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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 - - -Title: With Wellington in Spain - A Story of the Peninsula - -Author: F. S. Brereton - -Illustrator: W. Rainey - -Release Date: October 27, 2013 [EBook #44055] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WITH WELLINGTON IN SPAIN *** - - - - -Produced by sp1nd, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44055 ***</div> <p class="p4 center"><big>With Wellington in Spain</big><br /><br /></p> @@ -651,7 +608,7 @@ the house.</p> <p>"Those two quarrelling," he said over his shoulder.</p> <p>"Then it isn't Master Tom's doing," declared -Huggins, with decision. "That Master José's +Huggins, with decision. "That Master José's always at him. He's sly, he is; he's jealous of his cousin."</p> @@ -708,7 +665,7 @@ to the floor.</p> <p>"That was a coward's blow!" declared Septimus hotly, advancing into the room; "the kick was contemptible. -Stand away in that corner, José. I will<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> +Stand away in that corner, José. I will<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> thrash you severely if you attempt another movement."</p> <p>He closed the door quietly behind him, placed @@ -766,12 +723,12 @@ cowardly blow and kick. "What have you to answer?"</p> <p>"Ah!" exclaimed Septimus, regarding the youth coldly, till the latter reddened beneath his scrutiny. -"He started it, José, you say. Why?"</p> +"He started it, José, you say. Why?"</p> <p>The youth addressed reddened even more at the question, while his eyes shifted from the face of his interrogator to Tom's, and then across to the girl's. -Contrasting the two young fellows, Tom and José, +Contrasting the two young fellows, Tom and José, one could not compliment the latter; for he seemed to be the very opposite of Tom. A year his senior, perhaps, he was lanky and lean, while his arms and @@ -779,10 +736,10 @@ legs and body seemed to writhe and twist as his eyes shifted from corner to corner. The chin disclosed weakness of character and want of firmness, to which<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> thin lips and watery eyes added nothing. In short, -José was anything but attractive.</p> +José was anything but attractive.</p> <p>"Why did Tom start this quarrel?" asked Septimus -relentlessly, his glasses turned on José all the +relentlessly, his glasses turned on José all the while.</p> <p>"I don't know," came the surly answer. "He's @@ -792,12 +749,12 @@ always quarrelling."</p> turning upon Tom the same close scrutiny. "Why?"</p> <p>"He didn't!" came abruptly from the girl, who -was standing a few paces from him. "José is not +was standing a few paces from him. "José is not telling the truth. Even though he is my brother, I can't remain quiet and know that he is blaming Tom for what is really his own fault."</p> -<p>José's eyes gleamed as his sister spoke. His brows +<p>José's eyes gleamed as his sister spoke. His brows were knit together and his thin lips pursed, as is the case with one in anger. At that moment this unattractive youth looked as if he would willingly have @@ -813,7 +770,7 @@ Marguerite, tell me about it."</p> towards her brother. "He splashed the letter I was writing with ink, and then threw some over my needlework. Tom asked him to stop, and then called him -a bully. José threw the inkpot at him promptly."</p> +a bully. José threw the inkpot at him promptly."</p> <p>"Ah!" came from the man seated in the centre. "And then?"</p> @@ -823,7 +780,7 @@ a bully. José threw the inkpot at him promptly."</p> <p>"Tom knocked him down twice; then they began to struggle together."</p> -<p>"It's a lie!" shouted José, beside himself with rage, +<p>"It's a lie!" shouted José, beside himself with rage, his pale lips trembling.</p> <p>"Eh?" asked Tom curtly, advancing a pace towards @@ -833,7 +790,7 @@ him, and looking threatening.</p> rights I ought to leave you two to settle the matter between you. I have no fears as to what the result would be; for a man or youth who accuses his sister -of lying deserves a thrashing, while you, José, deserve +of lying deserves a thrashing, while you, José, deserve it twice over. You have lied yourself, and I myself saw you deliver a cowardly blow. You will remain here and go on with your work; Tom will come @@ -841,13 +798,13 @@ below with me. For the future try to be friendly to one another, at least till you are parted."</p> <p>"Parted?" asked Tom curiously, while a scowl -showed on José's face.</p> +showed on José's face.</p> <p>"Yes, parted," repeated Septimus. "The time has come for you to go to Oporto, Tom, there to act as representative of this business."</p> -<p>José's face was a study as he listened to the words +<p>José's face was a study as he listened to the words and saw the pride and enthusiasm with which Tom was so obviously filled. Even Marguerite was regarding her cousin as if he were a hero, and, indeed, @@ -855,35 +812,35 @@ that was the light in which she was wont to look at him. For ever since he was a little fellow Tom had been Marguerite's special protector, and often and often had he saved her from her brother's ill treatment. -José was, in fact, a bully. Sneaking and mean<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> +José was, in fact, a bully. Sneaking and mean<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span> by nature, he was the very opposite of his sister, and ever since the two had been brought to the house he had been jealous of his cousin Tom. That was the secret of their ill feeling from the beginning. -Provided José treated Marguerite fairly, Tom was +Provided José treated Marguerite fairly, Tom was prepared to live on good terms with him. But -always José regarded Tom as a fortunate rival, as his +always José regarded Tom as a fortunate rival, as his future master; for was not Tom the son attached to the firm? And now to hear that he was to go to -Oporto, there to rule the roast, filled José with envy +Oporto, there to rule the roast, filled José with envy and hatred. He could see Tom his own master, with -clerks to do his bidding, while he, José, the less fortunate, +clerks to do his bidding, while he, José, the less fortunate, was slaving at a humble desk in England. It roused his ire when he recollected that were there no Tom he himself would fill his place, and would one day be the head of the firm of Septimus John Clifford & Son.</p> -<p>The scowl on José's face had deepened as Septimus +<p>The scowl on José's face had deepened as Septimus spoke. Tom's happy features incensed him to the point of bursting. A moment or so later, when the door had closed between him and the other three, and while their steps still resounded in the passage, -José gave full vent to his hatred and anger. He +José gave full vent to his hatred and anger. He pranced up and down the room. He glared out through the window as Tom appeared, and if looks could have killed, that young fellow would have -ceased to exist forthwith. Then José flung himself +ceased to exist forthwith. Then José flung himself petulantly on to a chair, buried his face in his hands, and remained in that position for some few minutes, his restless limbs writhing and twitching meanwhile.</p> @@ -895,17 +852,17 @@ the wall opposite.</p> <p>"Why not?" he asked himself, as if apropos of nothing, while a cunning leer bent his lips. "If -there were no Tom, José would go to Oporto. And +there were no Tom, José would go to Oporto. And who would carry out the work more fittingly? Tom shall not go there. I swear that I will prevent him."</p> <p>He was poring over a book half an hour later when Septimus entered the room again with the intention of having a serious conversation with him, and to all -appearances José was a different individual. He was +appearances José was a different individual. He was sorry for the anger he had shown, sorry that he had insulted his sister, and eager to be friendly with everyone. -But, then, José was a crafty individual. That +But, then, José was a crafty individual. That night as he lay in bed within ten feet of our hero he was concocting plans whereby to defeat the aims of Septimus, and bring about the downfall of Tom, his @@ -940,7 +897,7 @@ respectful Huggins on the evening of that very day on which our hero was introduced. "That will put a stop to all fighting, and no doubt separation will wipe out old enmities, and in time to come the two, -Tom and José, will be capital friends. There's a boat +Tom and José, will be capital friends. There's a boat sailing on Friday fortnight."</p> <p>"The <i>Mary Anne</i>," agreed Huggins. "Takes @@ -986,7 +943,7 @@ carried himself jauntily, and one and all could see<span class="pagenum"><a name that he was full of good spirits to overflowing, and was eagerly awaiting the voyage.</p> -<p>"That Master José'd give his boots to be in his +<p>"That Master José'd give his boots to be in his place," reflected Huggins one afternoon, as Tom went racing across the flower-decked courtyard, and Marguerite after him. "It was a bad day, Emmott, @@ -996,17 +953,17 @@ lady. She's different; she's like Master Tom. We all love her."</p> <p>"And dislike the brother—yes," agreed the junior -clerk; "and I too have a feeling that Master José +clerk; "and I too have a feeling that Master José bodes no good to his cousin. See his face—he's watching the two going off down the river."</p> -<p>José was, in fact, lounging in the forecourt, one +<p>José was, in fact, lounging in the forecourt, one hand resting on the boundary wall, while his lean, lanky body and thin limbs twisted and writhed, as if to keep still were with him an impossibility. But it was not those twisting limbs that repelled the two old clerks watching him from the window—it was -José's face. The brows were drawn close together, +José's face. The brows were drawn close together, the lips were half-parted, while there was an intense look in the eyes which there was no fathoming.</p> @@ -1016,7 +973,7 @@ that Master Tom isn't ready to be friendly. He is; for he's one of the easygoing sort. Still, he's a stickler for what's proper, and he's stood by Miss Marguerite as if he were her own brother. That -José's scowling."</p> +José's scowling."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p> @@ -1025,16 +982,16 @@ could doubt the fact; but nevertheless it was impossible to read the thoughts passing through his brain. Could they have done so, both Huggins and Emmott would have found ample reason for their feelings of -uneasiness. For José was scheming. Jealous of his +uneasiness. For José was scheming. Jealous of his cousin, as we have said already, he had been envious of Tom almost from the day when Mr. Septimus had brought his orphaned nephew and niece to his house. -The children of Mr. Septimus's sister, José and Marguerite, +The children of Mr. Septimus's sister, José and Marguerite, had been born in Oporto, and had had the misfortune to lose first their mother and then their father, brother of Dom Juan de Esteros. Thereafter they had lived with Mr. Septimus as if they were -his own children. And here was José scheming to +his own children. And here was José scheming to wreck his cousin's chances in the world, whereas gratitude towards his Uncle Septimus should have made of him a fast friend, and one ready to help Tom @@ -1051,11 +1008,11 @@ he'll order me about."</p> <p>It was a petty, childish manner in which to look at the matter, and showed the narrow-minded view which -José took of life. Contrary from his cradle almost, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> +José took of life. Contrary from his cradle almost, he<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span> was mean in thought and act, and here was one of his mean thoughts muttered beneath his breath, while his scowling eyes followed the retreating figure of his -cousin. José writhed his way back into the house, +cousin. José writhed his way back into the house, and appeared again with a cap. Huggins, watching from the office, saw him go away along the bank of the river after the retreating figures of the other @@ -1073,8 +1030,8 @@ boy."</p> <p>The matter was arranged on the instant, and within five minutes Emmott sauntered away in the wake of -José. He followed him at a discreet distance along -the river bank, till José dived in amongst a number +José. He followed him at a discreet distance along +the river bank, till José dived in amongst a number of houses which clambered down to the water's edge. He caught sight of him again beyond them, and half an hour later watched him in converse with a ruffianly @@ -1082,20 +1039,20 @@ looking fellow whom he had accosted.</p> <p>"Don't know the man," Emmott told himself. "Never saw him in my life before, so far as I am -aware. José seems to know him. He's—he's giving +aware. José seems to know him. He's—he's giving him money."</p> <p>Half-hidden behind the wall surrounding a warehouse, one of the many erected there—for this was a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> busy part of the city, and huge barges found deep water when the tide was up, and could load right -alongside the bank—Emmott watched as José passed +alongside the bank—Emmott watched as José passed something to the hand of the man he was conversing with. The latter, a huge fellow, dressed somewhat like a seaman, and bearded, might have been a sailor from one of the many ships lying in the river, or he might have been employed at one of the warehouses. -He touched his forehead as José put something into +He touched his forehead as José put something into his hand, while the lad himself looked craftily about him to make sure that no one was watching.</p> @@ -1105,10 +1062,10 @@ good; but how can one say that his talk with that rascal and the giving of money has anything to do with Master Tom? Mr. Septimus would laugh at the very idea, and tell us to mind our own business; but -I for one shall keep my eyes on this José."</p> +I for one shall keep my eyes on this José."</p> <p>If the clerk imagined that he was thereby to catch -José out in some underhand act he was very much +José out in some underhand act he was very much mistaken, for the young fellow was as crafty as he was clever. More than that, though in his heart he hated Tom, he was wise enough to know that scowls and @@ -1412,7 +1369,7 @@ burst into uproarious laughter. It was obvious, in fact, to each one of these rascals that Sam had at hand a ready means with which to force more money from the man who had bribed him to capture our -hero. Let us put the matter clearly. José had met +hero. Let us put the matter clearly. José had met the ruffian Sam some time before, and had discovered him to be one of those infamous crimps who earned a rich living by snatching men from their employment @@ -1510,10 +1467,10 @@ other room to do a little business."</p> youth cringing in the squalid den to which the rascal Sam made his way. There, beneath the same smoky lamp which the woman had borne to the door, sat -José, writhing this way and that, his limbs never at +José, writhing this way and that, his limbs never at rest for a moment, his fingers twining, his eyes shifting to every quarter, his lips twisting this way and -that. José would have run from his own shadow on +that. José would have run from his own shadow on that occasion. The enormity of the crime he was perpetrating had frightened him intensely. Not that he thought of Tom; he was considering himself @@ -1526,7 +1483,7 @@ action?</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> -<p>José could not answer; his knees positively shook +<p>José could not answer; his knees positively shook beneath him, while his bloodless lips would not frame the words he wished to utter. He lifted squirming, trembling fingers to his lips and mouthed at Sam. @@ -1542,18 +1499,18 @@ earned, or mighty near it."</p> <p>He led the trembling youth to the door of the other room, now closed upon the poor fellows placed there, -and sliding a shutter to one side bade José look in.</p> +and sliding a shutter to one side bade José look in.</p> <p>"Eh?" he growled in his ear. "The right bird? No mistake, my hearty?"</p> <p>Yes, there was Tom, pale and worn and sorrowful-looking, and more than a little dazed if the truth be -spoken. José recognized him at once, and in place +spoken. José recognized him at once, and in place of feeling compassion for his cousin let all the old feelings of envy and resentment have full sway. The eyes looking through the shutter scowled at poor -Tom. José's pallid cheeks suddenly reddened at the +Tom. José's pallid cheeks suddenly reddened at the thought of an approaching triumph. He backed away, stepped into the smaller room again, and sat down with a swagger.</p> @@ -1571,7 +1528,7 @@ him?"</p> <p>"Then here is the money—take it."</p> -<p>José handed over twenty sovereigns, and as if the +<p>José handed over twenty sovereigns, and as if the act had sealed his guilt promptly began to tremble and writhe again. It was with a grin of triumph that Sam saw him off the doorstep.</p> @@ -1976,7 +1933,7 @@ family?"</p> <p>Tom told him, wondering all the while whether there were one amongst them capable of getting him -impressed so as to remove him. "José?" he asked +impressed so as to remove him. "José?" he asked himself. "Impossible! He'd never be guilty of such ingratitude to father, though I suppose, if I were out of the way, he would succeed to the business @@ -1984,7 +1941,7 @@ one of these fine days."</p> <p>Little by little the commander ferreted such thoughts out of our hero, and ended by placing his finger on -the name of José.</p> +the name of José.</p> <p>"Your cousin, you said," he exclaimed. "You were always good friends?"</p> @@ -2904,7 +2861,7 @@ us fast friends. So Tom's been impressed."</p> He had wondered time and again how that impressment had been brought about, whether by accident or design, and had never been able to bring himself -to believe that José was responsible. Mr. Riley's +to believe that José was responsible. Mr. Riley's words made him open his ears.</p> <p>"You are sure, sir?" he asked.</p> @@ -4629,7 +4586,7 @@ retreat proceeded, and ever the gallant rearguard held the French at bay.</p> <p>"On the last day of 1808 Moore quitted Astorga -in Léon. On the very next, the first day of 1809, +in Léon. On the very next, the first day of 1809, Napoleon entered the same place with 80,000 men, his advance guard of relentless cavalry being still in touch with our men. There the great Bonaparte remained, @@ -4710,7 +4667,7 @@ Blake, and Beresford.</p> Victor, with some 20,000 men, was on the Tagus. Sebastiani was in La Mancha with a force not quite so strong. Thousands were collected about -Madrid, in Galicia, Léon, and Old Castille also, while +Madrid, in Galicia, Léon, and Old Castille also, while there was a division of cavalry and 40,000 infantry stationed in Aragon and Catalonia. Their very numbers give you an idea of the almost impossible @@ -4965,7 +4922,7 @@ thin limbs writhed and twisted incongruously, whose fingers twitched and plucked at moving lips, and whose very appearance bespoke indecision, a wavering courage, meanness, and all that that implies. It -was José, Tom's cousin, and his image drew a growl +was José, Tom's cousin, and his image drew a growl from our hero.</p> <p>"Always interfering and getting in the way," he @@ -5441,7 +5398,7 @@ one grizzled trooper, taking to his pipe when he had finished his own meal, and levelling his remarks at Andrews. "Never before!"</p> -<p>"Right!" ejaculated Andrews. "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Très bien!</i>" for +<p>"Right!" ejaculated Andrews. "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Très bien!</i>" for he had picked up an odd word or two of the language. "Proper sort, ain't he?"</p> @@ -5879,7 +5836,7 @@ a jiffy."</p> <p>Stamping with impatience because common sense and lack of strength told him that he himself was -unfit to join in the mêlée, and, in fact, even to clamber +unfit to join in the mêlée, and, in fact, even to clamber down the steps, the naval lieutenant put to good purpose a stentorian voice trained in a service where lung power is required, and where the weakling is @@ -6020,7 +5977,7 @@ the trooper held a floury hand aloft as if to show his amazement. "He asks why, when the reason is<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_174" id="Page_174">[174]</a></span> plain. <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Dites donc, mon fou</i>; is it so often, then, that we fight under the eye and command of an English -<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">garçon</i>? Poof! That is the charm of the thing. +<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">garçon</i>? Poof! That is the charm of the thing. I tell you, yesterday I said to myself: 'Pierre, you will be chopped to pieces before the sun comes up to-morrow. You and your comrades will be but mince @@ -6993,7 +6950,7 @@ one of these days?"</p> the usual impetuosity and carelessness of youth, to reckon the risks to be run in achieving such honours. But then Tom did not realize what was before him. -To begin with, he reckoned without José de Esteros, +To begin with, he reckoned without José de Esteros, his most unloving cousin, whom he imagined still in England.</p> @@ -7030,7 +6987,7 @@ Army rations are good enough when there's nothing else to be had, but give me the sight of a town now and again. There'll be dinners to be had, there'll be invitations galore to the houses of the big people, -dances, fêtes, everything you can wish for or imagine."</p> +dances, fêtes, everything you can wish for or imagine."</p> <p>Jack laughed uproariously, the happy laugh of a youth who is bent on pleasure, and who is ready to @@ -7232,7 +7189,7 @@ riding before him, and then ducked back out of sight.</p> from the sea, and an officer! Ah!"</p> <p>The scowl deepened, for the moment was a bitter -one for José. Yes, it was José de Esteros, whom we +one for José. Yes, it was José de Esteros, whom we saw last in London, the scheming vindictive nephew to whom John Clifford had given a home for many a year, and who had rewarded his uncle after such @@ -7252,7 +7209,7 @@ too! How? And in Oporto! Why?"</p> It was for his arrest that Tom had come without a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_209" id="Page_209">[209]</a></span> doubt, and here again was added injury. Let us realize the position of affairs exactly. Far from being -sorry for the rascally action he had undertaken, José +sorry for the rascally action he had undertaken, José vented the whole of his own displeasure on Tom's unconscious head. He had always been jealous of our hero. He hated him now because of the failure @@ -7262,25 +7219,25 @@ had come so soon. Indeed, Tom had scarcely reached the ship after his impressment when Huggins, John Clifford's faithful clerk, had unravelled the conspiracy, and had compelled the ruffian who had captured -him to admit the fact. And José had had a +him to admit the fact. And José had had a near escape of being sent to prison; for with the unravelling of the conspiracy came the knowledge that he had robbed his uncle. But this wretched youth was as crafty as he was sneaking. Swift to detect discovery, he had once more robbed his uncle and had departed. A ship sailing that very evening for -Oporto took him aboard, and within a week José +Oporto took him aboard, and within a week José de Esteros had presented himself at his uncle's, at Don Juan de Estero's house, where the Portuguese branch of the famous firm of Septimus John Clifford & Son was established. And there he had remained for two months, giving it out that his cousin had -run away from home, and that he, José, had been +run away from home, and that he, José, had been sent to take his place. Cleverly intercepting the -frantic letters which John Clifford wrote, José kept +frantic letters which John Clifford wrote, José kept up the deception till, one fine morning, the faithful Huggins landed and appeared at the office. Then<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_210" id="Page_210">[210]</a></span> -José ran again and hid himself in the hovels of the +José ran again and hid himself in the hovels of the city. It was in one of these that he was located on the morning of Tom's entry, engaged, one may be sure, in further rascally schemes which the unexpected @@ -7296,7 +7253,7 @@ me."</p> while his limbs writhed and seemed to knot themselves together.</p> -<p>"I'll kill him!" José hissed, as Tom began to pass +<p>"I'll kill him!" José hissed, as Tom began to pass out of his vision. "Yes, and I'll make use of the information which Don Juan gave me. Ha, ha! It makes me smile. He took me into his confidence. @@ -7312,26 +7269,26 @@ protruding eyes which a second before had been fixed upon the stalwart form of Andrews, then the only one of the three horsemen remaining visible, lost themselves in a vacant gaze. In those few following -seconds José saw himself powerful and rich, head of +seconds José saw himself powerful and rich, head of a prosperous old firm, a partner of the business in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> the place of his cousin Tom, successor to his Uncle Juan's riches.</p> <p>Let us turn from the contemplation of a youth so -devoid of all that was pleasant and taking—José was +devoid of all that was pleasant and taking—José was born with a kink, a moral kink, if you will—let us leave him with it and follow Tom and his comrade. -But in doing so let us remember that though José +But in doing so let us remember that though José might be weak, he was yet a force to be reckoned with, a force, had Tom but known it, likely enough to come between him and those much-cherished ambitions. -José might easily intervene between the gallant +José might easily intervene between the gallant and handsome staff officer whom he called cousin and that post in the army to which youthful good spirits and assurance caused him to aspire.</p> <p>"The way to the house of Septimus John Clifford -& Son, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>," answered a man of whom Tom made +& Son, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>," answered a man of whom Tom made an enquiry. "There are few in this city who do not know the name and the house. Pass directly on till you enter another square, then turn to the left, descending @@ -7408,7 +7365,7 @@ you, lad."</p> son, and it was half an hour later before our hero recollected that he had left Jack waiting outside. By then he had learned all that had happened during -his absence from England. How José's cruel conspiracy +his absence from England. How José's cruel conspiracy had been discovered. How in course of time a report had come through the Admiralty telling of Tom's impressment, of the action at sea, and of his @@ -7421,7 +7378,7 @@ had gone to the bottom of the sea with his comrades.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_214" id="Page_214">[214]</a></span></p> -<p>"Then there was the case of José, your cousin," he +<p>"Then there was the case of José, your cousin," he said severely. "He acted like a hound all through, and but for Huggins would have done us further injury. Imagine the duplicity and cunning of the @@ -7565,7 +7522,7 @@ a day later by Alfonso. He rode up on a big mule, and dropped from his saddle at the porch of the house. A fine, frank young fellow he proved to be.</p> -<p>"Glad to meet you, señors," he cried. "Which is +<p>"Glad to meet you, señors," he cried. "Which is my cousin?"</p> <p>"You speak English?" asked Tom, when the greetings @@ -7639,7 +7596,7 @@ into small squares, with some fifty paces between them.</p> "If they've courage, and will stand fast, cavalry will have little terror for them. If they break——"</p> -<p>"Every man would be cut to pieces, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>," said +<p>"Every man would be cut to pieces, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>," said Alfonso. "That is a thing they know. I trust soon<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_220" id="Page_220">[220]</a></span> that we may have an opportunity of testing their courage."</p> @@ -8318,7 +8275,7 @@ town, wait for a letter, and then return."</p> <p>"To whom?" asked Tom curtly, while the men about strained their ears to hear what was passing.</p> -<p>"To my employer, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> +<p>"To my employer, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> <p>"And he is——?"</p> @@ -9142,7 +9099,7 @@ rooms; after that we know nothing."</p> <p>"There is merely this," came the answer, while a slip of paper was thrust into his hands. "We found it resting on the table, weighted so that it could -not blow away. Read, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> +not blow away. Read, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> <p>Tom scanned the lines for some few moments, while his smooth forehead wrinkled deeply. "Thus @@ -9655,7 +9612,7 @@ quarter. The St. Roque bastion, in between these two latter, was to be stormed by Major Wilson, who was in command of the guards of the trenches. Finally, the Portuguese were to see what could be done with -the Tête de Pont, the outwork on the far bank of the +the Tête de Pont, the outwork on the far bank of the River Guadiana, commanding the head of the bridge.</p> <p>A dull hum above the trenches told of excitement. @@ -9838,11 +9795,11 @@ Tom's command.</p> <p>"Well?" he questioned in Portuguese, his accent none of the best. "Any news? Any more callers?"</p> -<p>"None, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> +<p>"None, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>."</p> <p>"And the news?"</p> -<p>"Good, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>; he lives. He will get well and +<p>"Good, <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">señor</i>; he lives. He will get well and strong to command us."</p> <p>There was a gleam of pleasure in the eyes of the @@ -9857,8 +9814,8 @@ worst——"</p> <p>"Yes," responded the other, in a patois both could understand, "yes, he would command. But it would -not be the same; the <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> Tom is one man, the -<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> Jack another."</p> +not be the same; the <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> Tom is one man, the +<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> Jack another."</p> <p>Inside stood the faithful Andrews and Howeley, drawn stiffly to attention, saluting their officer. Jack's @@ -9915,7 +9872,7 @@ Clifford's head clerk he would then and there have made a discovery of vast importance, and one which we will at once hand on to the reader. For this sneaking intruder, bearing a stiletto in one hand, -was none other than José de Esteros, Tom's cousin, +was none other than José de Esteros, Tom's cousin, now sunk to the lowest depths of infamy, and forestalled just in the nick of time in the endeavour to carry out further villainy. He had made good his @@ -10245,7 +10202,7 @@ as a bullock. Shot outside that Portuguese church, and cut to mincemeat by those rascals. But this business of yours interests me solely because you happen to be a pal of mine, and in my opinion very -much injured. This José is a scoundrel. What's +much injured. This José is a scoundrel. What's more, I believe him to be at the bottom of all these troubles. He's that spy, sir, I declare! He's the very same scoundrel who crept in here with the idea @@ -10253,7 +10210,7 @@ of doing you a mortal mischief. There, think it out, and don't wonder if I am a little interested in this curious and blackguardly mystery."</p> -<p>Could this really be the case? Was José de +<p>Could this really be the case? Was José de Esteros not only the rascal who had caused Tom's impressment, as we know, and Tom and his friends now knew, to be the case; but also, was he the @@ -10268,7 +10225,7 @@ killed in the storming?</p> <p>"Humbug!" Tom declared, nursing the arm which he had worn in a sling since receiving his injuries. -"I grant that José was the cause of my impressment. +"I grant that José was the cause of my impressment. There I owe him a grudge, Jack."</p> <p>"Eh?" asked the adjutant, stoking his pipe with a @@ -10279,13 +10236,13 @@ since," came the serious answer. And then Tom went off into roars of laughter, while Jack pretended indignation.</p> -<p>"Granted that José was the cause of that portion," +<p>"Granted that José was the cause of that portion," Tom continued. "We know he came to Oporto; there we lose sight of him. The spy comes on the scene. Granted here, again, that he it was who abducted my father and uncle, for the note left was in the same handwriting as that other we secured outside -Ciudad Rodrigo; but that doesn't say that José +Ciudad Rodrigo; but that doesn't say that José was the spy, even if you argue that he has reasons for wishing to abduct my two relatives. Now, does it?"</p> @@ -10295,7 +10252,7 @@ that."</p> <p>"I don't; I agree that, from what I can remember of it, there is a similarity. But I'm not by any means -sure; besides, José couldn't be such a rascal."</p> +sure; besides, José couldn't be such a rascal."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_296" id="Page_296">[296]</a></span></p> @@ -10305,22 +10262,22 @@ who tries to get rid of a cousin with whom he has lived all his life, as this fellow did, will take on any piece of rascality. Look at his actions on arrival at Oporto, and think of his cunning. My boy, this -José's at the bottom of the whole matter, so keep +José's at the bottom of the whole matter, so keep your eye open."</p> <p>How Tom was to keep his eye open his adjutant failed to explain, nor was there any further evidence -to convict José of this added piece of rascality. Tom +to convict José of this added piece of rascality. Tom was still in ignorance of the personality of the spy whom he had traced to Oporto, and thence to Badajoz. He knew that the man was responsible for the abduction of Septimus and Don Juan de Esteros. -But was José the spy? Was the spy the man who +But was José the spy? Was the spy the man who had crept into these quarters in Badajoz with the obvious intention of slaying Tom, and, if so, what was his object?</p> -<p>"It's José all the time," declared Jack, cocksure of +<p>"It's José all the time," declared Jack, cocksure of the fact.</p> <p>"Doubtful," repeated Tom, still refusing to believe @@ -11129,7 +11086,7 @@ before him. His slumbering mind cared not a jot for the dangers of the task which his commander had given him. If there had been fifty spies to capture, if there had been fifty mysteries hanging -about the persons of the rascal José and Tom's two +about the persons of the rascal José and Tom's two relatives abducted from Oporto, that young fellow would still have slept. For he had fought his first big engagement. He had done strenuous work, and @@ -11222,7 +11179,7 @@ it'll be the worse for you."</p> that brought a supercilious grin from the young man.</p> -<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Si, señor</i>," he said, "but there is time; there is +<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Si, señor</i>," he said, "but there is time; there is always time."</p> <p>Jack gripped his meaning with difficulty, and then @@ -11427,14 +11384,14 @@ about, we may be invited to join. Who knows, through such a gang we might get hold of that fellow who captured your father and mine?"</p> -<p>"José, eh?" asked his cousin.</p> +<p>"José, eh?" asked his cousin.</p> <p>"Perhaps."</p> <p>"In any case the rascal we were after in Oporto, whose spy we captured going to Ciudad Rodrigo. That's the puzzle. We agree that it was he who<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_329" id="Page_329">[329]</a></span> -abducted our parents. But is he also José, and if so, +abducted our parents. But is he also José, and if so, or the reverse, is he associated with the ruffians who have been robbing the dispatch box of his lordship, the leader of this army?"</p> @@ -11442,7 +11399,7 @@ the leader of this army?"</p> <p>There the puzzle was laid out in all its bareness and meagreness. There were links missing in the chain of flimsy evidence; but this was certain, both lads -had lost a father while José was in the country.</p> +had lost a father while José was in the country.</p> <p>"Heigho! We'll leave the matter and get to roost," sighed Tom, for driving a team of fractious @@ -11688,7 +11645,7 @@ into a room but dimly lighted. Ten men were present, a full ten, seated about a rickety table.</p> <p>Who were they? Conspirators? Yes, without<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_336" id="Page_336">[336]</a></span> -doubt. Was José there? Impossible to say. Then +doubt. Was José there? Impossible to say. Then any other they could recognize? No—yes.</p> <p>Tom's eyes pierced the flimsy disguise of one of @@ -11800,8 +11757,8 @@ them understand that the end is near. Go."</p> to his side, while he was otherwise helpless. He fixed his eyes upon that central figure and tried to pierce the disguise, for disguised this leader of the -conspirators was. But was it José? He scoffed at the -idea. José ringleader of such a group! He had not +conspirators was. But was it José? He scoffed at the +idea. José ringleader of such a group! He had not the pluck for such a venture. Then who? He knew the voice, masked though it was. It had been familiar at some occasion. Where, then? When?</p> @@ -11961,10 +11918,10 @@ leaned against the dirty walls, surveying their prisoner with satisfied grimaces, while cigarettes protruded from their lips.</p> -<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor Inglise</i>," began one—when the fat man +<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor Inglise</i>," began one—when the fat man interrupted him.</p> -<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> indeed! Prisoner. Dog of an Englishman!"</p> +<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señor</i> indeed! Prisoner. Dog of an Englishman!"</p> <p>"As you will," shrugged the other. "Dog of an Englishman! Here is a test, and our fat friend will @@ -12002,7 +11959,7 @@ blow here, a thrust with his stiletto there, and he would be out of the room. But there was Alfonso. No—the time had not yet come for shooting.</p> -<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señors</i>, you choose to joke," he said pleasantly. +<p>"<i lang="es" xml:lang="es">Señors</i>, you choose to joke," he said pleasantly. "What next?"</p> <p>"For you, nothing after my bullet. For us, the @@ -12234,7 +12191,7 @@ leader, the shadowy individual, obviously disguised, with the writhing hand across his mouth and the assumed voice.</p> -<p>"Could that be José? No. The fellow was too +<p>"Could that be José? No. The fellow was too short. But—but, awfully like him, that writhing hand. And the voice too?"</p> @@ -12827,7 +12784,7 @@ he had not shown before, even in the midst of strenuous adventure? He went red-hot from head to foot and gazed desperately about him. What could have caused this sudden nervousness? Could it be that -one of the speakers must be José, the rascally cousin +one of the speakers must be José, the rascally cousin who had already done him such an injury, or could it be possible——?</p> @@ -13242,7 +13199,7 @@ see the features.</p> <p>"The prisoners have admitted that he was their leader," said Jack.</p> -<p>It was José. Tom turned away with a feeling of +<p>It was José. Tom turned away with a feeling of sickness. After all, it was not pleasant to think that a cousin could have been such a rascal. There, in fact, was the end of all his scheming, all his meanness @@ -13331,383 +13288,6 @@ down the menace which threatened England.</p> <p>All illustrations, except for the frontispiece, were relocated to the text describing their action.</p> </div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's With Wellington in Spain, by F. S. 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