Five Years in Texas Or, What you did not hear during the war from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his travels, experiences, and observation

CHAPTER XVII.

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The Conscript Law--How the Writer Beat It, and How at last It Beat Him--Trip to Mexico--Matamoras--General Mejia--The Situation--Rev. Dr. L. and the Writer--Petitioning Maximilian--Preaching in Varieties' Theater 167-172