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Even the dishevelled hair and weeping eyes of her young companion her daughter failed to touch the hearts of that fanatical mob, and there were some who cried, "Mueran las dos! madre y hija!" The guards had even to protect them from rude assault, as they were thrust hastily within the door of the prison! Fortunately Carlos saw nought of this. He was not even aware that they were prisoners!
We encounter the same brown adobes everywhere; the same villainous-looking leperos lounging at the corners; the same bare-legged, slippered wenches; the same strings of belaboured donkeys; the same shrill and detestable cries. We pass by a ruinous-looking house in a remote quarter. Our ears are saluted by voices from within. We hear shouts of "Mueran los Yankies! Abajo los Americanos!"
"Mira!" exclaimed the Mexican, almost in the same breath "Mira! the signal-smoke of Wa-ka-ra! To horse! to horse! mueran los Arapahoes!" It was not the signal that called from my lips a convulsive exclamation. It was wrung from my agony, ere the smoke had been descried. It was drowned amidst the shouts of the savage warriors, as they crowded forward out of the chasm.
The day, however, passed without any further demonstration of ill will than a few shots, and cries of "Mueran los Franceses!" Much of this excitement had, of course, been fostered by the stirring proclamations of the government, issued with a proper desire to arouse into something like patriotic enthusiasm the apathy of a people accustomed to submit to the inevitable.
On came the guerilleros, with streaming pennons and lances couched, shouting their wild cries: "Andela! andela! Mueran los Yankees!" The foremost of the soldiers were already upon the heels of the crowded mules, pricking them with bayonets. The animals began to kick and plunge in the most furious manner, causing a new danger in front. "Face about fire!" I commanded at this moment.
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