</p> <p>"Do I love her?—love her!—let my sister listen. Before dying, and going to hunt in the blessed prairies with the just warriors, my father called me to him, and placing his mouth to my ear—'My son, he said, -thou art the last of our race; Don Tadeo de León is also the last of +thou art the last of our race; Don Tadeo de León is also the last of his; since the coming of the palefaces, the family of that man has been always fatally opposed to ours, everywhere and under all circumstances. Swear to kill that man whom it has never been in my power to reach!' @@ -930,7 +891,7 @@ me, driving back the death which had hung over me."</p> <p>"When I was cured," he resumed, passionately, "I fled away like a wounded tiger, bearing in my heart an incurable wound! Two suns ago, -when I was quitting my toldería, my mother, whom I loved and venerated, +when I was quitting my tolderÃa, my mother, whom I loved and venerated, wished to oppose my departure; she knew that it was love that attracted me from her, that it was to see this woman I left her. Well, my mother——"</p> @@ -977,7 +938,7 @@ to him; within an hour I will give her up to him."</p> <p>"Oh! if my sister does that," Antinahuel exclaimed, intoxicated with joy, "I will be her slave!"</p> -<p>Doña Maria smiled with an undefinable expression.</p> +<p>Doña Maria smiled with an undefinable expression.</p> <p>"I will do it," she said, "but time presses, we cannot stay here any longer—my brother doubtless forgets."</p> @@ -1018,16 +979,16 @@ of cordial between her livid lips. At that moment Antinahuel returned.</p> <p>"Everything is ready," he said; "we can depart immediately."</p> -<p>"When you please," Doña Maria replied.</p> +<p>"When you please," Doña Maria replied.</p> <p>"What is to be done with this girl?"</p> <p>"She will remain here: I have arranged everything."</p> <p>"Let us be gone, then!" and turning towards Rosario, she said, with a -malignant smile. "Farewell, till we meet again, señorita!"</p> +malignant smile. "Farewell, till we meet again, señorita!"</p> -<p>Doña Rosario rose, and said in an earnest tone, "I do not curse you; +<p>Doña Rosario rose, and said in an earnest tone, "I do not curse you; but God grant, if you ever have children, that they may never be exposed to the tortures you have condemned me to endure."</p> @@ -1054,11 +1015,11 @@ plain. They had scarcely advanced fifty paces when they saw a horseman coming at full speed towards them. This horseman was Black Stag: Antinahuel halted his escort.</p> -<p>"What is the use of this halt?" Doña Maria observed.</p> +<p>"What is the use of this halt?" Doña Maria observed.</p> <p>"Is my sister a soldier?" Antinahuel asked.</p> -<p>Doña Maria, mortified at this rude speech, reined in her horse and +<p>Doña Maria, mortified at this rude speech, reined in her horse and remained a few paces in the rear, so that Antinahuel was left alone at the head of his troop. At the expiration of five minutes Black Stag pulled up his horse.</p> @@ -1106,7 +1067,7 @@ after bowing respectfully before him, he made his horse curvet gracefully, and set off with his followers.</p> <p>Antinahuel took the road towards the mountains at a sharp trot. After -riding silently for some time by the side of Doña Maria, he turned +riding silently for some time by the side of Doña Maria, he turned towards her graciously, and said—</p> <p>"Does my sister understand the tenor of the order I have just given?"</p> @@ -1150,7 +1111,7 @@ we will not say; but on the eve of the day fixed for the departure he was quite on the alert, and told Don Tadeo he was ready to start whenever he pleased.</p> -<p>He was the more anxious to depart in that Valentine, his dog Cæsar, +<p>He was the more anxious to depart in that Valentine, his dog Cæsar, and Trangoil-Lanec had been absent three days, and no tidings had been received. Curumilla had not come back. All these circumstances augmented in an enormous degree the impatience of the count; whilst, on @@ -1158,7 +1119,7 @@ his part, Don Tadeo was not much more easy. The poor father shuddered at the idea of the suffering to which his child was exposed.</p> <p>And yet there was mingled an undefinable joy at thinking of the -tortures he should inflict, in his turn, upon Doña Maria, when +tortures he should inflict, in his turn, upon Doña Maria, when revealing to her that the person she had taken so much delight in martyrizing was her own daughter. Don Tadeo, a man of elevated mind, endeavoured to shake off this unworthy thought, but it persisted in @@ -1187,7 +1148,7 @@ devoured it greedily.</p> related the full details of all that had happened since his departure from the camp, the manner in which he had delivered the young lady, and how, an hour after, she had been recaptured by her enemies. When -he quitted Doña Rosario the brave Indian had only kept at a sufficient +he quitted Doña Rosario the brave Indian had only kept at a sufficient distance from her to avoid being himself taken by her ravishers.</p> <p>Don Tadeo and the count warmly thanked him.</p> @@ -1353,7 +1314,7 @@ for herself, visited the posts, gave short and precise instructions to the Ulmens, and then regained the bivouac he had chosen, and which formed the advanced guard of the ambuscade.</p> -<p>"Now, what are we going to do?" Doña Maria asked.</p> +<p>"Now, what are we going to do?" Doña Maria asked.</p> <p>"Wait," he replied.</p> @@ -1616,7 +1577,7 @@ you will be able to give us your opinion presently; if, as is not very probable, you come safely through, my friend."</p> <p>"But I will not go and run my head into that frightful fox's hole!" -cried Don Ramón, beside himself.</p> +cried Don Ramón, beside himself.</p> <p>"Bah! you will fight as an amateur, which will be very handsome on your part."</p> @@ -1658,12 +1619,12 @@ body. A long column of flame burst from the top of the mountain.</p> between Antinahuel and the Linda filled the Toqui with uneasiness, by making him vaguely suspicious of some treachery.</p> -<p>"What is the matter?" Doña Maria asked.</p> +<p>"What is the matter?" Doña Maria asked.</p> <p>"Nothing very extraordinary," he replied, carelessly; "some reinforcements have arrived rather late, upon which I did not reckon."</p> -<p>"Good Heavens!" said Doña Maria, "I have been perhaps deceived by +<p>"Good Heavens!" said Doña Maria, "I have been perhaps deceived by an extraordinary resemblance; but, if the man I mean were not forty leagues off, I should declare it is he who commands that troop."</p> @@ -1720,7 +1681,7 @@ him resolutely to the cry of "Chili! Chili!"</p> random among the terrified infantry.</p> <p>The Araucanos did not yield an inch—the Chilians did not advance a -step. The mêlée undulated like the waves of the sea in a tempest; the +step. The mêlée undulated like the waves of the sea in a tempest; the earth was red with blood.</p> <p>The combat had assumed heroic proportions.</p> @@ -1739,7 +1700,7 @@ her lips compressed.</p> <p>"Chili! Chili!" the general repeated, cutting down a man at every blow.</p> -<p>More dead than alive, Don Ramón fought like a demon; he waved his +<p>More dead than alive, Don Ramón fought like a demon; he waved his sword, rode down all in his way with the weight of his horse, and uttered inarticulate cries with the gestures of one possessed.</p> @@ -1765,12 +1726,12 @@ With a bound Don Pancho was again on his feet; General Cornejo would willingly have been so, likewise, but suddenly a knee pressed heavily upon his chest, and obliged him to sink upon the ground.</p> -<p>"Pancho! Pancho!" Doña Maria cried, with the laugh of a demon, for it +<p>"Pancho! Pancho!" Doña Maria cried, with the laugh of a demon, for it was she, "see how I kill your enemies!"</p> <p>Don Pancho had not even heard the exclamation of the courtesan, so fully was he engaged in defending himself. At the sight of the odious -murder committed by the Linda, Don Ramón shouted—</p> +murder committed by the Linda, Don Ramón shouted—</p> <p>"Viper! I will not kill you, because you are a woman; but I will mar your future means of doing evil."</p> @@ -1783,7 +1744,7 @@ side of his ancient mistress, whom the wound on her face rendered hideous. He stooped slightly down, and seizing her by her long hair, threw her across the neck of his horse; then plunging his spurs into the animals flanks, he dashed, headforemost, into the thickest of the -<i>mêlée</i>. In spite of the efforts of the Chilians to recapture the +<i>mêlée</i>. In spite of the efforts of the Chilians to recapture the fugitive, he succeeded in escaping.</p> <p>At a signal from Antinahuel, the Indians threw themselves on each side @@ -1804,17 +1765,17 @@ the news of the generals escape; but, on the other hand, it was quite as important that the authorities of the capital should be placed upon their guard. Don Gregorio was in great trouble about choosing a person whom he could trust with this commission, when the senator came to his -relief. The worthy Don Ramón had finished by taking courage in reality; +relief. The worthy Don Ramón had finished by taking courage in reality; he actually, and in good faith, believed himself the most valiant man in Chili, and, unconsciously, assumed the most ridiculously extravagant airs. Above all, he burned with the desire of returning to Santiago.</p> <p>Don Gregorio asked the senator to be the bearer of the double news of -the battle gained over the Indians—a battle in which he, Don Ramón, +the battle gained over the Indians—a battle in which he, Don Ramón, had taken so large a share of the glory—and the unexpected escape of General Bustamente.</p> -<p>Don Ramón accepted with a proud smile of satisfaction a mission in +<p>Don Ramón accepted with a proud smile of satisfaction a mission in every way so honourable to him. As soon as the despatches, which Don Gregorio wrote at once, were ready, he mounted his horse, and, escorted by fifty lancers, set out for Santiago.</p> @@ -1833,7 +1794,7 @@ by Trangoil-Lanec and his inseparable Newfoundland dog.</p> <p>The morning on which the sanguinary battle we have described was fought in the Canyon del Rio Seco, Valentine and Trangoil-Lanec were marching -side by side, followed closely by Cæsar. The two men were talking +side by side, followed closely by Cæsar. The two men were talking while they cracked a biscuit, which they washed down from time to time with a little smilax water, contained in a gourd, which hung at the girdle of Trangoil-Lanec.</p> @@ -1880,7 +1841,7 @@ proudly. "Why do the palefaces wish to dispossess us of it."</p> <p>"That is true, and that is why I was born somewhere else."</p> -<p>Cæsar at this moment growled surlily.</p> +<p>Cæsar at this moment growled surlily.</p> <p>"What is the matter, old fellow?" said Valentine.</p> @@ -1899,7 +1860,7 @@ of it, at the entrance of the village.</p> <p>"Yes," the other replied.</p> -<p>"And is it your opinion that Doña Rosario is no longer here?"</p> +<p>"And is it your opinion that Doña Rosario is no longer here?"</p> <p>"No," said the Indian, shaking his head. "Let my brother look around him."</p> @@ -1930,11 +1891,11 @@ sheepskins, were complaining lamemtably.</p> <p>"Caramba!" said Valentine, much disappointed, "you have guessed so truly, Chief, that there are even no dogs to bite our heels."</p> -<p>All at once Cæsar sprang forward barking, and, stopping in front of +<p>All at once Cæsar sprang forward barking, and, stopping in front of an isolated hut, began to munch the ground with his claws, uttering furious cries.</p> -<p>The two men ran hastily towards the hut, and Cæsar continued his +<p>The two men ran hastily towards the hut, and Cæsar continued his howlings.</p> @@ -1956,7 +1917,7 @@ country take short steps; a short mantle, called an ichcha, covered her shoulders and was crossed upon her breast, where it was drawn together by means of a silver buckle.</p> -<p>As soon as this woman opened the door, Cæsar rushed so violently into +<p>As soon as this woman opened the door, Cæsar rushed so violently into the interior of the hut that he almost knocked her down in his passage. She staggered, and was obliged to hold herself up by the wall.</p> @@ -1965,7 +1926,7 @@ brothers are travellers; let them enter this poor hut, which belongs to them; their slave will serve them."</p> <p>So saying, the mistress of the hut stood on one side to allow the -strangers to enter. They found Cæsar crouching in the middle of the +strangers to enter. They found Cæsar crouching in the middle of the cuarto, with his nose close to the ground, sniffing, snatching, and growling.</p> @@ -1986,7 +1947,7 @@ necessary to speak first.</p> <p>"Traces of blood."</p> -<p>"Of blood!" the young man cried. "Can Doña Rosario have been +<p>"Of blood!" the young man cried. "Can Doña Rosario have been assassinated?"</p> <p>"No," the chief replied, "if this blood belonged to her, she has only @@ -2016,7 +1977,7 @@ consequently that person's wounds have been dressed."</p> <p>The woman now entered, bearing two ox horns full of harina tostada; they ate their horn of meal heartily, and drank more than one cup of chicha each. As soon as they had ended this light repast, the Indian -presented the maté to them, which they tossed off with great pleasure, +presented the maté to them, which they tossed off with great pleasure, and then they lit their cigars.</p> <p>"My sister is kind," Trangoil-Lanec said; "will she talk a minute with @@ -2344,7 +2305,7 @@ route that led to Santiago.</p> <p>"They are palefaces," said Curumilla, coolly.</p> <p>These horsemen formed the escort which Don Gregorio had assigned to Don -Ramón, to accompany him to Santiago. All at once a horrible war cry, +Ramón, to accompany him to Santiago. All at once a horrible war cry, repeated by the echoes of the Quebradas, resounded close to them, and a cloud of Araucanos assailed them on all sides at once.</p> @@ -2375,7 +2336,7 @@ to Trangoil-Lanec, that he may know from whom he comes."</p> <p>"Good!" said Joan; "where shall I find the chief?"</p> -<p>"In the toldería of San Miguel."</p> +<p>"In the tolderÃa of San Miguel."</p> <p>The three men shook hands with him warmly. The Indian bowed, and began to descend. By the last glimpses of daylight they saw him creep along @@ -2484,19 +2445,19 @@ the head and the breast, while Black Stag wore his arm in a sling.</p> here; are you willing to follow us to the camp? You have nothing to fear."</p> -<p>"Señor," the young man replied, haughtily, "I fear nothing—my actions +<p>"Señor," the young man replied, haughtily, "I fear nothing—my actions might satisfy you of that. I will follow."</p> -<p>"If you are afraid, señor," said the general, "you can return."</p> +<p>"If you are afraid, señor," said the general, "you can return."</p> <p>"General," retorted the young man, haughtily. "I have your word of honour, besides which there is one thing you are ignorant of."</p> -<p>"What is that, señor?"</p> +<p>"What is that, señor?"</p> <p>"That I am a Frenchman, general."</p> -<p>"Your hand, señor," he said; "you are a brave young man, and it will +<p>"Your hand, señor," he said; "you are a brave young man, and it will not be my fault, I swear to you, if you do not go back satisfied."</p> <p>The five personages now proceeded silently for several minutes through @@ -2512,10 +2473,10 @@ through the darkness of the hut.</p> <p>Everyone seated himself, as well as he could, upon a skull. When all were placed, the general said, in a short, clear manner—</p> -<p>"Now, then, señor, let us know upon what conditions you will agree to +<p>"Now, then, señor, let us know upon what conditions you will agree to surrender?"</p> -<p>"Your pardon, señor," the young man answered; "we do not agree to +<p>"Your pardon, señor," the young man answered; "we do not agree to surrender on any conditions whatever. It is you who have proposals to make."</p> @@ -2540,7 +2501,7 @@ bush, saw the hat, and fired. In the meantime, Joan scampered away, with the swiftness of a guanaco.</p> <p>He arrived within sight of San Miguel at three o'clock in the morning. -When he entered the toldería, shadow and silence prevailed on all +When he entered the tolderÃa, shadow and silence prevailed on all sides; the inhabitants were asleep, a few dogs were baying the moon; he did not know how to find the men he was in search of, when the door of a hut opened, and two men, followed by an enormous Newfoundland dog, @@ -2634,7 +2595,7 @@ bushes and beneath the trees; they have been forced to retire."</p> <p>"Let us be gone," said Valentine, "it will be hard if, with the assistance of these three resolute men, I cannot save my poor Louis."</p> -<p>Followed by his dog Cæsar, who looked at him, wagging his tail, he +<p>Followed by his dog Cæsar, who looked at him, wagging his tail, he followed Trangoil-Lanec, who trod in the steps of Joan. In twenty minutes they found themselves at the foot of the rocks, from which Don Tadeo and Curumilla made them joyous signals of welcome.</p> @@ -2686,16 +2647,16 @@ ago."</p> Pancho remained plunged in serious reflection.</p> <p>He turned round with surprise, and with difficulty repressed a cry of -horror—it was Doña Maria, her clothes torn and stained with blood and +horror—it was Doña Maria, her clothes torn and stained with blood and dirt, and her face enveloped in bandages and bloody linen.</p> <p>"I appear horrible to you, Don Pancho," she said, in a low voice.</p> -<p>"Señora;" the general began, warmly; but she interrupted him.</p> +<p>"Señora;" the general began, warmly; but she interrupted him.</p> <p>"Do not debase yourself by a lie unworthy of you and of me."</p> -<p>"Señora, I beg you to believe——"</p> +<p>"Señora, I beg you to believe——"</p> <p>"You no longer love me, I tell you, Don Pancho," she replied, bitterly; "besides, have I not sacrificed everything to you? I had nothing left @@ -2706,9 +2667,9 @@ but my beauty—I gave you that, joyfully."</p> <p>"Oh, a truce with these trivialities," she interrupted violently. "If love can no longer unite us, hatred can, we have the same enemy."</p> -<p>"Don Tadeo de León," he said angrily.</p> +<p>"Don Tadeo de León," he said angrily.</p> -<p>"Yes—Don Tadeo de León."</p> +<p>"Yes—Don Tadeo de León."</p> <p>"Ah! I am free now!" he shouted in a furious tone.</p> @@ -2723,10 +2684,10 @@ enemy; if you give him time, in a few days he will become a colossus."</p> <p>"Hark!" she said, leaning her head forward, "do you hear that noise?"</p> -<p>There was a great commotion in the wood; it was the escort of Don Ramón +<p>There was a great commotion in the wood; it was the escort of Don Ramón being surrounded.</p> -<p>Antinahuel shortly appeared, leading in Don Ramón Sandias. On +<p>Antinahuel shortly appeared, leading in Don Ramón Sandias. On perceiving the Linda he gave a start of terror.</p> <p>"Miserable scoundrel!" cried the general.</p> @@ -2738,9 +2699,9 @@ perceiving the Linda he gave a start of terror.</p> frightful wound."</p> <p>"Oh! I know all that," the Linda replied with a smile; "but I forget -and forgive Don Ramón Sandias."</p> +and forgive Don Ramón Sandias."</p> -<p>"Very well," he said, "since you desire it, Doña Maria; I pardon as you +<p>"Very well," he said, "since you desire it, Doña Maria; I pardon as you do."</p> <p>The senator could not believe his ears; but, at all hazards, he seized @@ -2751,7 +2712,7 @@ contemptuously.</p> useless to bind the prisoner."</p> -<p>"Oh! my dear benefactors!" exclaimed Don Ramón, rushing towards them.</p> +<p>"Oh! my dear benefactors!" exclaimed Don Ramón, rushing towards them.</p> <p>"Stop a bit, caballero!" cried Don Pancho; "we must now have a little talk together."</p> @@ -2790,7 +2751,7 @@ in the bosom of my family."</p> <p>"Bah!" he said, crushing the paper, "there is not even common sense in this despatch."</p> -<p>Doña Maria put an end to this by saying—</p> +<p>Doña Maria put an end to this by saying—</p> <p>"Go to Antinahuel, Don Pancho; he must demand an interview with the adventurers who are perched like owls at the summit of the rocks."</p> @@ -2801,7 +2762,7 @@ adventurers who are perched like owls at the summit of the rocks."</p> her conversation with the senator, by saying to him in a sardonic voice—</p> -<p>"Manage it as well as you are able, my dear señor; if you fail, I will +<p>"Manage it as well as you are able, my dear señor; if you fail, I will give you up to the Indians."</p> <p>"Hum!" said the terrified senator; "and if they learn it is I who have @@ -2822,16 +2783,16 @@ done that, what will happen?"</p> <p>Let us return to the hut of council, into which the count had been introduced by the general. Don Bustamente had too much personal courage not to like and appreciate that quality in another. Bowing he said, -"Your observation is perfectly just, señor——"</p> +"Your observation is perfectly just, señor——"</p> -<p>"Count de Prébois-Crancé;" the Frenchman finished the sentence with a +<p>"Count de Prébois-Crancé;" the Frenchman finished the sentence with a bow.</p> <p>"Before any other question," said Don Pancho, "permit me, count, to ask you how you have become personally mixed up with the men we are besieging?"</p> -<p>"In the simplest way possible, señor," Louis replied, with an arch +<p>"In the simplest way possible, señor," Louis replied, with an arch smile, "I am travelling with some friends and servants; yesterday the noise of a battle reached our ears; I naturally inquired what was going on; after this, several Spanish soldiers, running away along the crest @@ -2846,7 +2807,7 @@ of the world, they had the appearance of placing the utmost alliance.</p> <p>"So then, count," the general replied, "you are head of the garrison?"</p> -<p>"Yes, señor—"</p> +<p>"Yes, señor—"</p> <p>"General Don Pancho Bustamente."</p> @@ -2868,7 +2829,7 @@ you?"</p> <p>"Why, it is madness!" the general replied.</p> -<p>"Not at all, señor, it is courage."</p> +<p>"Not at all, señor, it is courage."</p> <p>The general knitted his brow, for the interview was taking a direction not at all agreeable to him: he resumed, "these are my conditions; you, @@ -2879,16 +2840,16 @@ immediately given up."</p> <p>The count's brow became clouded; he, however, bowed to all present with great courtesy, but then walked resolutely straight out of the hut.</p> -<p>"Where are you going, señor?" the general said, "and why do you leave +<p>"Where are you going, señor?" the general said, "and why do you leave us thus suddenly?"</p> -<p>"Señor," the count remarked, "after such a proposal reply is useless."</p> +<p>"Señor," the count remarked, "after such a proposal reply is useless."</p> <p>Whilst speaking thus the count kept walking on, and the five persons had left the camp, in some sort without perceiving it, and found themselves at a very short distance from the improvised citadel.</p> -<p>"Stay, señor," the general observed; "before refusing, you ought, at +<p>"Stay, señor," the general observed; "before refusing, you ought, at least, to warn your companions."</p> <p>"You are right, general," said the count.</p> @@ -2909,7 +2870,7 @@ the end of the lasso, which was quickly drawn up.</p> <p>All at once the moveable fortifications heaped upon the rock disappeared at if by enchantment, and the platform appeared covered with Chilian soldiers armed with muskets; a little in advance of them -stood Valentine and his dog Cæsar.</p> +stood Valentine and his dog Cæsar.</p> <p>"Count!" Valentine cried, in a voice that sounded like a trumpet, "in the name of your companions, you have very properly rejected @@ -2950,7 +2911,7 @@ the prisoners!"</p> <p>"Oh! let the man go," Antinahuel replied.</p> -<p>Don Ramón did not require this to be repeated; he followed the count +<p>Don Ramón did not require this to be repeated; he followed the count closely. Louis bowed courteously to the chiefs, and regained the summit of the rock, where his companions awaited him with great anxiety.</p> @@ -2997,7 +2958,7 @@ much in need, to examine our position."</p> <p>"What occasion is there for discussion, my friend?" said Don Tadeo warmly; "tomorrow, at daybreak, we will proceed toward the mountains, leaving the soldiers to continue their march to Valdivia, under the -conduct of Don Ramón."</p> +conduct of Don Ramón."</p> <p>"That is the best plan," said the senator: "we are all well armed; the few leagues before us present no appearance of serious danger: @@ -3023,7 +2984,7 @@ paleface friend wherever he may go."</p> <p>"Faith, not I!" Valentine answered gaily; "I am but too happy to have terminated the affair."</p> -<p>Here Cæsar, who had been crouching comfortably near the fire, began to +<p>Here Cæsar, who had been crouching comfortably near the fire, began to bark furiously.</p> <p>"Hello!" said Valentine, "what is going to happen now?"</p> @@ -3036,11 +2997,11 @@ we may have to do, it is as well to be on our guard."</p> <p>In a few minutes all the camp was roused. The noise drew nearer and nearer.</p> -<p>"¿Quién vive?" the sentinel cried.</p> +<p>"¿Quién vive?" the sentinel cried.</p> <p>"Chile!" replied a powerful voice.</p> -<p>"¿Qué gente?" went on the soldier.</p> +<p>"¿Qué gente?" went on the soldier.</p> <p>"Gente de paz," said the voice, and immediately added, "Don Gregorio Peralta."</p> @@ -3133,7 +3094,7 @@ only Valentine, the count, Curumilla, Joan, and Trangoil-Lanec.</p> <p>The five adventurers wrapped themselves in their ponchos, lay down with their feet to the fire, and went to sleep under the guardianship of -Cæsar.</p> +Cæsar.</p> @@ -3312,7 +3273,7 @@ Antinahuel."</p> good."</p> <p>"Yes," Valentine added, "I believe that my brother Curumilla has hit -the mark. It is evident that Antinahuel loves Doña Rosario, and that it +the mark. It is evident that Antinahuel loves Doña Rosario, and that it was for the purpose of giving her up to him that that hideous creature had the poor girl carried off. What do you think, Trangoil-Lanec?"</p> @@ -3477,7 +3438,7 @@ magnificent results."</p> help me frankly in recovering the power I have lost—give me the means of avenging myself on my enemies, and I will abandon to you for ever, in full proprietorship, not only the entire province of Valdivia, but, -still further, that of Concepción as far as Talca."</p> +still further, that of Concepción as far as Talca."</p> <p>At this magnificent offer the countenance of Antinahuel did not betray the least trace of emotion.</p> @@ -3541,7 +3502,7 @@ what you require."</p> <p>He turned it this way and he turned it that, as if to make out what the general had written; but as may be supposed, all his efforts produced -no results. Don Pancho and Doña Maria watched him closely. At the +no results. Don Pancho and Doña Maria watched him closely. At the expiration of a minute, the chief made another sign to Black Stag, who went out, but in a very short time returned, followed by two Indians leading a Chilian soldier between them.</p> @@ -3555,7 +3516,7 @@ down on this paper?"</p> <p>"The chief asks you if you can read."</p> -<p>"Yes, señor," the wounded man stammered.</p> +<p>"Yes, señor," the wounded man stammered.</p> <p>"Good!" said Antinahuel; "then explain it."</p> @@ -3578,7 +3539,7 @@ of Antinahuel, grand Toqui of the Araucanos, to abandon, in all proprietorship, to him and to his people, to enjoy and dispose of at their pleasure now and for ever, without anyone being able to contest with them the legitimate proprietorship: first, the province of -Valdivia; second, the province of Concepción, to within twenty miles of +Valdivia; second, the province of Concepción, to within twenty miles of the city of Talca. This territory shall belong, in all its breadth and in all its length, to the Araucano people, if the Toqui Antinahuel, by the help of an army, reinstates me in the power I have lost, and gives @@ -3617,13 +3578,13 @@ my village."</p> <p>"Interests of the highest importance oblige me."</p> -<p>"That is useless," said Doña Maria, coolly.</p> +<p>"That is useless," said Doña Maria, coolly.</p> <p>"What does my sister mean?" Antinahuel asked.</p> <p>"I have comprehended the impatience which devours the heart of my brother; this morning I myself despatched a <i>chasqui</i> after the -mosotones who were conducting the pale maiden to the toldería of the +mosotones who were conducting the pale maiden to the tolderÃa of the Puelches, with an order to retrace their steps."</p> <p>The countenance of the chief cleared up.</p> @@ -3637,7 +3598,7 @@ palefaces desires."</p> <p>"We must, if we wish to succeed, act with the rapidity of lightning," said Don Pancho; "collect all your warriors, and let their rendezvous -be upon the Bio Bio. We will gain possession of Concepción by a +be upon the Bio Bio. We will gain possession of Concepción by a <i>coup-de-main;</i> and if our movements are prompt, we shall be masters of Santiago, the capital, before they have time to raise the necessary troops to oppose their passage."</p> @@ -3664,7 +3625,7 @@ also can keep my promises."</p> of horsemen disappeared in the depths of the virgin forest which formed the limits of the plain.</p> -<p>Doña Maria and Bustamente were in high spirits; they both thought their +<p>Doña Maria and Bustamente were in high spirits; they both thought their object nearly obtained; they imagined they were on the point of seeing realised the hope they had so long nourished.</p> @@ -3676,7 +3637,7 @@ realised the hope they had so long nourished.</p> <h3>DELIRIUM.</h3> -<p>It had been very unwillingly that Don Tadeo de León consented to resume +<p>It had been very unwillingly that Don Tadeo de León consented to resume that power which he had so gladly once laid down when he thought tranquillity was re-established. Dull and silent he followed the troop, who appeared rather to escort a state prisoner than the man they judged @@ -3728,7 +3689,7 @@ galloping in a contrary direction, and must inevitably cross or clash. As they met, Don Gregorio seized the curb rein of his friend's horse with a grasp of iron, and giving it a sudden check, stopped it short.</p> -<p>"Don Tadeo de León!" Don Gregorio cried; "have you forgotten Doña +<p>"Don Tadeo de León!" Don Gregorio cried; "have you forgotten Doña Rosario, your daughter?"</p> <p>At the name of his daughter, a convulsive trembling ran over Don Tadeos @@ -3831,7 +3792,7 @@ account for it."</p> went, in a low voice of the means to be taken to thwart the attempts of General Bustamente. Don Tadeo had recovered all his coolness. His ideas had again become clear. One man alone was a stranger to all we -have related. This was Don Ramón Sandias. The poor senator, soaked with +have related. This was Don Ramón Sandias. The poor senator, soaked with rain, terrified at the storm, and muffled in his cloak up to the eyes, seemed to live quite mechanically. He only wished for one thing, and that was to gain some place of shelter; so he kept on and on, without @@ -3849,13 +3810,13 @@ awake."</p> <p>"Where do you come from, alone, so late?" the man who had before spoken continued.</p> -<p>"What do you mean by 'alone'?" said Don Ramón, recovering his spirits a +<p>"What do you mean by 'alone'?" said Don Ramón, recovering his spirits a little—"do you take my companions for nothing?"</p> <p>"Your companions! What companions are you talking about?" cried several voices.</p> -<p>Don Ramón looked round with a terrified air.</p> +<p>Don Ramón looked round with a terrified air.</p> <p>"Well, that's true!" he said. "I am alone. What on earth has become of the others?"</p> @@ -3876,7 +3837,7 @@ are!"</p> <p>"That's true," he replied.</p> -<p>"Do you know whether Don Gregorio has met with Don Tadeo de León?" +<p>"Do you know whether Don Gregorio has met with Don Tadeo de León?" Several voices asked simultaneously.</p> <p>"Yes, they are coming together."</p> @@ -3892,7 +3853,7 @@ direct him to a place of shelter. No one replied to him; all were busy lighting torches, or rousing the inhabitants of the houses, either by knocking at their doors, or calling them by their names.</p> -<p>"Válgame Dios!" the senator murmured in despair; "these people are all +<p>"Válgame Dios!" the senator murmured in despair; "these people are all mad to run about the streets in such weather as this! Am I going to be present at another revolution?"</p> @@ -3923,7 +3884,7 @@ noble to sacrifice them to it, and that he who knows how to die bravely for the welfare of his fellow citizens fulfils a holy and a grand mission. His determination was formed at once. He drew his head proudly up, and saluted with a smile the joyous groups which pressed around him -on his passage, clapping their hands and shouting "¡Viva Chile!" He +on his passage, clapping their hands and shouting "¡Viva Chile!" He arrived at the cabildo thus escorted.</p> <p>He dismounted, ascended the steps of the palace, and turned towards @@ -3939,8 +3900,8 @@ have given me. You shall always see me in the front rank of those who fight for liberty. Be always united for the public welfare, and tyranny will never succeed in conquering you."</p> -<p>This little warm address was hailed with reiterated "¡Bravos!" and -prolonged cries of "¡Viva Chile!"</p> +<p>This little warm address was hailed with reiterated "¡Bravos!" and +prolonged cries of "¡Viva Chile!"</p> <p>Don Tadeo entered the palace. He there found assembled the superior officers, the alcaldes, and the principal leader of the Dark Hearts. @@ -3968,10 +3929,10 @@ the reply of the senate of Santiago to the manifesto you addressed to them after the fall of the tyrant; it is an order which invests you with supreme power. As, after the victory, you resigned the power into my hands, I had kept this order secret. The moment is come to render it -public. Don Tadeo de León! you are our leader."</p> +public. Don Tadeo de León! you are our leader."</p> <p>At this intelligence all present arose with delight, crying with -enthusiasm, "¡Viva Don Tadeo de León!"</p> +enthusiasm, "¡Viva Don Tadeo de León!"</p> <p>He took the paper and ran his eyes over the contents.</p> @@ -3999,12 +3960,12 @@ of which is to divide the forces of our adversaries, ought to be made in a manner which will oblige them to send important reinforcements. A second division, composed of all the men in the province capable of bearing arms, will march upon the Bio Bio, in order to lend a hand to -the troops of the province of Concepción.</p> +the troops of the province of Concepción.</p> <p>"But," a superior officer objected, "permit me, Don Tadeo, to say that in your plan you forget one thing."</p> -<p>"What is that, señor?"</p> +<p>"What is that, señor?"</p> <p>"Is not this province more exposed than any other?"</p> @@ -4026,7 +3987,7 @@ such circumstances we cannot employ too much prudence, a civil militia must be instituted in order to defend its hearths. Don Gregorio, you will take the command of the troops destined to act against Arauca. I reserve for myself the command of the army of the Bio Bio. This -morning, at daybreak, Señor the Alcalde Mayor, you will cause a +morning, at daybreak, Señor the Alcalde Mayor, you will cause a bando to be published in all the provinces announcing that voluntary enrolments, at a demi-piastre per day, are opened. You, Colonel Gutierrez, I name governor of the province; your first care must be to @@ -4058,7 +4019,7 @@ specially in pursuit of Bustamente."</p> <p>"Depend upon me."</p> -<p>"Send directly Don Ramón Sandias to the governor of Concepción, to warn +<p>"Send directly Don Ramón Sandias to the governor of Concepción, to warn him to be upon his guard."</p> <p>Don Gregorio bowed, and retired laughing.</p> @@ -4075,15 +4036,15 @@ him to be upon his guard."</p> alone, seated himself at a table, and began to send off orders.</p> <p>Several hours had passed away thus; the morning was advanced, and Don -Tadeo had despatched all his couriers. At this moment Don Ramón Sandias +Tadeo had despatched all his couriers. At this moment Don Ramón Sandias appeared.</p> -<p>"Well, Don Ramón," Don Tadeo said in a friendly accent, "you are still +<p>"Well, Don Ramón," Don Tadeo said in a friendly accent, "you are still among us."</p> <p>"Yes, Excellency," the senator replied.</p> -<p>"Have you cause to complain, Don Ramón?" asked Don Tadeo.</p> +<p>"Have you cause to complain, Don Ramón?" asked Don Tadeo.</p> <p>"Oh, no!" said the senator, "quite the contrary."</p> @@ -4157,13 +4118,13 @@ likes; let everything be given to him that he asks for."</p> <p>"A noble nature!" cried Don Tadeo.</p> -<p>"Yes." said Don Ramón, "for a savage."</p> +<p>"Yes." said Don Ramón, "for a savage."</p> <p>The King of Darkness was recalled to himself by the voice which thus mingled its harsh notes with his thoughts; his eyes fell upon the senator, whom he no longer thought of.</p> -<p>"Ah!" said he, "I had forgotten you, Don Ramón."</p> +<p>"Ah!" said he, "I had forgotten you, Don Ramón."</p> <p>The latter bit his tongue and repented too late.</p> @@ -4173,7 +4134,7 @@ deal to be at your hacienda?"</p> <p>The senator shook his head affirmatively.</p> <p>"I will offer you," Don Tadeo continued, "a chance of regaining the -happiness you sigh for. You will set out immediately for Concepción. +happiness you sigh for. You will set out immediately for Concepción. One would think you did not like the mission."</p> <p>"I will go."</p> @@ -4210,7 +4171,7 @@ the city. Where is Joan?"</p> <p>"I will accomplish it, or die in the attempt."</p> <p>"Deliver this necklace to the Spanish general, Fuentes, who commands -in Concepción." Don Tadeo drew from his breast a dagger of a curious +in Concepción." Don Tadeo drew from his breast a dagger of a curious shape, the bronze knob of which served as a seal. "My brother will also take this dagger; on seeing it the general will know that Joan comes from me."</p> @@ -4270,7 +4231,7 @@ of the army was, at that moment, about nine thousand men. Black Stag, with a troop of chosen warriors, beat the country in all directions, in order to surprise the enemy's scouts.</p> -<p>Antinahuel had retired under his toldo with the Linda and Doña Rosario. +<p>Antinahuel had retired under his toldo with the Linda and Doña Rosario. She bore upon her pale countenance traces of the fatigues she had undergone. She stood, with downcast eyes, before the Toqui.</p> @@ -4366,7 +4327,7 @@ the Linda said, in a cutting voice—</p> <p>"Poor girl! Although you have been nearly a month a prisoner, can you at all divine what induced me to have carried you off?"</p> -<p>"I do not comprehend you, señora," the young lady replied, mildly; +<p>"I do not comprehend you, señora," the young lady replied, mildly; "your words are enigmas to me; I in vain endeavour to discover their meaning."</p> @@ -4374,7 +4335,7 @@ meaning."</p> laugh; "and yet I fancy that on the night we were face to face at the village of San Miguel, I spoke to you pretty plainly."</p> -<p>"All it was possible for me to understand, señora, was, that you hate +<p>"All it was possible for me to understand, señora, was, that you hate me."</p> <p>"As the fact exists, of what importance is the reason? Yes, I hate @@ -4383,19 +4344,19 @@ myself upon you, it is not you I hate; but the man who loves you; whose heart is broken at your tears! But the torments I reserve for you are nothing, if he is ignorant of them."</p> -<p>"God is just, señora," the maiden replied, firmly. "I do not know what +<p>"God is just, señora," the maiden replied, firmly. "I do not know what crimes you meditate, but He will watch over me."</p> <p>"God! miserable, puny creature!" cried the Linda. "God is but a word; He does not exist."</p> -<p>"He will not fail me, señora," Doña Rosario replied. "Beware! lest soon +<p>"He will not fail me, señora," Doña Rosario replied. "Beware! lest soon bowed by His powerful hand, you, in your turn, may implore His mercy in vain."</p> <p>"Begone, miserable child; your threats only inspire me with contempt."</p> -<p>"I do not threaten, señora; I am an unfortunate young girl. I only +<p>"I do not threaten, señora; I am an unfortunate young girl. I only endeavour to soften you."</p> <p>"Vain are your prayers," she added; "when my hour comes I will ask for @@ -4430,41 +4391,41 @@ state of stupefaction.</p> again, I would do it again! Oh, you do not know what happiness I experience in seeing you, a white dove, rolled in the mud."</p> -<p>"But have you no heart, señora?"</p> +<p>"But have you no heart, señora?"</p> <p>"No, I no longer have; it is long since it was tortured and broken by despair."</p> <p>For a moment the maiden was overcome.</p> -<p>"Pity, señora!" she cried, in a piercing tone; "oh, you have said you +<p>"Pity, señora!" she cried, in a piercing tone; "oh, you have said you had a heart once! You have loved! In the name of him you loved, have pity—pity for me."</p> <p>"No, no pity, none was felt for me!" and she pushed her away.</p> -<p>"Señora! in the name of one you have loved, pity."</p> +<p>"Señora! in the name of one you have loved, pity."</p> <p>"I love nothing now but vengeance!" she cried; "it is good to hate; a woman forgets her insults through it."</p> -<p>Doña Rosario did not hear these frightful words; a prey to despair, she +<p>Doña Rosario did not hear these frightful words; a prey to despair, she continued to weep and supplicate; but the word child struck her ear; a light flashed across her brain.</p> -<p>"Oh, señora!" she cried, "I knew you were good, and that I should +<p>"Oh, señora!" she cried, "I knew you were good, and that I should succeed in softening you!"</p> <p>"What does this folly mean?" said the Linda.</p> -<p>"Señora!" Rosario implored, "you have had children! you have loved +<p>"Señora!" Rosario implored, "you have had children! you have loved them! oh, loved them dearly!"</p> <p>"Silence, unhappy wretch!" cried the Linda; "silence; speak not to me of my daughter!"</p> <p>"Yes," Rosario continued, "that is it; it was a daughter. Oh, you -adored her, señora!"</p> +adored her, señora!"</p> <p>"Adored my daughter!" cried the Linda, with the roar of a hyena.</p> @@ -4475,10 +4436,10 @@ remembrance have you evoked!—It is to avenge my daughter! my daughter! who was stolen from me, that I wish to make of you the most unhappy of creatures."</p> -<p>Doña Rosario remained for an instant as if struck by a thunderbolt, but +<p>Doña Rosario remained for an instant as if struck by a thunderbolt, but looking the courtesan full in the face, said—</p> -<p>"Señora, you have no heart—be then accursed. As to me, I shall be +<p>"Señora, you have no heart—be then accursed. As to me, I shall be taught how to extricate myself from the outrages you vainly threaten me with."</p> @@ -4487,10 +4448,10 @@ of the Linda a narrow, sharp-pointed dagger.</p> <p>The Linda sprang towards her.</p> -<p>"Stop, señora," the maiden said to her, resolutely; "one step farther, +<p>"Stop, señora," the maiden said to her, resolutely; "one step farther, and I stab myself! Oh, I no longer fear you!"</p> -<p>Doña Rosarios look was so firm, her countenance so determined, that the +<p>Doña Rosarios look was so firm, her countenance so determined, that the Linda stopped.</p> <p>"Well," Rosario resumed, with a smile of contempt, "you no longer @@ -4502,7 +4463,7 @@ into my heart."</p> <p>At that moment a great tumult was heard in the camp; hurried steps approached the toldo in which the two women were. The Linda resumed her -seat, and composed her features. Doña Rosario, with a joyful smile, +seat, and composed her features. Doña Rosario, with a joyful smile, concealed the dagger.</p> @@ -4510,10 +4471,10 @@ concealed the dagger.</p> <hr class="chap" /> <h4><a name="CHAPTER_XXVI" id="CHAPTER_XXVI">CHAPTER XXVI.</a></h4> -<h3>THE END OF DON RAMÓN'S JOURNEY.</h3> +<h3>THE END OF DON RAMÓN'S JOURNEY.</h3> -<p>In the meantime Don Ramón had left Valdivia. This time the senator +<p>In the meantime Don Ramón had left Valdivia. This time the senator was alone—alone with his horse, a poor, lean, half-foundered beast, which hobbled along with its head and ears down, and appeared in all points to harmonise with the sad thoughts which doubtless occupied its @@ -4525,7 +4486,7 @@ some invisible gun. Being conscious that he could not impose upon the enemies, doubtless disseminated over his route, by any appearance of strength or power, he determined to impose upon them by his weakness—that is to say, he got rid of all his arms. At a few leagues -distance from Valdivia he had been passed by Joan. Don Ramón watched +distance from Valdivia he had been passed by Joan. Don Ramón watched him for a long time with a look of envy.</p> <p>"What happy fellows these Indians are!" he grumbled; "the desert @@ -4545,7 +4506,7 @@ murmuring—</p> of felicitating himself upon being still safe and sound, he said, with a shake of the head—</p> -<p>"Hum! the Pícaros! they know very well I cannot escape them, and they +<p>"Hum! the PÃcaros! they know very well I cannot escape them, and they are playing with me as a cat does with a mouse."</p> <p>And yet two days had passed away without a mishap, nothing had occurred @@ -4554,13 +4515,13 @@ morning crossed the ford of the Carampangne, and was drawing near to the Bio Bio which he hoped to reach by sunset.</p> <p>But the Bio Bio had to be crossed, and there lay the difficulty. The -river has but one ford, a little above Concepción. The senator knew it +river has but one ford, a little above Concepción. The senator knew it perfectly well but a secret presentiment told him not to approach it. -Unfortunately Don Ramón had no choice, he could take no other road.</p> +Unfortunately Don Ramón had no choice, he could take no other road.</p> -<p>The senator hesitated as long as Cæsar did at the famous passage of +<p>The senator hesitated as long as Cæsar did at the famous passage of the Rubicon; at length, as there were no means of doing otherwise, Don -Ramón very unwillingly spurred on his horse, and advanced towards the +Ramón very unwillingly spurred on his horse, and advanced towards the ford, recommending himself to the protection of all the saints of the Spanish golden legend.</p> @@ -4568,11 +4529,11 @@ Spanish golden legend.</p> and it cantered gaily on with the infallible instinct of these noble beasts, without pausing in the inextricable windings which crossed each other in the high grass. Although the river was not yet visible, -Don Ramón could hear the roaring of the waters. He was passing by, +Don Ramón could hear the roaring of the waters. He was passing by, at the moment, a dark hill, from the thickly-wooded sides of which proceeded, at intervals, sounds which he could not make out. The animal too, as much alarmed as its master, pricked up its ears and redoubled -its speed. Don Ramón scarcely ventured to breathe, and looked in all +its speed. Don Ramón scarcely ventured to breathe, and looked in all directions with the greatest terror. He was close to the ford, when suddenly a rough voice smote his ear and rendered him as motionless as if he had been changed into a block of marble. Half a score Indian @@ -4593,7 +4554,7 @@ remembrance—</p> <p>"I am not the friend of the Huincas," the Indian said, sternly.</p> -<p>"I mean," Don Ramón corrected himself, "we are old acquaintances."</p> +<p>"I mean," Don Ramón corrected himself, "we are old acquaintances."</p> <p>"Good! what is the Chiapla doing here?"</p> @@ -4602,7 +4563,7 @@ remembrance—</p> <p>"Let the paleface reply clearly; a chief is questioning him," Black Stag said, frowning.</p> -<p>"I ask no better," Don Ramón replied, in a conciliating tone. "Question +<p>"I ask no better," Don Ramón replied, in a conciliating tone. "Question me."</p> <p>"Where is the paleface going?"</p> @@ -4624,7 +4585,7 @@ you think would charge me with a mission?"</p> <p>"What necklace do you mean?"</p> -<p>"The one which you have to deliver to the chief of Concepción."</p> +<p>"The one which you have to deliver to the chief of Concepción."</p> <p>"Who! I?"</p> @@ -4635,17 +4596,17 @@ you think would charge me with a mission?"</p> <p>"My brother speaks well: Aucas warriors are not women, they know how to discover what is hidden."</p> -<p>Any resistance was impossible, and if it had not been, Don Ramón was +<p>Any resistance was impossible, and if it had not been, Don Ramón was not the man to have attempted it; hence he obeyed, and his horse was led away.</p> <p>"The paleface will follow me," Black Stag commanded.</p> -<p>"Hum!" said Don Ramón, "where are you going?"</p> +<p>"Hum!" said Don Ramón, "where are you going?"</p> <p>"To the Toqui and the Great Eagle of the Whites."</p> -<p>"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" said Don Ramón to himself.</p> +<p>"Oh, dear! oh, dear!" said Don Ramón to himself.</p> <p>The warriors led their prisoner among the coppice. After a short ascent they arrived at the camp. General Bustamente and Antinahuel were @@ -4655,7 +4616,7 @@ conversing as they walked about.</p> <p>"A prisoner," Black Stag replied.</p> -<p>"Eh, what!" said the general, "it is my honourable friend, Don Ramón!"</p> +<p>"Eh, what!" said the general, "it is my honourable friend, Don Ramón!"</p> <p>"Yes—worse luck—"</p> @@ -4669,10 +4630,10 @@ conversing as they walked about.</p> <p>The general and Antinahuel exchanged a few words.</p> -<p>"Come with us, Don Ramón," the general rejoined, "the Toqui wishes to +<p>"Come with us, Don Ramón," the general rejoined, "the Toqui wishes to have some conversation."</p> -<p>"With pleasure," said Don Ramón; and cursing his evil star he followed +<p>"With pleasure," said Don Ramón; and cursing his evil star he followed the two men into the toldo.</p> <p>The warriors who had brought the senator remained without, to execute @@ -4692,7 +4653,7 @@ continuation of your journey."</p> <p>"How so?"</p> -<p>"Deliver up to the Toqui the order which Don Tadeo de León has charged +<p>"Deliver up to the Toqui the order which Don Tadeo de León has charged you."</p> <p>"What order do you mean, general?"</p> @@ -4770,7 +4731,7 @@ project."</p> who seized him roughly, and dragged him out of the toldo, in spite of his cries and tears. Black Stag led them to the foot of an enormous espino, whose thick branches formed a wide shadow on the hill. When -they arrived there, Don Ramón made a last and powerful effort, escaped +they arrived there, Don Ramón made a last and powerful effort, escaped from the hands of his surprised guards, and darted away like a madman up the steep acclivity of the mountain.</p> @@ -4779,7 +4740,7 @@ strength. When the Indian warriors overtook him, which they easily did, terror had already nearly killed him. The warriors placed the noose of a lasso round his neck, and then threw it up over the principal branch of the espino. But he was dead when they hanged him—fright had -killed him. It was written that poor Don Ramón Sandias, the victim of a +killed him. It was written that poor Don Ramón Sandias, the victim of a foolish ambition, should never see Casa Azul again.</p> @@ -4799,7 +4760,7 @@ immediately.</p> the chiefs to a grand Auca-coyog. Thirty Ulmens and Apo-Ulmens were quickly assembled at the place appointed. Antinahuel soon appeared, followed by General Bustamente. Antinahuel held in his hand the letter -taken from Don Ramón, and he spoke as follows:—</p> +taken from Don Ramón, and he spoke as follows:—</p> <p>"Ulmens, Apo-Ulmens, and chiefs of the four Uthal-mapus of the Araucanian confederacy, I have convoked you by the heralds to @@ -4816,7 +4777,7 @@ Valdivia the objections you have thought it your duty to make on the subject of the plan of the campaign. These objections have been found just; consequently the following plan has been modified according to your observations. You will continue, then, to cover the province of -Concepción, by holding the line of the Bio Bio, which you will not +Concepción, by holding the line of the Bio Bio, which you will not cross without fresh orders. On my side, with seven thousand men, I will march upon Arauca, of which I will take possession and destroy. This plan offers us the more chances of success, from the enemy being, as @@ -4828,7 +4789,7 @@ with an injunction not to leave it.'"</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 11em;">"'Signed,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 16.5em;">DON TADEO DE LEÓN,'"</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 16.5em;">DON TADEO DE LEÓN,'"</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 15em;">"'Dictator and General-in-Chief of'"</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 16.5em;">"'the Army of Liberation."</span><br /> </p> @@ -4919,7 +4880,7 @@ retreat."</p> <p>"To retreat!" the Linda cried furiously, and rushing towards Antinahuel—</p> -<p>"What! you! you fly! you confess yourself conquered! Don Tadeo de León, +<p>"What! you! you fly! you confess yourself conquered! Don Tadeo de León, the executioner of your family, is marching against you, and you are frightened! Coward! coward! put on petticoats; you are not a warrior! you are not a man; you are an old woman."</p> @@ -4961,7 +4922,7 @@ upon them with the utmost fury. From that time the struggle had no equality. The Aucas, notwithstanding their courage, were obliged to give ground, leaving nearly two hundred dead on the banks of the river.</p> -<p>The plan conceived by Don Tadeo de León had completely succeeded. The +<p>The plan conceived by Don Tadeo de León had completely succeeded. The army of General Fuentes had forced the passage of the Bio Bio. Thus, thanks to the ruse employed by the dictator, the ground upon which the quarrel was to be decided was changed, and the Aucas were forced to @@ -4984,7 +4945,7 @@ where infinite pains are often required to raise an army half as numerous. As soon as the passage was effected, and the banks cleared of the fugitives, the general encamped his troops, resolved to give them a few hours' repose before resuming his march to form a junction with -Don Tadeo de León. After giving these orders, as he was entering his +Don Tadeo de León. After giving these orders, as he was entering his marquee, an Indian came towards him.</p> <p>"What do you want, Joan?" asked he.</p> @@ -5203,30 +5164,30 @@ escaped in another.</p> <h3>THE KING OF DARKNESS.</h3> -<p>Don Tadeo de León had manoeuvred with the greatest skill and +<p>Don Tadeo de León had manoeuvred with the greatest skill and promptitude: supporting his left upon the sea, and pivoting upon Arauca, the capital of the confederation, he had extended his right along the mountains, so as to cut off the communications of the enemy, who, by his junction with General Fuentes, found themselves placed between two fires.</p> -<p>Antinahuel, deceived by the false message found on Don Ramón, had +<p>Antinahuel, deceived by the false message found on Don Ramón, had committed the unpardonable fault of raising his camp of the Bio Bio, and thus leaving a free passage for General Fuentes. General Bustamente had viewed with despair the faults his ally had committed, faults which the latter would not allow till it was too late to remedy.</p> -<p>Doña Maria, the woman who had been his evil genius, abandoned him now. +<p>Doña Maria, the woman who had been his evil genius, abandoned him now. The Linda, faithful to her hatred, only thought of one thing—to make -Doña Rosario suffer as much as she could.</p> +Doña Rosario suffer as much as she could.</p> <p>Antinahuel had endeavoured to throw himself into the mountains, but all his efforts had been in vain, and he had only obtained the result he wished to avoid—that is to say, he had placed himself between three -<i>corps d'armée</i>, which, by degrees, closed round him, and had ended by +<i>corps d'armée</i>, which, by degrees, closed round him, and had ended by placing him in the annoying obligation of fighting upon ground which it pleased the enemy to choose instead of in his own country, Don Gregorio -Peralta closed up his passage towards the sea; Don Tadeo de León on the +Peralta closed up his passage towards the sea; Don Tadeo de León on the side of the Arauca; whilst General Fuentes defended the approach to the mountains.</p> @@ -5234,7 +5195,7 @@ mountains.</p> lasted a fortnight. Don Tadeo was anxious to strike a great blow, and terminate the war in a single battle. On the day with which we resume the course of our narrative, the Araucanos and Chilians were at length -in presence: Don Tadeo de León, shut up in his tent with Don Gregorio, +in presence: Don Tadeo de León, shut up in his tent with Don Gregorio, General Fuentes, and several other superior officers of his staff, was giving them his last orders, when a summons of trumpets was heard from without. The Chilians immediately replied; an aide-de-camp entered the @@ -5421,13 +5382,13 @@ through the ranks of his warriors.</p> the Linda. Their short conversation ended with these words, which did not fail to make an impression upon the woman's heart—</p> -<p>"Farewell, señora!" he said, in a melancholy voice; "I am going to +<p>"Farewell, señora!" he said, in a melancholy voice; "I am going to die—thanks to the bad influence you have exercised over me—in the ranks of those to whom my duty orders me to be opposed! I am going to die the death of a traitor, hated and despised by all! I pardon you the evil you have done me. Repent!—there is still time! Farewell!"</p> -<p>He coldly bowed to the dejected Doña Maria, and rejoined the troop.</p> +<p>He coldly bowed to the dejected Doña Maria, and rejoined the troop.</p> <p>The Chilian army was formed in squares of echelons.</p> @@ -5436,7 +5397,7 @@ of joy at beholding two men.</p> <p>"Don Louis! Don Valentine!" he exclaimed; "you here?"</p> -<p>"Faith! yes, here we are," Valentine replied, laughing; "Cæsar and +<p>"Faith! yes, here we are," Valentine replied, laughing; "Cæsar and all, who has a great inclination to taste an Araucano; haven't you, old dog?" he said.</p> @@ -5617,7 +5578,7 @@ like travelling."</p> <p>His courage was so great, so audacious, so spontaneous, that the Chilians looked at him with admiration, and felt themselves electrified -by his example. Cæsar, covered by his master with a kind of cuirass +by his example. Cæsar, covered by his master with a kind of cuirass of leather and armed with an enormous collar edged with steel points, inspired the Indians with the greatest terror—they knew not what to make of such a creature.</p> @@ -5660,7 +5621,7 @@ Don Tadeo?"</p> with anger, "I see it all now. Quick, to the rescue!"</p> <p>The two young men placed themselves at the head of the horsemen who -accompanied them, and rode back furiously into the <i>mêlée</i>. They soon +accompanied them, and rode back furiously into the <i>mêlée</i>. They soon perceived the person they were in search of; Don Tadeo, supported by only four or five men, was fighting desperately.</p> @@ -5695,7 +5656,7 @@ the dagger bore the distinctive sign of the Dark Hearts.</p> <p>The results obtained by the winning of this battle were immense. Unfortunately, these results were lessened, if not compromised, by a public disaster of immense consequence, which was the disappearance, -and perhaps the death, of Don Tadeo de León, the only man whose energy +and perhaps the death, of Don Tadeo de León, the only man whose energy and severity of principles could save the country. The Chilian army in the midst of its triumph was plunged in grief.</p> @@ -5786,7 +5747,7 @@ embrace you?"</p> <p>"Immediately."</p> <p>"Come on," said Valentine to his foster brother, as he whistled to -Cæsar and clapped spurs to his horse.</p> +Cæsar and clapped spurs to his horse.</p> <p>"I am with you," Louis replied, promptly.</p> @@ -5832,7 +5793,7 @@ easily effaced."</p> <p>"Farewell, Joan!" said the count, in his turn. "Sleep in peace, good friend."</p> -<p>Cæsar had watched with intelligent attention the movements of his +<p>Cæsar had watched with intelligent attention the movements of his masters; at this moment he placed his forepaws upon the grave, smelt the earth, and then gave two lugubrious howls.</p> @@ -5842,7 +5803,7 @@ the spot where the brave Araucano lay, they departed.</p> <p>They had by degrees diverged a little towards the right to get nearer to the mountains and were following a narrow path traced along the -rather sharp descent of a wooded hill. Cæsar suddenly pricked up his +rather sharp descent of a wooded hill. Cæsar suddenly pricked up his ears, and sprang forward, wagging his tail.</p> <p>"We are getting near," said Louis.</p> @@ -5853,7 +5814,7 @@ ears, and sprang forward, wagging his tail.</p> the Newfoundland disappeared. After passing this elbow, the Frenchmen suddenly found themselves in front of a fire, before which a quarter of a guanaco was roasting; two men, reclined upon the grass at a short -distance, were smoking comfortably, whilst Cæsar, gravely seated on +distance, were smoking comfortably, whilst Cæsar, gravely seated on his tail, followed with a jealous eye the progress of the cooking of the guanaco. These two men were Curumilla and Trangoil-Lanec. At the sight of their friends, the Frenchmen dismounted. Valentine led the @@ -6112,11 +6073,11 @@ was not roused till the moment for departure.</p> <h3>THE ULTIMATUM.</h3> -<p>Antinahuel had rejoined the mosotones to whom he had confided Doña +<p>Antinahuel had rejoined the mosotones to whom he had confided Doña Rosario two days previously. The two troops now formed but one. The Toqui had at first entertained the intention of crossing the first plateau of the Andes. But the battle they had lost had produced -terrible consequences; their principal tolderías had been burned by the +terrible consequences; their principal tolderÃas had been burned by the Spaniards, their towns sacked, and the inhabitants either killed or carried away. Such as had been able to fly had at first wandered about the woods without an object; but as soon as they learned that the Toqui @@ -6182,7 +6143,7 @@ remained motionless.</p> <p>Don Gregorio shrugged his shoulders disdainfully,</p> -<p>"Don Tadeo de León is in your hands," he said.</p> +<p>"Don Tadeo de León is in your hands," he said.</p> <p>"Yes; the man is my prisoner."</p> @@ -6204,10 +6165,10 @@ you."</p> Antinahuel. If pride had not prevented him, he would have renewed the parley. He returned to his camp buried in thought, and went straight to his toldo. The Linda, who was seated in a corner upon sheepskins, -was as much absorbed in thought as the chief; Doña Rosario had fallen +was as much absorbed in thought as the chief; Doña Rosario had fallen asleep. At the sight of the young girl the chief experienced a peculiar emotion, the blood flowed back forcibly to his heart, and springing -towards her, he imprinted a burning kiss upon her half-open lips, Doña +towards her, he imprinted a burning kiss upon her half-open lips, Doña Rosario, suddenly awakened, bounded to the extremity of the toldo, uttering a cry of terror.</p> @@ -6228,7 +6189,7 @@ effect upon me."</p> <p>And he advanced again towards her. The Linda, still apparently buried in her reflections, seemed not to be aware of what was going on.</p> -<p>"Señora, señora!" the maiden cried; "in the name of all that is sacred +<p>"Señora, señora!" the maiden cried; "in the name of all that is sacred defend me, I implore you!"</p> <p>The Linda raised her head, looked at her coldly, and, with a dry @@ -6238,7 +6199,7 @@ nervous laugh, said—</p> <p>Then she thrust her roughly from her.</p> -<p>"Oh!" cried Doña Rosario, in a piercing voice, "maldición on you, +<p>"Oh!" cried Doña Rosario, in a piercing voice, "maldición on you, heartless woman!"</p> <p>Again the chief approached, and again his victim darted to the other @@ -6260,7 +6221,7 @@ scarred, grinning face of the Linda was bent towards his ear.</p> <p>"On my soul I do," she replied.</p> -<p>In the meantime Doña Rosario—her arm elevated and her body bent +<p>In the meantime Doña Rosario—her arm elevated and her body bent forward—awaited the denouement of this frightful scene. With a facility which the Indians alone possess, Antinahuel composed his countenance so as entirely to change its expression.</p> @@ -6273,7 +6234,7 @@ attribute this sudden change, he left the toldo.</p> <p>Upon reflection, Antinahuel resolved to strike his camp and depart.</p> -<p>The Linda and Doña Rosario were sent in advance, under the guard of +<p>The Linda and Doña Rosario were sent in advance, under the guard of some mosotones. The young girl, weakened by the terrible emotions she had undergone, could scarcely sit her horse; a burning fever had seized her. "I am thirsty—so thirsty!" she murmured.</p> @@ -6288,7 +6249,7 @@ a large draught.</p> <p>"Good!" said the Linda to herself.</p> -<p>"Thank you," Doña Rosario murmured, restoring the gourd almost empty. +<p>"Thank you," Doña Rosario murmured, restoring the gourd almost empty. But ere long her eyes gradually grew heavy, and she sank back, murmuring in a faint voice—</p> @@ -6304,7 +6265,7 @@ heart fail her, but quickly recovering, she said, with a bitter smile—</p> <p>"Am I growing foolish?"</p> -<p>She made a sign to the mosotone who carried Doña Rosario to draw +<p>She made a sign to the mosotone who carried Doña Rosario to draw nearer, and examined her attentively.</p> <p>"She is asleep," she muttered, with an expression of satisfied hatred; @@ -6521,7 +6482,7 @@ supplicate you, I weep! Don Tadeo, restore me my child!"</p> <p>She cast herself at the feet of Don Tadeo, and seized his poncho.</p> -<p>"Begone, señora, begone!"</p> +<p>"Begone, señora, begone!"</p> <p>"And is that all?" she cried, in a choked, husky voice; "Is that all? I implore you, I drag myself panting with grief through the dust at your @@ -6564,8 +6525,8 @@ horrible presentiment.</p> <p>The Araucanos, spread about the camp, saw with surprise these two -persons, both in apparent agitation, pass them. Doña Maria rushed into -the toldo, followed by Don Tadeo. Doña Rosario was fast asleep upon +persons, both in apparent agitation, pass them. Doña Maria rushed into +the toldo, followed by Don Tadeo. Doña Rosario was fast asleep upon a bed of dry leaves, covered with sheepskins. She had the appearance of a dead person. Don Tadeo, deceived by this, sprang towards her, exclaiming in a tone of despair—</p> @@ -6836,14 +6797,14 @@ day into the mountains without any determinate object.</p> <p>The truth was she had passed the whole day in vainly endeavouring to induce the maiden to speak to her; the latter had constantly refused, but the Linda was not a woman to be easily repulsed. As soon as the -chief had left her, she went to Doña Rosario, and stooping to her ear, +chief had left her, she went to Doña Rosario, and stooping to her ear, said in a low, melancholy voice—</p> <p>"Pardon me all the ill I have done you—I did not know who you were; in the name of Heaven, have pity on me—I am your mother!"</p> <p>At this avowal, the young girl staggered as if she were thunderstruck. -The Linda sprang towards her, but Doña Rosario repulsed her with a cry +The Linda sprang towards her, but Doña Rosario repulsed her with a cry of horror, and fled into her toldo.</p> <p>"Oh!" the Linda cried, with tears in her eyes, "I will love her so that @@ -6879,22 +6840,22 @@ the sooner able to enjoy the repose they stood so much in need of. They did not exchange a word during the repast; the last morsel swallowed, the Indians threw upon the fire a few armfuls of dry wood, of which they had an ample provision at hand, then folded themselves in their -ponchos, and fell asleep. Valentine and Cæsar alone were left to keep +ponchos, and fell asleep. Valentine and Cæsar alone were left to keep guard.</p> <p>It was almost an hour since he had taken Valentine's place, when -Cæsar, who had till that time lain carelessly stretched before the +Cæsar, who had till that time lain carelessly stretched before the fire, sharply raised his head, sniffed the air in all directions, and gave a surly growl.</p> -<p>"Well, Cæsar," said the young man whilst patting the animal, "what's +<p>"Well, Cæsar," said the young man whilst patting the animal, "what's the matter, my good dog?"</p> <p>The Newfoundland fixed his large intelligent eyes upon the count, wagged his tail, and uttered a growl much stronger than the first.</p> <p>"Very well," said Louis; "we will go on the lookout. Come along, -Cæsar."</p> +Cæsar."</p> <p>The count examined his rifle and his pistols, and made a sign to the dog, who watched all his motions.</p> @@ -6922,7 +6883,7 @@ head of the man reclined upon his breast, his large eyes were flooded with tears; deep sighs seemed to rise from his very heart, as he looked towards a young girl standing bound before him.</p> -<p>"Oh!" the count murmured, "Don Tadeo de León! My God! Grant that that +<p>"Oh!" the count murmured, "Don Tadeo de León! My God! Grant that that woman be not his daughter!"</p> <p>Alas! it was she. At their feet lay the Linda, bound to an enormous @@ -7200,7 +7161,7 @@ amongst them."</p> <p>"What does all this mean?" he asked. "Is Antinahuels track found again?"</p> -<p>"Yes, brother," Louis replied, in a melancholy tone, "Doña Rosario and +<p>"Yes, brother," Louis replied, in a melancholy tone, "Doña Rosario and her father are within half a league of us, and in danger of death!"</p> <p>"Vive Dieu!" the young man cried, "and we are here prating."</p> @@ -7305,7 +7266,7 @@ camp, the order and position of which he feigned to admire, but in reality he drew nearer and nearer, in an almost imperceptible manner, to that part at which the prisoners were seated.</p> -<p>"Let my brother look," Antinahuel said, pointing to Doña Rosario; "does +<p>"Let my brother look," Antinahuel said, pointing to Doña Rosario; "does not that woman deserve to espouse a chief?"</p> <p>"She is pretty!" Trangoil-Lanec replied, coldly; "But I would give all @@ -7329,7 +7290,7 @@ these bottles."</p> were satisfactorily employed in emptying the bottles brought by the Ulmen.</p> -<p>Doña Rosario could not at first imagine what a message sent to her in +<p>Doña Rosario could not at first imagine what a message sent to her in such a curious manner could mean, and she looked at her father.</p> <p>"Read, my Rosario!" Don Tadeo said, softly.</p> @@ -7338,7 +7299,7 @@ such a curious manner could mean, and she looked at her father.</p> a secret joy. It contained only these few laconic words, but they were sufficient to cause a smile.</p> -<p>"Take courage, señorita, we are preparing everything for saving you at +<p>"Take courage, señorita, we are preparing everything for saving you at last."</p> <p>After having read, or rather devoured these words, she gave the note to @@ -7421,10 +7382,10 @@ Parisian, brought a cheerful smile to the lips of the Chilians. When they had lain down upon the leaves heaped up in the grotto, the count called his sagacious dog to him, and said—</p> -<p>"Pay attention to what I order you, Cæsar: you see this young lady, do +<p>"Pay attention to what I order you, Cæsar: you see this young lady, do you not, my good dog? You must be answerable for her to me."</p> -<p>Cæsar listened to his master, staring at him with his large +<p>Cæsar listened to his master, staring at him with his large intelligent eyes and gently wagging his tail; he then laid himself quietly down at the feet of Rosario, licking her hand. The young girl seized his great head in her arms, and hugged him several times, @@ -7433,9 +7394,9 @@ grotto, staggering like a drunken man—happiness almost deprived him of his senses. He went and threw himself on the ground at a short distance to think over, at leisure the joy which inundated his heart. He did not observe Valentine, who leaning against a tree, followed him with a -melancholy look, for Valentine also loved Doña Rosario.</p> +melancholy look, for Valentine also loved Doña Rosario.</p> -<p>Yes, the sight of Doña Rosario had revealed to him a thing which he had +<p>Yes, the sight of Doña Rosario had revealed to him a thing which he had hardly thought possible, and that was, that besides this so warm and so strong feeling, there was in his heart room for another at least as warm and as strong.</p> @@ -7508,7 +7469,7 @@ down in a circle, and vigorously attacked the provisions.</p> us eat while we can! Here is a roast joint that appears to me to be tolerably well cooked!"</p> -<p>At these words of the spahi Doña Rosario looked a little surprised; the +<p>At these words of the spahi Doña Rosario looked a little surprised; the young man was struck dumb, blushing at his rudeness, and began to eat without venturing another word.</p> @@ -7584,7 +7545,7 @@ torn up by the roots by the blast.</p> <p>Heedless of the danger to which he exposed himself, Don Tadeo stood upright in the road, his arms extended towards heaven, his hair -floating in the wind, and the lightning playing around his brow. Doña +floating in the wind, and the lightning playing around his brow. Doña Rosario, too weak and too delicate to cling to the sharp points of the rocks by which her fingers were torn had been seized and carried away, and dashed down the precipice by the tempest. The Linda, without @@ -7602,7 +7563,7 @@ encounter this peril."</p> <p>"I insist upon it!—of what consequence is it if I die?" he added, with an expression of bitterness. "I am not beloved!" and turning towards Don Tadeo he said, "Courage my friend. I will restore your daughter or -perish with her!" and whistling his dog—"Find her, Cæsar—find her." +perish with her!" and whistling his dog—"Find her, Cæsar—find her." he said.</p> <p>The noble animal uttered a plaintive howl, sniffed the air for an @@ -7634,7 +7595,7 @@ stopped, from time to time, to guide him by his yelpings.</p> dog the words he had never ceased to cry from the commencement of his descent—</p> -<p>"Find her, Cæsar, find her!"</p> +<p>"Find her, Cæsar, find her!"</p> <p>Suddenly the dog was mute. Much alarmed, Valentine renewed his call. It then appeared to him that, at about twenty feet below the spot where @@ -7645,12 +7606,12 @@ that he was not deceived.</p> <p>At this moment, he felt himself strongly pulled back. Like a man delivered from a frightful nightmare, he took a confused glance around -him. Cæsar with his forepaws firmly fixed upon the rock, was holding +him. Cæsar with his forepaws firmly fixed upon the rock, was holding the end of his poncho in his clenched teeth.</p> <p>"Can you reply to me now?" the Linda said.</p> -<p>"Perfectly, señorita," he replied.</p> +<p>"Perfectly, señorita," he replied.</p> <p>"You will help me to save my daughter?"</p> @@ -7658,7 +7619,7 @@ the end of his poncho in his clenched teeth.</p> <p>"Thanks, caballero!" she said, fervently; "she is close by."</p> -<p>Doña Rosario was lying insensible caught in some thick bushes hanging +<p>Doña Rosario was lying insensible caught in some thick bushes hanging over an abyss of more than a thousand feet in depth! On perceiving her, Valentine's first impression was a feeling of wild terror. But as soon as the first moment was past, and he could look at her coolly, he @@ -7676,7 +7637,7 @@ placed. One step forward was death.</p> <p>The Linda saw nothing, thought of nothing, for she had her daughter to look at. In vain Valentine racked his brains to discover some means of -overcoming this apparently insuperable difficulty. A bark from Cæsar +overcoming this apparently insuperable difficulty. A bark from Cæsar made him raise his head. Louis had found the means which Valentine had despaired of finding. Collecting the lassos which Chilian horsemen always have suspended from their saddles, he had fastened them tightly @@ -7692,7 +7653,7 @@ sprang into the centre of the tangled mass, which bent under her feet, took her daughter in her arms, and with a spring as sure and as rapid as the first, regained the edge of the precipice.</p> -<p>The young man then tied Doña Rosario in the chair, and then made a +<p>The young man then tied Doña Rosario in the chair, and then made a signal for hoisting it. The Aucas warriors, directed by Louis, drew the lassos gently and firmly upwards, whilst Valentine and the Linda, clinging as well as they could to points of rocks and bushes, kept the @@ -7733,13 +7694,13 @@ to them."</p> <p>"Come, come, Don Tadeo," cried Valentine, "we have lost too much time already. To horse, and let us be gone!"</p> -<p>In spite of the roughness of this reply, Doña Rosario, who comprehended +<p>In spite of the roughness of this reply, Doña Rosario, who comprehended the delicacy that had dictated it, gave the young man a look of ineffable sweetness.</p> <p>The party resumed their march. The Linda was henceforward treated with respect by all. The pardon of Don Tadeo, a pardon so nobly granted, -had reinstated her in their eyes. Doña Rosario herself sometimes +had reinstated her in their eyes. Doña Rosario herself sometimes unconsciously smiled upon her, although she could not yet feel courage enough to respond to her caresses.</p> @@ -7775,7 +7736,7 @@ for the night."</p> <p>After a frugal repast, the travellers were preparing to take a little -repose, when Cæsar barked furiously. Everyone flew to his arms. At +repose, when Cæsar barked furiously. Everyone flew to his arms. At length the noise of steps was heard, the bushes were thrust apart, and an Indian appeared. It was Antinahuel. At the sight of this man, Rosario could not repress a cry of terror. Her mother threw herself @@ -7919,11 +7880,11 @@ hundred devoted peons."</p> to your major-domo; tell him what a desperate situation you are in, and order him to hasten to your assistance."</p> -<p>"It is Heaven that inspires you, señora!" Don Tadeo cried.</p> +<p>"It is Heaven that inspires you, señora!" Don Tadeo cried.</p> <p>"Oh!" the Linda replied, "it is because I would save my daughter!"</p> -<p>Doña Rosario fixed upon her eyes moist with tears, and said, in a voice +<p>Doña Rosario fixed upon her eyes moist with tears, and said, in a voice tremulous with tenderness:</p> <p>"Thank you, my mother!"</p> @@ -8067,7 +8028,7 @@ concealed in a corner of the grotto, where they seemed glad to lie down. Valentine did his best to barricade the entrance to the fortress. This being done, a fire was lighted.</p> -<p>Cæsar had of his own accord posted himself on the platform—a vigilant +<p>Cæsar had of his own accord posted himself on the platform—a vigilant sentinel. The Frenchman kept awake, whilst his companions, yielding to fatigue, slept soundly.</p> @@ -8078,7 +8039,7 @@ who awoke, casting an anxious look around him; "the night is over."</p> <p>The two men listened: a stifled growl fell upon their ears.</p> -<p>"That is my dog!—it is Cæsar warning us!" the young man cried.</p> +<p>"That is my dog!—it is Cæsar warning us!" the young man cried.</p> <p>He and the chief sprang simultaneously to the platform. In vain he looked around on all sides, nothing appeared, the same tranquillity @@ -8101,7 +8062,7 @@ so promptly, that if the bodies of the two Indians had not remained stretched upon the sand, the scene might have passed for a dream. The young man took advantage of the minutes respite afforded by the enemy to descend into the grotto. At the noise of the fusillade and of the -cry of the Indians, Doña Rosario had started from her sleep in great +cry of the Indians, Doña Rosario had started from her sleep in great terror. Seeing her father seize his gun to mount to the platform, she threw herself into his arms, imploring him not to leave her.</p> @@ -8138,7 +8099,7 @@ Valentine and his companions, knowing that they had nothing to fear from those who kept firing at the rock from the bank, descended to the grotto.</p> -<p>The young man's first care was to place Doña Rosario in safety. This +<p>The young man's first care was to place Doña Rosario in safety. This duty performed, he took his post with his companions. A raft, mounted by seven Indians, tossed about violently by the current, all at once was dashed against the rock, and the Indians, howling their war cry, @@ -8149,7 +8110,7 @@ guns, and cast back their bodies into the river.</p> <p>But scarcely had they got rid of these when two other rafts came down, followed almost immediately by a third and a fourth, carrying at least -thirty men in the whole. For an instant the <i>mêlée</i> was terrible in +thirty men in the whole. For an instant the <i>mêlée</i> was terrible in that confined spot, where they fought man to man, foot to foot. The Linda, trembling for her daughter, with her hair streaming and her eyes flashing, defended herself like a lioness, powerfully seconded by her @@ -8171,7 +8132,7 @@ fusillade was heard.</p> <p>"Courage," Valentine shouted—"courage!—here are our friends!"</p> <p>Followed by his companions, a second time he scaled the barricade, and -threw himself into the <i>mêlée</i>. All at once a cry for help of the most +threw himself into the <i>mêlée</i>. All at once a cry for help of the most heart-rending agony resounded from the grotto. The Linda turned round, and uttering a shriek more like the roar of a wild beast than the cry of a woman, threw herself upon Antinahuel, in whose arms Rosario was @@ -8234,13 +8195,13 @@ Pray—pray for me!—that—that—hereafter—we may meet <hr class="chap" /> <h4><a name="CHAPTER_XLIV" id="CHAPTER_XLIV">CHAPTER XLIV.</a></h4> -<h3>CÆSAR.</h3> +<h3>CÆSAR.</h3> <p>A month after the events we have related, two men, seated side by side in a clump of nopals, were conversing earnestly whilst admiring a magnificent sunrise. These two men were Valentine Guillois and the -Count de Prébois-Crancé. The Frenchmen were watching this reawakening +Count de Prébois-Crancé. The Frenchmen were watching this reawakening of nature.</p> <p>The count, rendered uneasy by the obstinate silence which Valentine @@ -8262,7 +8223,7 @@ but the hour for a thorough explanation between us has arrived."</p> <p>"You will soon understand me. When, about a year ago, reduced to despair, and resolved to take refuge in death, you summoned me to -your apartments in the Champs-Élysées, I pledged myself, if you would +your apartments in the Champs-Élysées, I pledged myself, if you would consent to live, to restore you that which you had lost, not by your own fault, but through your inexperience; you placed faith in me; you unhesitatingly abandoned France, you bade farewell for ever to the life @@ -8271,7 +8232,7 @@ for me to perform, in my turn, the promise made you—"</p> <p>"Valentine!"</p> -<p>"Listen to me; you love Doña Rosario, and I am certain that on her part +<p>"Listen to me; you love Doña Rosario, and I am certain that on her part she feels for you a true and profound affection; the services we have rendered her father, authorise us to have an explanation with him, which I am convinced he expects, and the result of which must render @@ -8321,13 +8282,13 @@ excitement."</p> leading; we will depart as soon as you please."</p> <p>"That is not my meaning; be frank with me: it is impossible that the -ardent love you felt for Doña Rosario could have evaporated thus all at +ardent love you felt for Doña Rosario could have evaporated thus all at once."</p> <p>"What makes you think I do not love her?"</p> <p>"Come!—come!" Valentine replied, "let us have an end of all this; if -you love Doña Rosario, why do you want to leave this place, and why do +you love Doña Rosario, why do you want to leave this place, and why do you refuse to marry her?"</p> <p>"It is not I who refuse," the young man murmured with a sigh, "it is @@ -8343,7 +8304,7 @@ that I would never seek to see her again. Why, then, should I lull myself with a wild chimera! You see, brother, I have no hope left."</p> <p>"Perhaps!—but so many things have taken place since that period that -the intentions of Doña Rosario may have changed."</p> +the intentions of Doña Rosario may have changed."</p> <p>"No," the count replied, despondingly.</p> @@ -8376,7 +8337,7 @@ said, with an involuntary sigh.</p> <p>"Oh! this very day; I am only waiting for Curumilla, whom I have requested to go and procure horses. As soon as he returns we will start.</p> -<p>"And we will return to the toldería of the tribe of the Great Hare, +<p>"And we will return to the tolderÃa of the tribe of the Great Hare, where we can live happily."</p> <p>"That is a good idea; in that way our existence will not be a useless @@ -8394,7 +8355,7 @@ himself."</p> dust, galloping towards the hacienda with several horses. The two young men rose to go and meet them.</p> -<p>Scarcely had they left the little grove when Doña Rosario put aside +<p>Scarcely had they left the little grove when Doña Rosario put aside some low branches and came out. She paused thoughtfully for a minute, looking after the two Frenchmen, who were walking away sad and gloomy; then suddenly raising her head with a saucy air, her blue eye @@ -8426,17 +8387,17 @@ all took their places.</p> <p>The repast was short; it lasted little more than a quarter of an hour. The peons then returned to their labours under the order of the -major-domo, and Don Tadeo desired the maté to be served.</p> +major-domo, and Don Tadeo desired the maté to be served.</p> <p>No one remained in the hall but Don Tadeo, his daughter, the foster -brothers, the two Indian chiefs, and Cæsar—if it be permissible to +brothers, the two Indian chiefs, and Cæsar—if it be permissible to reckon a dog as company; the noble animal was crouched at the feet of -Doña Rosario.</p> +Doña Rosario.</p> -<p>In a few minutes the maté had made its round on the company, and, yet +<p>In a few minutes the maté had made its round on the company, and, yet without any apparent cause, a painful silence prevailed.</p> -<p>Don Tadeo was thoughtful; Doña Rosario was twisting her taper, +<p>Don Tadeo was thoughtful; Doña Rosario was twisting her taper, rose-tipped fingers in the long silky ears of the dog, who had placed his great head upon her knees, with his large, intelligent eyes fixed upon her face.</p> @@ -8552,7 +8513,7 @@ you may find elsewhere the happiness that awaited you here."</p> <p>Valentine bowed without replying; his tears choked his utterance.</p> -<p>"Adieu, señorita!" murmured the count, in a tremulous low voice; "may +<p>"Adieu, señorita!" murmured the count, in a tremulous low voice; "may you be happy?"</p> <p>She made no reply: deeply wounded, he turned away quickly, and strode @@ -8560,15 +8521,15 @@ towards the door. In spite of all their resolution, when on the point of going out, the young men cast one look behind them, to salute for the last time persons who were so dear to them, and whom they were abandoning for ever. Don Tadeo stood motionless in the same place, -apparently still as much surprised as hurt. Doña Rosario continued +apparently still as much surprised as hurt. Doña Rosario continued playing mechanically with the ears of the dog.</p> -<p>"Cæsar!" shouted Valentine.</p> +<p>"Cæsar!" shouted Valentine.</p> <p>At the voice of his master, the Newfoundland dog disengaged himself quickly from the arms of the young girl, and bounded to his side.</p> -<p>"Cæsar!" Rosario murmured faintly.</p> +<p>"Cæsar!" Rosario murmured faintly.</p> <p>And then, in spite of the signs and orders of his master, the animal laid itself down at her feet.</p> @@ -8577,7 +8538,7 @@ laid itself down at her feet.</p> towards the door.</p> <p>"Louis!" Rosario cried. "Louis, you have sworn never to be separated -from Cæsar."</p> +from Cæsar."</p> <p>Louis staggered, as if struck by lightning; a glow of inexpressible joy lit up his face; he let the letter fall, and gently thrust forward by @@ -8592,7 +8553,7 @@ denouement.</p> <p>"It is I," he said, picking up the letter with a smile, of which none but such a man is capable, "who must carry the answer."</p> -<p>"Oh, no!" Doña Rosario said, with a playful pout, "You will not leave +<p>"Oh, no!" Doña Rosario said, with a playful pout, "You will not leave us, my friend; are you not the dearly beloved brother of my Louis? Oh, we will not let you go!"</p> @@ -8621,11 +8582,11 @@ himself!"</p> <p>But on the morrow Valentine had disappeared.</p> -<p>He also loved Doña Rosario.</p> +<p>He also loved Doña Rosario.</p> <p>The young people waited for him a long time. At length, three months after his departure, when all hopes of his return had completely -vanished, the Count de Prébois-Crancé married Doña Rosario. But +vanished, the Count de Prébois-Crancé married Doña Rosario. 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