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"Puez, amigo!" continued the Mexican, "I need hardly tell you that there is scarce a family on the Rio del Norte from Taos to El Paso that has not good cause to lament this unhappy condition of things; scarce one that has not personally suffered, from the inroads of the savages.
I made none; but in silence and with eager attention awaited to hear the denouement of a drama, whose prologue promised such a tragical ending. "Puez, senor," proceeded the narrator, after a short silence, "Gabriella, as I have said, consented to marry me, and we were married. It was the day of our wedding.
Poor nina! She might as well have perished then, by the monster's claws. She met her death from worse monsters a death far more horrible; but you shall hear." "Go on! From what you have disclosed, I am painfully interested in your tale." "Puez senor! what I am about to tell you happened full ten years ago, though it's as fresh in my mind as if it was yesterday.
After a pause he proceeded to narrate the story of his love, and the sad incidents that led to its fatal termination. "Puez, Senor!" commenced the Mexican, "your comrades tell me, you have been campaigning down below on the Rio Grande." "Quite true I have."
I have told you that I loved her; but I could not find words to tell you how much I loved her. You, who have come all this way in pursuit of a sweetheart, you, cavallero, can understand all that. Like you with yours, I too could have followed Gabriella to the end of the world! Puez amigo! Like you, I had the good fortune to be loved in return."
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