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Don Pablo listened to the admonitions of his retainer with incredulity, though not with any degree of disdain. He knew the devotedness of the old Indian, and therefore treated, what he considered a mere superstition, with a show of respect. But he felt an inclination to cure Guapo of the folly of such a belief; and was, on this account, the more inclined to put his original design into execution.
If you had not come to live with us, and not proved so faithful, I could not have left to benefit my sisters; but you have induced me to leave, and they have to thank you if I am able to be of any service to them." "Well, Massa Edward, you go; never mind us, we make plenty of work; do every thing all the same as you." "I think you will, Pablo, and that is the reason why I have agreed to go away.
As the meal progressed the Señora maintained a discreet silence, patting out tortillas and listening politely to her husband's stock of stories, for Don Pablo was lord in his own house. The big-eyed muchacho sat in the corner, watching the corn cakes cook on the top of the stove and battening on the successive rations which were handed out to him.
They were evidently very young creatures, yet for all that they growled, and spat, and attempted to scratch his hands; but Leon was not a boy to be frightened at trifles, and after getting one under each arm, he set off in triumph, intending to carry them direct to the house. Guapo was in front of the house busy in new-hafting his axe. Don Pablo was at his work in the store-room.
Lifting him in this dull, limp state, and carrying him up the steep steps, was heavy work for us, wounded and weary as we were; but with Pablo's help we managed it, and so got him up from the depths of the amphitheatre to its windward side where a fresh sweet breeze that was blowing, and some water that a soldier brought when Pablo called for it, in a little while put new life into him.
"There," said he, "to the north of Oakland is Berkeley, with a population of thirteen thousand. It is, as you see, situated at the foot of the San Pablo hills, and is about eleven miles from the Market street ferry in San Francisco. To reach it you go by ferry to the Oakland pier and then take the cars on the Southern Pacific road."
When the crowd had dispersed, my protector advised me to conceal myself, and, above all, not to go on board; he then started off to rejoin his comrades. But all was not yet over. I had scarcely entered my lodgings when I heard a knocking at the door. "Doctor Pablo," said a voice, which was not unknown to me.
How could he say that he was ashamed to keep him tied while two armed men were in the room to watch him? "Move from that bed and I'll blow your brains out," the Mexican growled in Spanish. Presently Pablo brought him a tin dipper filled with water. "Drink, Señor" he ordered ungraciously. Dick drank the last drop and smiled at his guard gratefully. "You're white in spots, Mr.
They advised me to accompany them, and afterwards to try and make my way northward with any party of white trappers or hunters who might be going in that direction. Pablo strongly urged me to take this course. He had his reasons, he said, for wishing to go to the northward, and would accompany me.
The poor boy said that he had no appetite; but Edward insisted, and at last prevailed upon him to eat some bread and drink a glass of wine, which proved of great service to him. The poor fellow shuddered as he saw the body covered up in the corner of the room, but said nothing. Edward was trying to make him eat a little more, when Pablo made his appearance at the door.
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