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They
would
have
had
Ribiera
,
too
,
if
they
had
not
,
for
some
reason
or
other
,
turned
off
the
track
of
the
old
Camino
Real
,
only
to
lose
their
way
in
the
forests
at
the
foot
of
the
lower
slopes
.
And
there
they
were
at
last
,
having
stumbled
in
unexpectedly
upon
the
construction
camp
.
The
engineer
at
the
railhead
told
his
chief
by
wire
that
he
had
Pedro
Montero
absolutely
there
,
in
the
very
office
,
listening
to
the
clicks
.
He
was
going
to
take
possession
of
Sulaco
in
the
name
of
the
Democracy
.
He
was
very
overbearing
.
His
men
slaughtered
some
of
the
Railway
Company
's
cattle
without
asking
leave
,
and
went
to
work
broiling
the
meat
on
the
embers
.
Pedrito
made
many
pointed
inquiries
as
to
the
silver
mine
,
and
what
had
become
of
the
product
of
the
last
six
months
'
working
.
He
had
said
peremptorily
,
"
Ask
your
chief
up
there
by
wire
,
he
ought
to
know
;
tell
him
that
Don
Pedro
Montero
,
Chief
of
the
Campo
and
Minister
of
the
Interior
of
the
new
Government
,
desires
to
be
correctly
informed
.
'
"
He
had
his
feet
wrapped
up
in
blood-stained
rags
,
a
lean
,
haggard
face
,
ragged
beard
and
hair
,
and
had
walked
in
limping
,
with
a
crooked
branch
of
a
tree
for
a
staff
.
His
followers
were
perhaps
in
a
worse
plight
,
but
apparently
they
had
not
thrown
away
their
arms
,
and
,
at
any
rate
,
not
all
their
ammunition
.
Their
lean
faces
filled
the
door
and
the
windows
of
the
telegraph
hut
.
As
it
was
at
the
same
time
the
bedroom
of
the
engineer-in-charge
there
,
Montero
had
thrown
himself
on
his
clean
blankets
and
lay
there
shivering
and
dictating
requisitions
to
be
transmitted
by
wire
to
Sulaco
.
He
demanded
a
train
of
cars
to
be
sent
down
at
once
to
transport
his
men
up
.
"'
To
this
I
answered
from
my
end
,
'
the
engineer-in-chief
related
to
us
,
'
that
I
dared
not
risk
the
rolling-stock
in
the
interior
,
as
there
had
been
attempts
to
wreck
trains
all
along
the
line
several
times
.
I
did
that
for
your
sake
,
Gould
,
'
said
the
chief
engineer
.
'
The
answer
to
this
was
,
in
the
words
of
my
subordinate
,
"
The
filthy
brute
on
my
bed
said
,
'
Suppose
I
were
to
have
you
shot
?
"'
To
which
my
subordinate
,
who
,
it
appears
,
was
himself
operating
,
remarked
that
it
would
not
bring
the
cars
up
.
Upon
that
,
the
other
,
yawning
,
said
,
"
Never
mind
,
there
is
no
lack
of
horses
on
the
Campo
.
"
And
,
turning
over
,
went
to
sleep
on
Harris
's
bed
.
'
"
This
is
why
,
my
dear
girl
,
I
am
a
fugitive
to-night
.
The
last
wire
from
railhead
says
that
Pedro
Montero
and
his
men
left
at
daybreak
,
after
feeding
on
asado
beef
all
night
.
They
took
all
the
horses
;
they
will
find
more
on
the
road
;
they
'll
be
here
in
less
than
thirty
hours
,
and
thus
Sulaco
is
no
place
either
for
me
or
the
great
store
of
silver
belonging
to
the
Gould
Concession
.
"
But
that
is
not
the
worst
.
The
garrison
of
Esmeralda
has
gone
over
to
the
victorious
party
.
We
have
heard
this
by
means
of
the
telegraphist
of
the
Cable
Company
,
who
came
to
the
Casa
Gould
in
the
early
morning
with
the
news
.
In
fact
,
it
was
so
early
that
the
day
had
not
yet
quite
broken
over
Sulaco
.
His
colleague
in
Esmeralda
had
called
him
up
to
say
that
the
garrison
,
after
shooting
some
of
their
officers
,
had
taken
possession
of
a
Government
steamer
laid
up
in
the
harbour
.
It
is
really
a
heavy
blow
for
me
.
I
thought
I
could
depend
on
every
man
in
this
province
.
It
was
a
mistake
.
It
was
a
Monterist
Revolution
in
Esmeralda
,
just
such
as
was
attempted
in
Sulaco
,
only
that
that
one
came
off
.
The
telegraphist
was
signalling
to
Bernhardt
all
the
time
,
and
his
last
transmitted
words
were
,
'
They
are
bursting
in
the
door
,
and
taking
possession
of
the
cable
office
.
You
are
cut
off
.
Can
do
no
more
.
'
"
But
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
he
managed
somehow
to
escape
the
vigilance
of
his
captors
,
who
had
tried
to
stop
the
communication
with
the
outer
world
.
He
did
manage
it
.
How
it
was
done
I
do
n't
know
,
but
a
few
hours
afterwards
he
called
up
Sulaco
again
,
and
what
he
said
was
,
'
The
insurgent
army
has
taken
possession
of
the
Government
transport
in
the
bay
and
are
filling
her
with
troops
,
with
the
intention
of
going
round
the
coast
to
Sulaco
.
Therefore
look
out
for
yourselves
.
They
will
be
ready
to
start
in
a
few
hours
,
and
may
be
upon
you
before
daybreak
.
'
"
This
is
all
he
could
say
.
They
drove
him
away
from
his
instrument
this
time
for
good
,
because
Bernhardt
has
been
calling
up
Esmeralda
ever
since
without
getting
an
answer
.
"
