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Then he dropped his reins and sprang off the reach of his rigging. Felipe was duly awakened. He gained his feet slowly. "You know me, eh?" he retorted, advancing toward the other. "All right gracios!" And by way of coals of fire he proffered the fellow-townsman papers and tobacco.
"It is well for them; we'd have made mince-meat of them otherwise; now they shall be well treated, and ransomed if they prefer." "Gracios excellenze!" said I, in a feigned voice. "Give up your sword," said the major, in an undertone. "You behaved gallantly, but you fought against invincibles. Lord love them! but they are the most terrified invincibles." I nearly burst aloud at this.
Gradually the sea went down; the current which had opposed them here aided them, and they were able to recover a little from the terrible strain of the last six weeks. The cape was called by Columbus 'Gracios de Dios'; and on the 16th of September they landed at the entrance to a river to take in water.
Muchos gracios, senor! They were piling on me three deep, right then, and I always believed they'd have got me, only for a tall vaquero I couldn't locate afterward." He smiled again that wonderful smile, which lighted the darkness of his eyes as with a flame, and murmured a sentence or two in Spanish. "Did you get the spurs me and my friends sent you afterward?" asked Andy eagerly.
His deliberation is not for long; a bright idea has flashed across his brain, and with his countenance also recovering brightness, he exclaims "Gracios a Dios! I know how it can be managed; I think I know." Ludwig and Cypriano have it on their tongues to inquire what he means. But before either can say a word, he is off and away in a rush toward the scaffold-post to which Shebotha is tied.
But the admiral's mind was bent upon discovering the supposed strait that was to lead to the Indian Ocean. In this navigation he explored a great extent of coast from Cape Gracios
"Gracios a Dios!" is the gaucho's gratified exclamation at sight of them; continuing in low tone and speaking over his shoulder, "A couple of avestruz!" The others, gliding up to him, and looking through the leaves, also behold the birds, seeing them from head to foot.
Gradually the sea went down; the current which had opposed them here aided them, and they were able to recover a little from the terrible strain of the last six weeks. The cape was called by Columbus 'Gracios de Dios'; and on the 16th of September they landed at the entrance to a river to take in water.
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