The Bandolero: or, A Marriage among the Mountains
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Reid Mayne. The Bandolero: or, A Marriage among the Mountains
Chapter One. A City of Angels
Chapter Two. A City of Devils
Chapter Three. The Lady in the Balcon
Chapter Four. A Pair of Counterparts
Chapter Five. A Nocturnal Sortie
Chapter Six “Va Con Dios!”
Chapter Seven. Brigandage in New Spain
Chapter Eight. A Rival Tracked to his Roof-Tree
Chapter Nine. Muera El Americano!
Chapter Ten. The Street of the Sparrows
Chapter Eleven. The Red Hats
Chapter Twelve “Un Clavo Saca Otro Clavo.”
Chapter Thirteen. A Pleasant Misconception
Chapter Fourteen. Que Cosa?
Chapter Fifteen. Life for Life
Chapter Sixteen. Early Birds
Chapter Seventeen. At Matins
Chapter Eighteen. A Challenge in a Church
Chapter Nineteen. A Quiet Street
Chapter Twenty. Rescued by Red Hats
Chapter Twenty One. Six O’clock – in the Alameda!
Chapter Twenty Two. Appointment and Disappointment
Chapter Twenty Three. Her Name is Dolores
Chapter Twenty Four. A Parting Glance at Puebla
Chapter Twenty Five. An Antipathy to Robbers
Chapter Twenty Six. The Great Strategist
Chapter Twenty Seven. A Bereaved Parent
Chapter Twenty Eight. A Disobedient Daughter
Chapter Twenty Nine. Don Samuel Bruno
Chapter Thirty. A Yankee Jehu
Chapter Thirty One. Demonté
Chapter Thirty Two. Paradise from the Pillory
Chapter Thirty Three. A Rude Interruption
Chapter Thirty Four. Padre Cornaga
Chapter Thirty Five. Sad but Sweet
Chapter Thirty Six. The Bandits at Bay
Chapter Thirty Seven. A Scoundrel Safely Screened
Chapter Thirty Eight. The Swing Bridge
Chapter Thirty Nine. Guided by a Renegade
Chapter Forty. The Consummation
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Our conquering army thus easily admitted into the City of the Angels, soon discovered it to be deserving of a far different appellation; and before we were a week within its walls there were few of our fellows who would not have preferred taking the chance of “quarters in Timbuctoo.” Notwithstanding our antipathy to the place, we were forced to remain in it for a period of several months, as it was not deemed prudent to advance directly upon the capital.
Between the “Vega” of Puebla and the “Valle” of Mexico extends a vast wall – the main “cordillera” of the Mexican Andes. It affords several points capable of easy defence, against a force far superior to that of the defenders. It was reported that one or other of these points would be fortified and sustained.
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In time the lex talionis became thoroughly established; and a stringent order had to be issued from head-quarters: that neither soldier nor officer should go out upon the streets, without special permission from the commander of the regiment, troop, or detachment.
A revolt of the “angels,” whom we had by this time discovered to be very “devils,” was anticipated. Hence the motive for the precautionary measure.
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