CHAPTER XVI.

Spanish Robbers--A Robber Adventure--Guardias Civiles--Exaggerated Accounts--Cross of the Murdered--Idle Robber Tales--French Bandittiphobia--Robber History--Guerrilleros--Smugglers--Jose Maria--Robbers of the First Class--The Ratero--Miguelites--Escorts and Escopeteros--Passes, Protections, and Talismans--Execution of a Robber.....186