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Updated: June 20, 2025
"I receive no orders from you; you murdered the brother of Martella, though he had done nothing wrong; the message he sent to you was not respectful perhaps, but it was better than you deserved; Martella has done me and mine the best of service, and he shall never be surrendered to you." The fury of General Yozarro threatened to suffocate him.
They penetrated no more than twenty feet, when, at a whispered word from Martella, all halted, and, as they had done earlier in the evening, watched for their pursuers to pass. In this instance, however, the path was so screened that nothing could be seen, and our friends depended wholly upon their sense of hearing. Less than ten minutes elapsed between the landing of the two parties.
In fact, it was impossible for them to have done so, but there could be no doubt that they were all on the tugboat. The explanation instantly flashed upon Martella. "Captain Navarro suspected the truth some time after we left and hurried to take us to the Castle again. Some news may have reached him, or his own sense told him of my trick. He met the General on the way."
"Martella will be glad to go with us; he says we should go ashore just this side of the point of land ahead." "He doesn't seem to have any weapons with him," remarked the Major, scrutinizing the fellow, who was looking at him with a curiously intent expression. "He could not bring his musket, but he has a knife under his coat, and none knows better how to use it." "Bring him here."
The moment Martella came within reach, the American extended his hand and addressed him in his native tongue: "The Captain says you are ready to show us the way to Castillo Descanso, where Señoritas Estacardo and Starland are staying." Martella nodded his head several times and said eagerly, "Si, si, si." "Are you certain they are there?" "I am not, but I think so." "The deuce!
Not the slightest change had been made in the course of the craft, whose prow the next moment impinged sharply against the shore, and Captain Guzman and Martella sprang out. Instead of running away, however, they seized the gunwale and tugged to draw the bow up the bank. Grasping the hand of his sister, Major Starland dashed after them.
With the exception of the men who wrought below, Miss Starland was the only one who slept during those monotonous hours, but she was astir early, and with the help of Martella set about preparing the morning meal for the crew and passengers. General Yozarro could be counted upon to carry a well stocked larder, and little solid food is required in so warm a country.
Captain, I thought you said he was certain." "So he is, as certain as one can be; he saw them go ashore last night and start inland under the escort of two soldiers, and heard them say they were going to Castillo Descanso; isn't that true, Martella?" "It is true, but perhaps they did not arrive there." "Oh, hang it! that is as near right as one can be.
You don't get Martella without the biggest fight of your lives, and you don't keep me on this old tub without a bigger fight; I'm not afraid of the whole pack of jail birds of you!" "Arrest him!" commanded General Yozarro, speaking directly to Colonel Carlos Del Valle, his chief of staff, standing next to the American; "put him in irons."
Attired in the light, gauzy material of the tropics, it only remained for her to adjust her hat and to catch up the reticule containing a few indispensable articles. Still she lingered, impressed by the importance of the step she was about to take. Martella stood like a statue, but the tension had become almost intolerable. "Shall I retire till the Señorita is ready?" he respectfully asked.
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