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But Bob Harding fortunately was not of an analytical disposition, and he was soon rattling on again, relating to the boys, with great glee, the manner in which the insurrectos were getting all the arms they wanted by Black Ramon's underground route. Camp was made that night not far from the outskirts of what must have been a small town or village.
The insurrectos had determined on a bold rush, and unmolested they had succeeded in scaling the walls on each other's shoulders. "Good Lord!" groaned Pete, as he saw. Despair was in the countenances of the others, but, even as they halted in dismay at what seemed certain annihilation, a strange thing happened.
The lieutenant shook his head. "I am a friend a Cuban, in spite of this uniform. If you repeat my words I shall be shot within the hour. I implore you" his voice became more urgent "to heed my warning. I don't know what you had to do with this skirmish out San Rafael Street, but a short time ago a message came from the fortina that Insurrectos were in the woods close by.
We were shown many of the dungeons; there were then confined within those walls many very bad Insurrectos. As we were eager to visit one of the large estates, we were given a heavy guard and went inland about two miles from the port; it was certainly a fine plantation, much better kept than any I had ever seen before.
"However that may be, he believes that a raid on Texas soil from this side of the river would provoke our government to an invasion, as it probably would." "I should hope so." "And he believes, too, that in such an emergency the Mexican federals and insurrectos would join hands in fighting the common enemy." "That is quite likely. He's got that figured out in good form," laughed Frank.
Scattered here and there over the meadows were the dead or fallen trunks of another variety, the cabbage-palm, the green heart of which had long formed a staple article of diet for the Insurrectos. Spanish axes had been at work here and not a single tree remained alive.
In 1893 Nevas is said to have taken 100 soldiers and 500 warriors to Sadanga; they brought back one head. A few years later Saldero went to "clear up" rebellious Sagada with soldiers and Igorot warriors; Bontoc reports that the warriors returned with 100 heads. The insurrectos appeared before Cervantes two or three months after Saldero's bloody work in Sagada.
The bar fell to the ground, and the besieged party dashed forth, firing as they emerged. Suddenly, from without, and just as the insurrectos espied the daring sortie, there came the shrill notes of a bugle. At the same instant a ringing cheer came over the top of the stockade. What could it all mean?
I caught the flash of sunlight on their rifles. If they are Mexican insurrectos, we are in a bad fix." "Mexicans! What would they be doing this side of the border?" "That remains to be seen. But I don't like the looks of it." "Suppose they are Mexicans, Pete, would they do us any harm?" "That depends a whole lot on whether they are on lawful business or not." "You mean "
It would have seemed to him that the intangible cloud settling down over them was a more tragic and sinister thing than the insurrectos besieging them, than the thirst which was cracking their lips and swelling and blackening their tongues. He was to remember and marvel, long afterward, that his thought on that date had tugged uneasily toward them all day and evening.
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