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The gringo armies will never come to Vera Cruz. They are away up north on the Rio Grande." "Well, mother, I will a little," said the señorita, proudly. "Señor Carfora, your generals will be beaten all to pieces. You wait till you see our soldiers. You haven't anything like them. They are as brave as lions. My father is a soldier, and he is to command a regiment.
"I wanted to say good-by to them," began Ned, but here they were. "General, this is the jewel case," said Señora Paez, as she handed him a small rosewood box. "Here is the money. Now, Señor Carfora, be a brave fellow. Learn all you can of our poor country. I hope to see you again."
Up jumped Ned, and he and the señorita followed Señora Paez eagerly. Half a minute later, he felt as if he had never been so astonished before in all his life, for his hand was heartily grasped, and the voice of General Zuroaga said to him: "Here I am, Señor Carfora. How are you?" "Oh, but I'm glad to see you!" exclaimed Ned. "I'm all right, but isn't it awfully dangerous for you to be here?"
"Not for to-day nor to-morrow, perhaps, but down goes the Paredes monarchy! Ah, me! There is a terrible time coming for poor Mexico. Who shall tell what the end of it all will be!" "Nobody!" said Señora Tassara, sadly, but Felicia whispered to Ned: "Señor Carfora, the gringos could not do us much harm if their army had a revolution springing up behind it at home. I wish they had one."
He had a bayonet wound, too, and they thought he would die, but they made him a general " "I am getting better, Carfora," said General Tassara, courageously, "but I can do no more fighting just now. I sincerely wish that there might not be any. The plans of Santa Anna " "Tassara!" exclaimed Zuroaga. "What we heard is true. He is utterly ruined.
Before the mirror of this, the señor set down the lamp he had been carrying, and said to Ned: "My dear Carfora, I have explained to the haughty señora that you are the son of an American merchant, and of a good family, so that she will not really treat you like a common person. She is descended from the oldest families of Spain, and there is no republicanism in her.
The general was silent for a moment, and appeared to be lost in thought. "No, not now!" he then whispered between his set teeth, but Ned heard him. "If I shot him, it would make enemies of Zuroaga and the Tassaras and Señora Paez. Bravo would not care. Carfora," he added, aloud, "you may go.
She did not obtain at all what she wanted, for there were no accounts of brilliant Mexican victories. All of these must have been meanly omitted by the editors, and at last she angrily threw down a newspaper to say to him: "Señor Carfora, I am glad you are to stay here, but you will never be anything better than a gringo, no matter how much you learn.
"Come, Señor Carfora," said Felicia, as they all arose from the table, "I will show you the library. You can't do much reading there to-night, though, for the lamps have all been taken away. I do not wish to go there, anyhow, except in the daytime. It is a pokerish kind of place. Do you believe in ghosts? I do not, but, if I were a ghost, I would pick out that library for a good place to hide in.
Perhaps it was well that he should get in without being recognized by too many eyes. He did not have to actually get into the parlor before he was welcomed, for a light form sprang out into the hall, and Felicia herself shouted, eagerly: "Oh, Señor Carfora! Are you here? This is wonderful!" "Señorita," he interrupted her, "I have letters for your mother and Señora Paez. Where are they?"
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