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Title: The rifle rangers : or adventures in South Mexico
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883
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Publisher: New York : Robert M. De Witt, Publisher
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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o keep our saddles,—or rather saddle-trees, for we were upon the naked wood. Our hips achedintensely, and our limbs smarted imder the chafing thong. There was a crackling of fires around us. Our captors were cooking theirbreakfasts, and chatting gaily over their chocolate. Neither food nor drinkwas oifered to us, nthough we were both thirsty and hungry. We were keptin this place for ab( at an hour. They have joine! another party here, said Raoul, with pack mules. How know you T I inquired. I can tell by the hliouts of the ameros—listen !—they are making readyto start. There was a mingling of voices. Exclamations addressed to their animalsby the arrieros, such as:— Mula ! anda ! vaya! levantate ! carrai ! mvla—mulita—anda !—si—St.» In the midst of this din I fancied that I heard the voice of a woman ! Can it be ? The thought was too painful. ; A buffle at length sounded, and we felt ourselves moved onward. i -■y<»ii^<rfMfg&aiti^^i^w ■Fir^jiW S^ •S- ?U^
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He liun), heart down. I could see that lie was dead ! The hard thong was cutting myankles; and, oh, heaven ! under our united weight, the roots were cracking ! I held fastwith one arm; I drew forth my knife with the other; I opened the blade with my teeth •and stretching backward and downward, I drew it across the thong.—Page 175. THE RIFLE RANGERS. 175 Our road appeared to run along the naked ridge. There were no trees, andtire heat became intense. Our serapes, that had served us during the night,should have been dispensed with now, had we been consulted in relation tothe matter. I did not know, until some time after, why these blankets hadbeen given to us; as they had been hitherto very useful in the cold. It wasnot from any anxiety in regard to our comfbrt, as I learned afterwards. We began to suffer from thirst, and Raoul asked one of the guorilleros forwater. Oarq/o. answered the man, its no use; youll be choked by and byewith something else than thirst. The brutal jest calle

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