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Updated: May 22, 2025
In Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, in the little country towns and the neighboring communities, haciendas and ranches were deserted. When one of the officers found a barrel of tequila, the event assumed miraculous proportions. Everything was conducted with secrecy and care; deep mystery was preserved to oblige the soldiers to leave on the morrow before sunrise under Anastasio and Venancio.
The notes of the wood-dove and oriole mingling with the silvery voice of the river, fell in rhythmical cadences upon the ears of the inhabitants who rested in the shady seclusion of their patios and gardens during the hour of the siesta; rolling and smoking cigarillos as they leisurely discussed the latest bit of news or gossip over their black coffee, mescal and tequila, or engaged in a game of moles.
He followed this with a tall tumbler "twelve full ounces ... none of your eightounce thimbles ... not trifled with" of champagne into which the bartender, upon his instructions and under his critical eye, poured two jiggers of tropical rum. Then he wiped his lips with a handkerchief pulled from his sleeve and began with a serious air on a combination of benedictine and tequila.
It was quiet. It might have been 1800 or 1600. The awareness of time stretched further back than anything he had felt in New England. He ordered carne secca, beef flavored with intense dry spices that he hadn't before tasted. He drank tequila and wine. A stern guitar embraced the silence. At the end of the meal, Oliver had a final tequila. To his astonishment, he began to cry.
"I'll wager you know Macias the bandit, lady? I was in the pen with him at Escobedo, once." "Bring me a bottle of tequila, Sergeant: I've decided to spend the night with this charming lady.... What's that? The colonel? ... Why in God's name talk about the colonel now? He can go straight to hell, for all I care. And if he doesn't like it, it's all right with me.
He was his own man, not Rennie’s son, unless he chose.... Two more lamps had been lighted in the cantina. Drew sat down at a table. There was a swish of full skirts, and he looked up at a girl. She smiled as if she liked what she saw of this brown-faced stranger with quiet, disciplined features and eyes older than his years. "You like, señor ... tequila ... whiskee ... food?" "Food, señorita.
"Have a cigar and a copita of this capital stuff; it's the best that Tequila produces." "I've brought other company that may be more cheerful than mine," returns the adjutant, still keeping his feet. "Ah! some of our fellows from the cuartel? Bring them in." "It is not any of the officers, Colonel. There's only one man, and he's a civilian. "Civilian or soldier, you're free to introduce him.
He now addressed him directly: "You are dronk," he affirmed, and stamped his foot. Frightened, the boy cried: "No! No!" Certainly he was under the influence of the deadly tequila; but when he saw the bandit's face, and realized that he was in his power, he became suddenly and miraculously sober. He was firmly convinced that his last moment on this earth had come.
"You're the fifth that's had that hope this year. I don't care a rap what you think, old feller! Remember that!" A shadow appeared on the doorsill; and Morgan Pell came in. His face was harder than ever. It was obvious that he had not thrown away the bottle of tequila until he had consumed the contents. His eye lit on Hardy at once, but he said nothing to him.
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