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The insurgents had committed some outrages, and among other acts had taken prisoner Lieutenant W.A. Bartlett, acting Alcalde of San Francisco, with some other Americans.
You might as well assert that yonder poor fellow, my guide, whom I see you have made prisoner, is his nephew, the infante Don Sebastian. Alcalde. See, you have betrayed yourself; that is the very person we suppose him to be. Myself. It is true that they are both hunchbacks. But how can I be like Don Carlos?
As for Colton Hall the town-hall, named in honor of its builder, the first alcalde, it is a modern-looking structure, that scarcely harmonizes with the picturesque adobes that surround it. Colton said of it: "It has been erected out of the slender proceeds of town lots, the labor of the convicts, taxes on liquor shops, and fines on gamblers.
On another occasion the defendant, on being fined, was found to be totally insolvent. The alcalde thereupon ordered the plaintiff to pay the fine and costs for the reason that the court could not be expected to sit without remuneration. Though this naive system worked out well enough in the new and primitive community, nevertheless thinking men realized that it could be for a short time only.
"So the alcalde executed the act of possession for a tract, to be bounded on the south by Crow Spring, following its cordillera to the Ojo del Chico, east to the Pedornal range, north to the Ojo del Cibolo Buffalo Springs and west to the great divide.
"Not in society," responded Mrs. Brimmer, with a sigh, "and I do not remember to have met the lady before. The fact is, she does not move in our circle in the upper classes." The Alcalde exchanged a glance with the Padre. "Ah! you have classes? and she is of a distinct class, perhaps?" "Decidedly," said Mrs. Brimmer promptly.
The presence of this odd assortment of objects, it would have been difficult for a stranger to explain though there was no mystery about it. The fact is, that besides his official character as first magistrate, the alcalde had another role which he played, of rather an unofficial character.
So much for sheer vanity!" Each had his desire. The alcalde, with beautiful impartiality, fined them both; and nonchalantly pocketed the proceeds. At dusk millions of fireflies came out, the earth grew velvet black, and the soft, tepid air breathed up from the river.
My grandfather and his friends occupied a distinguished position in a box high above the multitude, and near that of the alcalde. The Señorita Juana looked more lovely than ever in a white dress, over which flowed a white gauzy mantilla, giving a kind of misty indistinctness to the wavy outlines of her figure, and the warm tint of her neck and arms.
As a rule he rode on a big black horse which admirably suited his figure and the scarlet colour and silver of his costume. On arrival Don Amaro was conducted to the drawing-room, followed by all the others; and when all were seated, including the four old gauchos wearing swords, the Alcalde addressed my parents and informed them of the object of the visit.
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