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But
not
for
long
.
Dona
Emilia
would
be
gone
"
up
to
the
mountain
"
in
a
day
or
two
,
and
her
sleek
carriage
mules
would
have
an
easy
time
of
it
for
another
long
spell
.
She
had
watched
the
erection
of
the
first
frame-house
put
up
on
the
lower
mesa
for
an
office
and
Don
Pepe
's
quarters
;
she
heard
with
a
thrill
of
thankful
emotion
the
first
wagon
load
of
ore
rattle
down
the
then
only
shoot
;
she
had
stood
by
her
husband
's
side
perfectly
silent
,
and
gone
cold
all
over
with
excitement
at
the
instant
when
the
first
battery
of
only
fifteen
stamps
was
put
in
motion
for
the
first
time
.
On
the
occasion
when
the
fires
under
the
first
set
of
retorts
in
their
shed
had
glowed
far
into
the
night
she
did
not
retire
to
rest
on
the
rough
cadre
set
up
for
her
in
the
as
yet
bare
frame-house
till
she
had
seen
the
first
spongy
lump
of
silver
yielded
to
the
hazards
of
the
world
by
the
dark
depths
of
the
Gould
Concession
;
she
had
laid
her
unmercenary
hands
,
with
an
eagerness
that
made
them
tremble
,
upon
the
first
silver
ingot
turned
out
still
warm
from
the
mould
;
and
by
her
imaginative
estimate
of
its
power
she
endowed
that
lump
of
metal
with
a
justificative
conception
,
as
though
it
were
not
a
mere
fact
,
but
something
far-reaching
and
impalpable
,
like
the
true
expression
of
an
emotion
or
the
emergence
of
a
principle
.
Don
Pepe
,
extremely
interested
,
too
,
looked
over
her
shoulder
with
a
smile
that
,
making
longitudinal
folds
on
his
face
,
caused
it
to
resemble
a
leathern
mask
with
a
benignantly
diabolic
expression
.
"
Would
not
the
muchachos
of
Hernandez
like
to
get
hold
of
this
insignificant
object
,
that
looks
,
por
Dios
,
very
much
like
a
piece
of
tin
?
"
he
remarked
,
jocularly
.
Hernandez
,
the
robber
,
had
been
an
inoffensive
,
small
ranchero
,
kidnapped
with
circumstances
of
peculiar
atrocity
from
his
home
during
one
of
the
civil
wars
,
and
forced
to
serve
in
the
army
.
There
his
conduct
as
soldier
was
exemplary
,
till
,
watching
his
chance
,
he
killed
his
colonel
,
and
managed
to
get
clear
away
.
With
a
band
of
deserters
,
who
chose
him
for
their
chief
,
he
had
taken
refuge
beyond
the
wild
and
waterless
Bolson
de
Tonoro
.
The
haciendas
paid
him
blackmail
in
cattle
and
horses
;
extraordinary
stories
were
told
of
his
powers
and
of
his
wonderful
escapes
from
capture
.
He
used
to
ride
,
single-handed
,
into
the
villages
and
the
little
towns
on
the
Campo
,
driving
a
pack
mule
before
him
,
with
two
revolvers
in
his
belt
,
go
straight
to
the
shop
or
store
,
select
what
he
wanted
,
and
ride
away
unopposed
because
of
the
terror
his
exploits
and
his
audacity
inspired
.
Poor
country
people
he
usually
left
alone
;
the
upper
class
were
often
stopped
on
the
roads
and
robbed
;
but
any
unlucky
official
that
fell
into
his
hands
was
sure
to
get
a
severe
flogging
.
The
army
officers
did
not
like
his
name
to
be
mentioned
in
their
presence
.
His
followers
,
mounted
on
stolen
horses
,
laughed
at
the
pursuit
of
the
regular
cavalry
sent
to
hunt
them
down
,
and
whom
they
took
pleasure
to
ambush
most
scientifically
in
the
broken
ground
of
their
own
fastness
.
Expeditions
had
been
fitted
out
;
a
price
had
been
put
upon
his
head
;
even
attempts
had
been
made
,
treacherously
of
course
,
to
open
negotiations
with
him
,
without
in
the
slightest
way
affecting
the
even
tenor
of
his
career
.
At
last
,
in
true
Costaguana
fashion
,
the
Fiscal
of
Tonoro
,
who
was
ambitious
of
the
glory
of
having
reduced
the
famous
Hernandez
,
offered
him
a
sum
of
money
and
a
safe
conduct
out
of
the
country
for
the
betrayal
of
his
band
.
But
Hernandez
evidently
was
not
of
the
stuff
of
which
the
distinguished
military
politicians
and
conspirators
of
Costaguana
are
made
.
This
clever
but
common
device
(
which
frequently
works
like
a
charm
in
putting
down
revolutions
)
failed
with
the
chief
of
vulgar
Salteadores
.
It
promised
well
for
the
Fiscal
at
first
,
but
ended
very
badly
for
the
squadron
of
lanceros
posted
(
by
the
Fiscal
's
directions
)
in
a
fold
of
the
ground
into
which
Hernandez
had
promised
to
lead
his
unsuspecting
followers
They
came
,
indeed
,
at
the
appointed
time
,
but
creeping
on
their
hands
and
knees
through
the
bush
,
and
only
let
their
presence
be
known
by
a
general
discharge
of
firearms
,
which
emptied
many
saddles
.
The
troopers
who
escaped
came
riding
very
hard
into
Tonoro
.
It
is
said
that
their
commanding
officer
(
who
,
being
better
mounted
,
rode
far
ahead
of
the
rest
)
afterwards
got
into
a
state
of
despairing
intoxication
and
beat
the
ambitious
Fiscal
severely
with
the
flat
of
his
sabre
in
the
presence
of
his
wife
and
daughters
,
for
bringing
this
disgrace
upon
the
National
Army
.
The
highest
civil
official
of
Tonoro
,
falling
to
the
ground
in
a
swoon
,
was
further
kicked
all
over
the
body
and
rowelled
with
sharp
spurs
about
the
neck
and
face
because
of
the
great
sensitiveness
of
his
military
colleague
.
This
gossip
of
the
inland
Campo
,
so
characteristic
of
the
rulers
of
the
country
with
its
story
of
oppression
,
inefficiency
,
fatuous
methods
,
treachery
,
and
savage
brutality
,
was
perfectly
known
to
Mrs.
Gould
.
That
it
should
be
accepted
with
no
indignant
comment
by
people
of
intelligence
,
refinement
,
and
character
as
something
inherent
in
the
nature
of
things
was
one
of
the
symptoms
of
degradation
that
had
the
power
to
exasperate
her
almost
to
the
verge
of
despair
.
Still
looking
at
the
ingot
of
silver
,
she
shook
her
head
at
Don
Pepe
's
remark
--
"
If
it
had
not
been
for
the
lawless
tyranny
of
your
Government
,
Don
Pepe
,
many
an
outlaw
now
with
Hernandez
would
be
living
peaceably
and
happy
by
the
honest
work
of
his
hands
.
"
"
Senora
,
"
cried
Don
Pepe
,
with
enthusiasm
,
"
it
is
true
!
It
is
as
if
God
had
given
you
the
power
to
look
into
the
very
breasts
of
people
.
You
have
seen
them
working
round
you
,
Dona
Emilia
--
meek
as
lambs
,
patient
like
their
own
burros
,
brave
like
lions
.
I
have
led
them
to
the
very
muzzles
of
guns
--
I
,
who
stand
here
before
you
,
senora
--
in
the
time
of
Paez
,
who
was
full
of
generosity
,
and
in
courage
only
approached
by
the
uncle
of
Don
Carlos
here
,
as
far
as
I
know
.
No
wonder
there
are
bandits
in
the
Campo
when
there
are
none
but
thieves
,
swindlers
,
and
sanguinary
macaques
to
rule
us
in
Sta
.
Marta
.
However
,
all
the
same
,
a
bandit
is
a
bandit
,
and
we
shall
have
a
dozen
good
straight
Winchesters
to
ride
with
the
silver
down
to
Sulaco
.
"
Mrs.
