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"'Twould hardly suit my broken head," returned the muleteer. "But from whom have you inherited? From the dead or the living?" "The living to be sure," replied the sergeant, laughing. "From a fat Christino alcalde, with whom I fell in the other morning upon the Salvatierra road. His saddle-bags were worth the rummaging."
He only took a capacious quid of tobacco as the Commander gravely drew a settle before the fire, and in honor of his guest untied the black-silk handkerchief that bound his grizzled brows. What passed between Salvatierra and his guest that night it becomes me not, as a grave chronicler of the salient points of history, to relate.
Wherever the right eye of the commander fell, a shadow fell with it. Not was Salvatierra entirely free from the baleful influence of his miraculous acquisition. Unconscious of its effect upon others, he only saw in their actions evidence of certain things that the crafty Peleg had hinted on that eventful New Year's eve. His most trusty retainers stammered, blushed, and faltered before him.
The little bay of San Carlos, albeit sheltered by the headlands of the blessed Trinity, was rough and turbulent; its foam clung quivering to the seaward wall of the Mission garden; the air was filled with flying sand and spume, and as the Senor Commandante, Hermenegildo Salvatierra, looked from the deep embrasured window of the Presidio guardroom, he felt the salt breath of the distant sea buffet a color into his smoke-dried cheeks.
As soon as it was known in Hispaniola that Velasquez was going to establish a settlement in Cuba, abundance of people resolved to bear him company, some of them from attachment to his person, and others because they were involved in debt. All these rendezvoused at the town of Salvatierra de la Zavana, at the western extremity of Hispaniola, whence they proposed to embark for Cuba.
He no longer attended the services of the Holy Church, but crept away at such times to some solitary spot, where he spent the interval in silent meditation. The firelight played upon the low beams and rafters, but left the bowed figure of Salvatierra in darkness. Sitting thus, he felt a small hand touch his arm, and looking down, saw the figure of Paquita, his little Indian pupil, at his knee.
It was, however, necessary that Salvatierra should conceal himself for a long time, to escape being torn to pieces by the incensed soldiery. Meantime, affairs in the city were more difficult to adjust. The mutineers raised an altar of chests and bales upon the public square, and celebrated mass under the open sky, solemnly swearing to be true to each other to the last.
With a cry of joy he sprang into the fall and disappeared with Tisayac. Two rainbows quivered on the falling water, and the sun went down. Old Governor Hermenegildo Salvatierra, of Presidio, California, sported only one eye the left because the other had been shot out by an Indian arrow.
Aldegonde's views in captivity Expedition to relieve Middelburg Counter preparations of Orange Defeat of the expedition Capitulation of Mondragon Plans of Orange and his brothers An army under Count Louis crosses the Rhine Measures taken by Requesens Manoeuvres of Avila and of Louis The two armies in face at Mook Battle of Mook- heath Overthrow and death of Count Louis The phantom battle Character of Louis of Nassau Painful uncertainty as to his fate Periodical mutinies of the Spanish troops characterized Mutiny after the battle of Mook Antwerp attacked and occupied, Insolent and oppressive conduct of the mutineers Offers of Requesens refused Mutiny in the citadel Exploits of Salvatierra Terms of composition Soldiers' feast on the mere Successful expedition of Admiral Boisot
Aldegonde's views in captivity Expedition to relieve Middelburg Counter preparations of Orange Defeat of the expedition Capitulation of Mondragon Plans of Orange and his brothers An army under Count Louis crosses the Rhine Measures taken by Requesens Manoeuvres of Avila and of Louis The two armies in face at Mook Battle of Mook- heath Overthrow and death of Count Louis The phantom battle Character of Louis of Nassau Painful uncertainty as to his fate Periodical mutinies of the Spanish troops characterized Mutiny after the battle of Mook Antwerp attacked and occupied, Insolent and oppressive conduct of the mutineers Offers of Requesens refused Mutiny in the citadel Exploits of Salvatierra Terms of composition Soldiers' feast on the mere Successful expedition of Admiral Boisot
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