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They caught him at Queretaro, and shot him with a dozen or so of his `beauties' in less than a squirrel's jump. "And now, my dear Haller, a last word. We all want you to come back. The house at Jalapa is ready for you, and Dona Joaquina says it is yours, and she wants you to come back. "Don Cosme, too with whom it appears Lupe was the favourite he wants you to come back.
The latter part of it seemed to act upon Don Cosme as a hint, and we were immediately hurried to the dining-room, where we found the Dona Joaquina preparing supper. During our meal I recounted the principal events of the day. Don Cosme knew nothing of these guerilleros, although he had heard that there were bands in the neighbourhood.
I see no difficulty; our batteries are not yet formed." "I will go this instant!" said Don Cosme, leaping to his feet, while Dona Joaquina and her daughters ran out to make preparations for his journey. Hope sweet hope was again in the ascendant. "But how, Senor?" asked Don Cosme, as soon as they were gone; "how can I pass your lines? Shall I be permitted to reach the ship?"
A change, sudden as the atmospheric one we had just witnessed, had taken place; and the scene of wild weeping was now succeeded by one of resignation and prayer. On one side was Dona Joaquina, holding in her hands a golden rosary with its crucifix.
The truth was now clear; and the anguish of the mother and daughters became afflicting when we informed them of what we were unable to conceal that it was the intention of the American commander to bombard the city. The scene was to us deeply distressing. Dona Joaquina wrung her hands, and called upon the Virgin with all the earnestness of entreaty.
Bunning-Ford, approached where he had been standing. Mrs. Abbot glanced admiringly up into Jacky's face. "A successful evening, Joaquina?" she interrogated kindly. "Lovely, Aunt Margaret, thanks." She always called the doctor's wife "Aunt." Mrs. Abbot nodded. "I believe you have danced every dance. You must be tired, child. Come and sit down."
"Yes," added the Senora Joaquina, in Spanish: "he went to the city to spend a few days with a friend; but he was to return to-day, and we are looking for him to arrive in the evening." "But how is he to get out?" cried the major, in his coarse, rough manner. "How? why, Senor?" asked the ladies in a breath, turning deadly pale. "Why, he can't pass the pickets, ma'am," answered the major.
"Chocolate, master; Dona Joaquina has sent it." I drank off the beverage, and hastened to dress myself. I was reflecting whether I should pass on to camp without seeing any one of the family. Somehow, my heart felt less heavy. I believe the morning always brings relief to pain, either mental or bodily. It seems to be a law of nature at least, so my experience tells me.
All his wealth went for nothing. The whim of this girl he had chosen was more powerful in this matter than was gold the gold he loved. But Lablache was not the man to sit down and admit of defeat; he meant to marry Joaquina Allandale willy-nilly. Love was impossible to such a man as he. He had conceived an absorbing passion for her, it is true, but love as it is generally understood no.
I frequently saw the two sisters of my poor wife, Joaquina and Mariquita, as well as my young niece, the daughter of excellent Josephine, for whom I had entertained so warm a friendship, and who so soon followed my darling Anna to the grave. By little and little I was forming new ties of affection, which I was soon to break, and never afterwards to renew.
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