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He therefore galloped back to Madrid, leaving Victoriano to follow more leisurely. He rejoiced at the alarm of the clergy. A new binding-order had to be given for the balance of the 500 Bibles that had arrived in sheets, or such as had been left of them by the rats, who had done considerable damage in the Madrid storehouse.
At length, in February, 1913, came the blow that put an end to all of Madero's efforts and aspirations. A military uprising in the city of Mexico made him prisoner, forced him to resign, and set up a provisional government under the dictatorship of Victoriano Huerta, one of his chief lieutenants.
This Victoriano, whom I always called Vic for short, was the best servant that I have had during my wanderings in any part of the world. He spoke Spanish and knew a little English, as he had once been a servant to an Englishman near Manila. With my small knowledge of Spanish, and his smattering of English, we hit it off very well together.
"Yes, yes," shouted the rest of the conclave, "let him but venture here, and we will shed his heart's blood on our stones." In this manner they went on for nearly half an hour. At last they broke up the meeting, and conducted Victoriano once more to his prison. During his confinement he lived tolerably well, being in possession of money.
Victoriano was set at liberty, and the books were placed in embargo at Guadalajara; the governor stating, however, that though it was his duty to detain them at present, they should be sent to me whenever I chose to claim them; he moreover said that he would do his best to cause the authorities of Fuente la Higuera to be severely punished, as in the whole affair they had acted in the most cruel tyrannical manner, for which they had no authority.
In reply, he informed me that he was busily employed in his agricultural pursuits: to supply his place, however, he sent over an elderly villager, Victoriano Lopez by name, a distant relation of his own. What is a missionary in the heart of Spain without a horse?
The only available federal general of high rank, who had any experience in commanding large forces in the field, was Victoriano Huerta. President Madero, in his extremity, called upon Huerta to reorganize the badly disordered forces at Torreon, and to take the field against Orozco, "cost what it may." This was toward the end of March, 1912.
The attempt to maintain one at the City of Mexico has broken down, and a mere military despotism has been set up which has hardly more than the semblance of national authority. It originated in the usurpation of Victoriano Huerta, who, after a brief attempt to play the part of constitutional President, has at last cast aside even the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator.
Arrival at Florida Blanca The Schoolmaster's House Kept by Pupils in their Master's Absence Everyday Scenes at Florida Blanca A Filipino Sunday A Visit to the Cock-fighting Ring A Strange Church Clock and Chimes Pugnacious Scene at a Funeral Strained Relations between Filipinos and Americans My New Servant Victoriano, an Ex-officer of Aguinaldo's Army, and his Six Wives I Start for the Mountains "Free and easy" Progress of my Buffalo-cart Ascent into the Mountains Arrival at my Future Abode Description of my Hut and Food Our Botanical Surroundings Meetings with the Negritos Friendliness and Mirth of the Little People Negritos may properly be called Pigmies Their Appearance, Dress, Ornaments and Weapons An Ingenious Pig-arrow Extraordinary Fish-traps Their Rude Barbaric Chanting Their Chief and His House Cure of a Malarial Fever and its Embarrassing Results "Agriculture in the Tropics" A Hairbreadth Escape Filipino Blowpipes A Pigmy Hawk in Pigmyland The Elusive Pitta Names of the Birds A Moth as Scent Producer Flying Lizards and other kinds A "Tigre" Scare by Night Enforced Seclusion of Female Hornbill.
These villages for the most part are very small, some of them consisting of not more than a dozen houses, or I should rather say miserable cabins. I left Antonio, my Greek, to superintend matters in Madrid, and proceeded with Victoriano, the peasant from Villa Seca, in the direction which I have already mentioned. We, however, soon parted company, and pursued different routes.
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