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He, too, had learned of Captain Bezan's sudden departure; and by the open letter in his sister's hand, to which he saw appended his dearly loved friend's name, he judged that her weeping had been caused by the knowledge that he had left them-probably forever.
"For saving Captain Bezan's life; for otherwise he had been shot." "But why do you care so much about it, sister?" asked the boy, seriously. "O, nothing, only-that is, you know, Ruez, we owe Captain Bezan so much ourselves for having hazarded his life for us all."
Well, I told him General Harero would not admit me, and when I told him all " "All of what, Ruez?" "Why, about you and me, and sister and father. He said, 'Boy, you are worthy of confidence and love; here, take this, it will pass you to the prison, and to Captain Bezan's cell; and he wrote me this on a card, and said I could come and see you by presenting it to the guard, when I pleased."
Go on your mission to General Harero; save him, if you can; you have already saved me! Nay, do not stare, but go, and see me again at your leisure." The surgeon bowed respectfully, and hastened away as he was directed. That tear had removed mountains from Lorenzo Bezan's heart; he hardly knew what further to do under the circumstances.
"So the captain is to be shot to-day," remarked one of Captain Bezan's own company, to a comrade whom he had just met in the Plaza. "Yes, I had rather it had been " "Hush, Alonzo," said his companion, observing General Harero walking across the street. "That is he, and he is the only man I ever saw," continued the officer, "that I would like to see shot in cold blood.
But when we say that all were happy, and that the great aim of Lorenzo Bezan's heart was accomplished, the reader will find ample space and time to fill up the open space in the picture.
Thus reasoning upon the subject, and thus influenced, he called at the house of Don Gonzales on the evening following that of Captain Bezan's sentence, expecting to be greeted with the usual courtesy that had been extended to him. Ruez was the first one whom he met of the household, on being ushered to the drawing-room by a slave. "Ah! Master Ruez, how do you do?" said the general, pleasantly.
On Lorenzo's Bezan's first appearance at court she had been attracted by his youth, his fame, the absence of pride in his bearing, and the very subdued and tender, if not melancholy, cast of his countenance.
She had not faded during the interim of time since the reader left her with Lorenzo Bezan's letter in her hand; but a soft, tender, yet settled melancholy had possessed the beautiful lineaments and expressive lines of her features. She was not happy.
His rise and new position filled the army with wonder; but none envied him; they loved their old favorite too well to envy his good fortune to him; even his brother officers echoed the cheers for the new lieutenant-general. But when the noise, the pomp, and bustle of the day was over, and when alone in his apartment by himself, it was then that Lorenzo Bezan's heart and feelings found sway.
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