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Updated: June 1, 2025
The immense plain in the midst of which stood the Hacienda del Venado presented a double aspect. In front of the house only did the ground show any traces of cultivation. On that side fields of Indian corn and vast olive plantations denoted the presence and skilful labour of man.
It is scarce necessary to add that the young girl who recalled these sweet souvenirs, and who was now mingling in his dreams, was the daughter of Don Augustin Pena, the proprietor of the Hacienda del Venado. At daybreak the sleepers were awakened by the ringing of a bell and the clatter of hoofs. It was the cavallada returning to camp, under the charge of Benito, who had thus kept his promise.
Had it been daylight, Cuchillo might have seen a blush suddenly redden the cheeks of the young man as he pronounced these words; for it was an affair of the heart, that in spite of all the efforts he had made to resist it, was attracting him to the hacienda de Venado. The object of his interest was no other than the daughter of the haciendado himself the young heiress already spoken of.
Our engraving represents him in the attitude of watching for a deer which is seen, in the distance. A specimen apparently of the boa scytale called in Venezuela "La Culebra de Agua," or water serpent, and also "El Traga Venado," or deer-swallower, which measures nineteen feet and a half in length, was presented by Sir Robert Ker Porter to the United Service Museum.
This young man has in his pocket, at this moment, a written direction of the route to the Golden Valley; moreover, he is passionately in love with Dona Rosarita, for whom he would give all the gold in this valley, or all the gold in the world, and all the horses in Sonora, if he had them. Moreover, his object in coming to the Hacienda del Venado, was to make himself its future proprietor."
It was the denizens of the forest who welcomed the return of evening. The two sleepers awoke. After a short and substantial repast, of which Gayferos had brought the materials from the Hacienda del Venado, the four travellers awaited in calm meditation the hour of their great trial. Some time passed away before the azure sky above the open clearing was overcast.
The Hacienda del Venado like all buildings of this kind situated upon the Indian frontier, and of course exposed to the attacks of the savages was a species of citadel, as well as a country dwelling-house.
"Perfectly," replied several voices, "and first, may we know who your master is?" "He is Don Augustin Pena; you are not without some knowledge of his name?" "The proprietor of the great Hacienda del Venado a man worth three millions! Who does not know him?" replied one of the bystanders. "He is the same.
There was nothing remarkable in two men having made their camp-fire in the woods; it was their proximity to a hacienda and that, too, the Hacienda del Venado that rendered the fact significant. The trappers knew well enough that the hacienda was close at hand; it followed, then, that they had some reasons of their own for not availing themselves of its hospitality.
"The traitor who twice attempted your life the first time at the Hacienda del Venado, the second in the neighbouring forest is the one who conducted us to this valley of gold." "It was then Cuchillo who told you the secret. I was almost sure of it but are you also certain?" "As certain as I am that I shall one day appear before God.
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