Gustave Aimard. The Gold-Seekers: A Tale of California
PROLOGUE
I. – THE MEETING
II. – EL MESÓN DE SAN JUAN
III. – THE GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD
IV. – THE BARRANCA DEL MAL PASO
CHAPTER I. THE NIGHT HALT
CHAPTER II. FIFTEEN YEARS' SEPARATION
CHAPTER III. A SAD MISTAKE
CHAPTER IV. EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER V. THE CONSEQUENCES OP A LOVE SONG
CHAPTER VI. DELILAH
CHAPTER VII. A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER VIII. A MEXICAN'S PROGRESS
CHAPTER IX. THE NEXT DAY
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH THE SALE OF THE HERD IS DISCUSSED
CHAPTER XI. A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION
CHAPTER XII. CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XIII. PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER XIV. VALENTINE'S RETURN
CHAPTER XV. THE DEPARTURE
CHAPTER XVI. TWO MEN MADE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
CHAPTER XVII. GUAYMAS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRST FORTNIGHT
CHAPTER XIX. PITIC
CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
CHAPTER XXI. THE TAPADA
CHAPTER XXII. THE REVOLT
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On the 5th of July, 184-, at about six in the evening, a party of well-mounted horsemen started at a gallop from Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco, and proceeded along the road that traverses the village of Zapopan, celebrated for its miraculous virgin. After crossing the escarped summits of the Cordilleras, this road reaches the charming little town of Tepic, the usual refuge of those Europeans and rich Mexicans whom business carries to San Blas, but to whom the insalubrity of the air breathed in that port, the maritime arsenal of the Mexican union, would be mortal.
We have said that six o'clock was striking as the cavalcade passed the gateway. The officer of the watch, after bowing respectfully to the travellers, watched them for a long time, then re-entered the guardroom, shaking his head, and muttering to himself, —
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"May Heaven hear you!" he exclaimed involuntarily.
"You had better appeal to the other place if you wish to succeed," the bandit said with a grin; "but you trust to me. Soon, I hope, we shall so completely change our skins that fellows will be very clever who recognise us. Look ye, John: in, this world all that is needful is to take the ball on the bound and turn with the wind."
