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ced the past, and therefore they could work for the future. As Robert Worth rode through the streets of San Antonio that a

soldiers which was to accompany them-a little squad of small, lithe men, with round, yellow, beardless faces, bearing in a singular degree the stamp of being native to the soil. Their lieutenant, a gorgeously clad officer with a very distinguished air, w

sness of coming events, which makes whole communities at times prescient, was becoming stronger. "If the powers of the air have anything to do wi

eep, even the fighting cocks tied outside were dozing on their perches. He was unusually weary, he had been riding since dawn,

nexpressible relief. But it was the hour of siesta, and he was always careful not to let the requirements of his profession disturb his household. So

e well down, and give

to be done. A stranger has be

d he say

uld call ag

. These rooms belonged exclusively to him. One was his study, his office, his covert, the place to which he went when he wanted to be alone with his o

le men, as she had to do afresh every day, how to lay the cloth and serve the dishes in the American fashion. When the duty was completed, she went into the garden to listen for the Angelus. The young ladies of to-day would doubtless consider her toilet f

ust be. Antonia still observed the form. It lent for a moment a solemn beauty to her face. She was about to re-enter the house, when she saw a stranger appr

only did homage to womanhood, but revealed more perfectly a face of remarkable beauty and nobility. For the rest, he w

see Dr. W

m. The Senora said so many books made her feel as if she were in a church or monastery; she was afraid to say anything but paternosters in it. Isabel cowered b

en the death of many of those "little devils" corked up in alcohol. She knew that at this hour, if her father were at home

a couch reading. He arose with alacrity, and with his pleasant smile seemed to welcome the intrud

ctor Robert

, their souls

are Sam

grip, a sympathetic smile on both fa

ctor, and I think, also, that you will ha

rial look which all born rulers of men possess-that look that half coerces, and whol

u. We shall have dinner directly,

lf had to prepare the Senora for her visitor, and he had a little quaking of the heart as h

can my poor Manuel say when your Irishwoman attacks him. Listen to her! 'Take you

ia, for we have a

hen, my

Hou

of Guadalupe preserve us

and he has been so kind as to take charge of some fine horses, and sell them wel

ne. As for this Sam Houston, you should have

. Everythin

a very co

ited States Congress, a governor of a great State like Tenn

no God, who are infidels, and perhaps even cannibals. If he is a good man, why does he live with bad m

did not bless his life as you have blessed mine. No one knows what his sorrow was, for he told no o

y Virgin, what hard heart

y. Are they not the kindest and fairest among all God's women? I know, at least, Maria

shone through happy tears, she whispered softly: "My Robert, it is a joy to please you. I wil

r throat. And the Senora kept her word. She paid her guest great attention. She talked to him of his adventures with the Indians. She requested her daughters to sing to him. She told him stories of the old Castilian families with which she was connecte

Houston. Both men hesitated for a moment to open the conversation. Worth, because he was treading on unknown ground;

ly. Then Worth laid a letter upon the table, and said: "I unstand{sic} fr

such souls as his the foundat

d unembarrassed by many circumstances which render decisive movement on my part a much more difficul

n long on the

men. I saw the party of twenty, who joined the priest Hidalgo in eighteen hund

ccessful

al journey to Chihuahua, to try and save their li

ife for libe

independence on the Trinity River. I saw them them{sic} take this very city, though it was ably defended

t deed for a h

struggling to free themselves from the tyranny of old Spain. I do not think any one of them recei

se men a debt sh

ad again defended San Antonio against the Spaniards, the Mexicans

e; tell me th

fear them; and there was a continual influx of young men from the States. The Mexicans said to each other: 'There is no end to these Americans. Very soon t

f them. They went first to England to help the Britons fight the Romans, and they liked the country

an go back to Genesis and find Pharaoh a

orcible expulsion of the Am

icans still came, though they pursued different tactics. They bought land and settled on the great rivers. In eig

direction; but I am astonish

ent to govern. I dare say any of them would have permitted three hundred German families to settle in some part of British America, as far from New York as Texas is from Mexico. I do not need

terial liberty needed.

ught with them their wives and their children, their civilization, their inborn love of freedom and national faith. T

did

nst Spain was again raised. Santa Anna took the field for a republican form of government,

ber that

eighteen twenty-four. It was a noble constitution, purely democratic and federal, and the Texan colonists to a man gladly swore to obey it. The form

r political religion. The average American citizen would expect the Almighty

ere a grander constitution than is guaranteed to us in His Word;

was sitting in the United States Congress, when this constitutio

Pedraza, Guerrero, Bustamante and Santa Anna for the Presidency of Mexico. After so much war and misery the country is now ready to res

nd free-born Americans in Texas are going to have a dictator? They will have the constitution of

e men for wh

ephen Austin to Mexico with a statement of our wrongs. Did we get any redress? No, sir! And as for poor Austin, is he not i

ntion a body of

ten. They met in a log house; they wore buckskin and homespun; bu

nce Austin we

our authorities have protested against the change, they have been driven from office by a military force. I tell you, sir, the petty outrages everywhere

been with my countrymen alw

and Houston laid his closed hand hard

bowie-knife and your revolvers in your belt, and take your rifle in your h

to that I shall

d the rending of them apart. In a moment, however, the soul behind his white face made it visibly luminous. "Houston," he sa

ays, perhaps to-morrow, you will hear the publication of an edi

, no, by Heaven! I will die

d by Indians. A large proportion of the colonists depend on their rifles for their daily food. All of them know that they must defend their own homes from the Comanche, or see them perish. Now, do you im

to the door. They stood silently together for a moment on the threshold, gazing into the night. Over the glorious land the full moon hung, enamoured. Into the sweet, warm air moc

iful land," sa

t with long, swinging steps down the garden, and into th

out the room mechanically locking up his papers, and the surgical instruments he valued so highly. As he did so he perceived the book he had been reading when Houston e

I do not think I have ever read it since, until to-night. I was rea

ear, than that which unites us with the commonwealth. Our parents, children, relations and neighbors are dear, but our fath