Category: Historical Novels
“_Indios—Indios bravos!_” yelled Manuel Navaja, as he discharged his _escopette_ full at the glowing disk of old Sol; then dropping it, he rushed through the outer gates, sounding the terrible words at every step, his affright being shared by all the _peons_ who heard him, and...
“_Indios—Indios bravos!_” yelled Manuel Navaja, as he discharged his _escopette_ full at the glowing disk of old Sol; then dropping it, he rushed through the outer gates, soundi...
2. CHAPTER II.“_Madre mia_, why so sad this bright and beautiful day, when all should be as gay and happy as it is out of doors?” exclaimed a young girl, as she entered the room, and, kneelin...
3. CHAPTER III.The _venta_ of _tia_ Joaquina was widely celebrated among the miners of Los Rayas for the excellence of its liquors, the fine flavor of its _cigarettes_, and the buxom beauty of...
4. CHAPTER IV.This was performed, but none too soon, for, as the massive table was thrust against the closed door, a rush was heard in the outer room, and the assailants gave it a fearful sho...
5. CHAPTER V.The rioting and confusion did not entirely cease, although, owing to the retreat of the _Melladios_, it was but in an idle and desultory way, either among themselves or the poli...
6. CHAPTER VI.The sun set and twilight ensued, but for a brief space. The moon was near its full, and arose nearly as soon as its more brilliant brother had disappeared, and in that clear atm...
7. CHAPTER VII.Luisa’s eyes were fixed upon her brother’s face, and the change in it was so sudden and strange, that she could not suppress an exclamation of alarm. His face blanched to an ash...
8. CHAPTER VIII.It was true, as Sylva Cohecho had stated, that the miners had again returned to work. The overwhelming defeat experienced by the _Melladios_ had utterly awed them, and as the sp...
9. CHAPTER IX.An old, gray-haired man, unarmed and upon foot, was slowly and wearily walking along a narrow, faintly-defined pathway that wound, leading up and around a precipitous hill that...
10. CHAPTER X.Marcos Sayosa did not escape entirely scatheless from his frightful peril at the _tiro general_, where Estevan Despierto attempted his murder, for the shock had thrown him into...
11. CHAPTER XI.As the Jarocho’s prisoner heard these words spoken by Garote Ventura, he approached, but with the hesitating step of one who doubts, while yet he hopes. The glow of the lampligh...
12. CHAPTER XII.“Yes, this cursed road, added to the sun’s heat, is intolerable. See, the horses know it as well as we do, although I doubt whether either of them were ever within fifty leagues...