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"What, rich as Don Crisostomo is, knowing Spanish as he does, and able to eat fast with a knife and spoon, I'd laugh at five curates!" "The next civil-guard I catch stealing my chickens I'm going to call palabistiero, then I'll go to confession at once," murmured one of the rustics in a low voice as he withdrew from the group. The First Cloud
"Do you know why Elias is tall to the alferez and of medium height to the curate?" asked the Tagalog thoughtfully. "No," answered the Visayan. "Because the alferez was down in the mudhole when he saw him and the curate was on foot." "That's right!" exclaimed the Visayan. "You're talented blow is it that you're a civil-guard?"
At last the alcalde with his staff arrived, proceeding from the sacristy and taking their seats in magnificent chairs placed on strips of carpet. The alcalde wore a full-dress uniform and displayed the cordon of Carlos III, with four or five other decorations. The people did not recognize him. "Abá!" exclaimed a rustic. "A civil-guard dressed as a comedian!"
At Malapad-na-bato the carbineer was sleepy and, seeing that the banka was empty and offered no booty which he might seize, according to the traditional usage of his corps and the custom of that post, he easily let them pass on. Nor did the civil-guard at Pasig suspect anything, so they were not molested.
Ibarra with his servants had tried to kidnap Maria Clara, and Capitan Tiago had defended her, aided by the Civil Guard. The number of killed was now not fourteen but thirty. Capitan Tiago was wounded and would leave that very day with his family for Manila. The arrival of two cuadrilleros carrying a human form on a covered stretcher and followed by a civil-guard produced a great sensation.
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