No ray of light entered this cell. The walls were damp with moisture. In the corner the boys discovered, by the sense of feeling, a small pile of rotten straw; which had, without doubt, formed the bed of some other unfortunate, who had before tenanted the prison. Here, at least, they had no fear of being overheard; but as the ingenuity7 of the inquisitors was well known, they agreed to say no word of the hopes they still cherished; but to talk of other matters, purely8 personal to themselves. Here, as hour after hour passed, they strengthened each other in their resolutions, by an agreement that no torture should wring9 from them a recantation of their faith, and by many prayers for strength and support from above.
Once a day the door opened, and an attendant brought in bread and water, which he placed in silence on the ground. The second day, as he did so, he placed a bundle by the side of the bread, and whispering, "Be prudent10. Use these only as the last resource. Friends are preparing to help you," retired11 as noiselessly as usual.
When left in darkness again, the lads seized upon the parcel. It was large and heavy and, to their great delight, they found that it contained two daggers12 and two brace13 of heavy pistols.
"I wonder," Ned said, in a whisper to Tom, "that our friend does not contrive14 to get us passed through the prison. But I suppose that he finds that only one or two, perhaps, of the attendants are corruptible15; and that our jailor, although he might free us from this cell, could not pass us through the corridors and out of the building."
"Let us see," Tom said, "if we can make our way into any cell which may adjoin this. If it is empty we might, perchance, make our escape."
All night the boys labored17 with their daggers, having first tapped the wall all round, to hear if any difference of sound gave an intimation that a hollow space was behind. They could not perceive this; but fancying that, upon the one side, there was some very slight difference, they attempted to remove the stones there.
All through the night and next day they continued their labor18; and succeeded, with great difficulty, in removing two of the stones of the wall. Behind these, however, was a mass of rubble19, formed of cement so hard that the daggers failed to make any impression, whatever, upon it; and after laboring20 through the whole day, they were forced to abandon the design, and replace the stones as they had before been; filling up the interstices with the mortar21 which they had dug out, so that no trace of the task upon which they were employed should remain.
That night, when the door opened, two figures, as before, presented themselves; and they knew that their summons before the dreaded22 court was at hand. With their daggers and pistols concealed23 within their vests, they followed their guides; each, with a grasp of his hand, assuring the other of his steadfastness25 and faith. They had resolved that, sooner than submit to torture, which would cripple them for life, they would fight to the last, and die resisting.
This time they found in the audience hall, in addition to the three judges, four men; clothed also in black, but evidently of an inferior order. These were standing26, ranged along by the wall, in readiness to obey the orders of the judges. Their attendants fell back to the door, and the prisoners remained, standing alone, in the center of the room.
"Acting27 in all kindness," the judge said, "we have given you ample time to retract28, and to consider your position; and we now call upon you to consent, formally, to abandon your accursed heresies29, and to embrace the offer which the holy church kindly30 makes to you; or to endure the pains which it will be necessary that we should inflict31, in order to soften32 your hardness of heart."
"We are perfectly33 resolved," Ned said, "to maintain the religion of our fathers. As Englishmen, we protest against this outrage34. When your countrymen fall into our hands, no man dreams of endeavoring to compel them to abandon their faith. They are treated as honorable prisoners; and if any outrage be attempted upon our bodies, sooner or later, be assured, the news of it will come to the ears of our English captains; and for every drop of blood of ours shed, a Spanish life will answer."
"You are insolent," the inquisitor said, coldly. "It is rash to threaten men in whose power you are. These walls reveal no secrets, and though the town were full of your English pirates, yet would your doom35 be accomplished36; without a possibility of rescue, and without your fate ever becoming known, beyond these four walls.
"Bethink you," he said, "before you compel me to use the means at my disposal; for men have spoken as bravely and as obstinately37 as you, but they have changed their minds, when they felt their bones cracking under the torture. We would fain abstain38 from injuring figures as manly39 as yours; but, if needs be, we will so reduce them to wrecks40 that you will envy the veriest cripple who crawls for alms, on the steps of the cathedral here."
The boys remained silent, and the inquisitor, with an air of angry impatience41, motioned to the men ranged along by the wall to seize their prisoners.
Ned and Tom become Masters of the Situation
The lads saw that the time for action was come. Each produced his pistol from his breast, the one leveling his at the head of the grand inquisitor, while the other faced the foremost of those advancing towards them.
"One step nearer," Ned said, "and the two of you are dead men."
A silence as of death fell in the chamber42. The judges were too astonished even to rise from their seats, and the familiars paused in their advance.
"You see," Ned said to the grand inquisitor, "that you are not masters of the situation. One touch upon my trigger, and the death with which you threaten me is yours. Now write, as I order you, a pass by which we may be allowed to quit these accursed walls, without molestation43."
Without hesitation44, the judge wrote on a piece of paper the required order.
"Now," Ned said, "you must come with us; for I put no faith, whatever, in your promises; for I know the ways of your kind, that promises made to heretics are not considered sacred. You are, yourself, my best safeguard; for be assured that the slightest interruption to us, upon our way, and I draw my trigger, and send you to that eternity45 to which you have dispatched so many victims."
The judge rose to his feet, and Ned could see that, quiet as he appeared, he was trembling with passion. Tom had, at the first alarm, retreated to the door; so as to prevent the escape of the attendants stationed there, or of any of the others, to give the alarm. He now opened it, and Ned was about to pass out with the inquisitor when, glancing round, he saw that one of the other judges had disappeared, doubtless by some door placed behind the arras, at the end of the room.
"Treachery is intended," he muttered to the inquisitor; "but remember that you will be the first victim."
Slowly Ned passed along the corridors, the inquisitor between the two Englishmen, the attendants following in a group behind, uncertain what course to pursue, and without orders from their superior, when at last they came to a door. This was locked, and Ned ordered the inquisitor to have it opened.
"I have not the keys," he said. "They are in the hands of the attendant whose duty it is to attend to this portion of the building."
"Call them," Ned said impatiently.
The inquisitor struck on the closed door with his hands, and called aloud, but no answer was returned.
"Bid these men behind you force it in," Ned said.
The men advanced, but as they did so a small side door in the passage, behind Ned, opened noiselessly, and suddenly a thick blanket was thrown over his head, while an arm struck up the hand which had the pistol. He drew the trigger, however; and the grand inquisitor, with a groan46, sank to the ground. At the same instant a number of men rushed through the door, and threw themselves upon the lads, and were joined by the attendants standing behind.
A desperate struggle ensued. Tom shot the two first men who sprang upon him, and for some minutes the lads maintained a desperate struggle. Again and again, the crowd of their assailants pulled one or other of them to the ground; but it was not until their strength was utterly47 exhausted48, by their struggles, that both were secured, and bound hand and foot. Then, at the order of one of the other judges; who, now that all danger was over, appeared upon the scene, they were lifted bodily, carried back to their dungeon, and cast upon the ground.
Panting and breathless, the lads lay for some time, too exhausted to speak.
"I scarcely saw, for at the same moment I was struck from behind; but I fancy that he fell, when your pistol exploded."
"In that case," Ned said, "we may have a respite50, for a day or two. He will feel inclined to be present at the ceremony of torturing, himself.
"On one thing I am determined51. We will not be taken by the men in black, and submit to having our limbs wrenched52, without an effort. I should think that, if we snatch up some of the iron instruments lying about, we can manage to make such a resistance that they will have to kill us, before we are overcome. If I could kill myself, I certainly would do so. I do not think I am a coward, Tom, but I confess that the sight of those horrible instruments makes my blood run cold."
"I feel with you, Ned. Death itself were nothing; but to be torn, limb from limb, is something horrible."
The day passed, without any visit being paid to them. No food was brought in, and they were left, as if forgotten, by their jailors. Thus they were unable to tell the hour and, as it was perfectly dark, it was by guesswork that they at last lay down to sleep on the damp stones.
Presently they were awoke by the tramp of numerous footsteps. Then there was a tremendous battering53 at the door.
"What on earth are they doing?" Ned exclaimed. "Have they lost the key, and are they going to break open the door, and finish with us, now? Get ready. We will make a fight at once, and try and end it."
Presently the door gave way before the heavy blows which were struck upon it; and, to the astonishment54 of the lads, a band of Indians, naked to the waist and holding torches, burst into the cell.
"Here they are!" exclaimed one of them, in Spanish.
"Quick, there is not a moment to be lost. Follow us;" and, stooping down, he cut the cords which bound them.
Bewildered and confused with the sudden light, and by the unexpected irruption, the boys followed the speaker; and, closely surrounded by the Indians, made their way down the passages and out into the courtyard. There was no resistance, or interference. The familiars had, apparently56, fled at the sudden attack upon the jail, and no one appeared to bar their exit.
The great gates of the courtyard stood uninjured, but the postern door had been battered57 in. Another body of natives, armed with spears and bows and arrows, were standing round the entrance; and a good many of the people of the neighborhood, roused by the sudden tumult58, were standing at the doors. These looked on, apparently, with mere59 curiosity, and with no desire to interfere55 with what was going on.
Indeed, the Inquisition was never popular with the great body of the Spaniards; over whom its secret proceedings60, and terrible cruelties, hung like a dark cloud, as none could ever say that they might not be the objects of denunciation.
It was clear that the Indians were acting upon a fixed62 plan; for, the moment that those from within the prison sallied out, all formed in a compact body, and at a brisk slinging63 trot64 started down the street; the lads being kept well in the center, so as to conceal24 them from the gaze of the public. Not a word was spoken, till they had issued from the town. For another quarter of a mile their hurried march continued; and then, without a word, the whole of the escort, with the exception of one man, turned up a crossroad and vanished into the darkness.
"Heaven be praised that I have saved you, senors!" said the Indian who remained. "Do you not recognize me? I am Don Estevan, whose life you saved at Arica. I feared that I might be too late to find you unharmed; but it required time to get the necessary force together.
"You recognized me, of course, on the pier65 when you landed. The instant I heard of your arrest, I chartered a swift-sailing country craft, and arrived here the day before you. I was the bearer of a letter, signed by many of the soldiers in garrison66 at Arica, to their comrades here; saying how bravely you had behaved, and that you had become good comrades in the regiment67, and urging them to do anything in their power to save you from the Inquisition. This I thought might be useful, as they would be sure to be called out, in case of an attack upon the Inquisition; and I prayed them to be as slow as possible in their movements, in case of any sudden alarm. This will account for the fact that none of them arrived upon the spot before we had finished our business, just now.
"But there is not a moment to delay. I have horses two miles away in readiness, and we must make for there. They will be sure to put on bloodhounds in pursuit, and we may have to ride for it."
The boys briefly expressed their intense gratitude68 to their preserver, for his efforts in their behalf, Ned adding, "I fear, Don Estevan, that your generous deed of tonight will involve you in fearful danger."
"I have taken every precaution," the young Spaniard said. "I did not charter the vessel69 in my own name, and came up in disguise. All my friends believe me to be still at Arica, and no one, so far as I know, has recognized me here. I was obliged to go to my estate, which lies a hundred miles up the country. There I armed my peons and vaqueros, and a number of Indians who were living near, to whom I have always shown kindness. None of them knew that it was the dungeon of the Inquisition which they were to attack, but believed that it was merely a prison they were about to force; for the power of superstition70 is very great in this country, and although a great many of the men may lead wild and godless lives, they tremble at the thought of lifting their hands against that mysterious and awful body, the Inquisition.
"News travels slowly, indeed, in this country; and it is not likely that the fact that the prison of the Inquisition has been broken open will ever reach the men on my estate. The priest of the village is a worthy71 man; and he has, I know, no sympathy with bigotry72 and cruelty. Consequently, if any of them should, in their confession73, tell him that they have been engaged in breaking a prison, he will perchance guess what prison it was, and may imagine that I had a hand in it. But I feel sure that the knowledge so gained would go no further.
"I might, had I chosen, have had the horses brought to the point where we separated from my men. But in that case the hounds might have followed upon the main body, and so some clue would have been gained as to the direction from which they came. As it is, they will follow us up, at any rate until we take horses. We will make our track visible, for some distance, so that the pursuit may be carried on. Before it is over, they will have lost all track of the rest of their assailants; and will not, indeed, be able to trace the direction in which they went. They, too, have horses at a short distance, and will speedily regain74 the estate."
"How did you know in which cell we were confined?"
"Through the jailor. The man who attended you was once employed by my father. I met him, the day I arrived from Arica, and bribed75 him to convey the arms to you; with which I thought that, should they bring you to trial and torture before I could collect my force, you might make a resistance; for I judged that you would rather die than suffer mutilation and agony. When you disclosed your arms, today, he slipped at once from the building, as he knew that he would be suspected. Changing his clothes in a house near, he mounted his horse and rode to meet us, conveying the news that the crisis had arrived. How it ended he could not tell; but he hoped that some delay might occur, in resuming proceedings against you."
By this time they had reached their horses, which were tied in a clump76 of trees, at a short distance from the road.
"They are fine animals," Don Estevan said, "and we may reckon upon showing our heels to any of those who pursue us; for I can assure you that the chase is likely to be a hot one."
"Whither do you intend to go?"
"I am thinking of making for Arica. Before we reach that town you can, if you choose, strike to the hills and join the natives beyond, as you proposed when at Arica; or, should you prefer it, you can, in disguises, enter Arica and remain there, for a time, until all possibility of your friends appearing before that place be at an end.
"My absence will not have been noticed, for I mentioned to friends there that I was going into the interior, to investigate a mine, of whose existence I had heard from some Indians. When I return, therefore, I shall say that the mine was not sufficiently77 promising78, in appearance, for me to care about asking for a concession79 from the government. I shall, of course, pretend to be extremely vexed80 at the time that has been wasted; and I do not see that any suspicion can fall upon me, as having been concerned in the affair at Lima.
"We will walk our horses at a slow pace, in order to save them, as far as possible; and to ascertain81 whether our pursuers have correctly followed our steps. When we once hear them, we can then put on our best speed; and as they will not know that we are but a short distance ahead, they will go at a moderate pace. Besides, the speed of bloodhounds, when tracking, is by no means great."
An hour later, they heard a faint sound in the distance. Instinctively82 they checked their horses, and again, in the darkness of the night, the deep distant bay of a hound was heard.
"Just as I thought!" Don Estevan exclaimed. "They have got the bloodhounds, and I should think, by the sound, that they must have just reached the spot where we mounted. The hounds will be puzzled now; but the sagacity of these creatures is so great that I am by no means sure that they will be unable to follow us by the track of the horses. Now let us set spur."
For the next four or five hours they proceeded, at a steady gallop83, towards the south. The country was flat; the road sandy, but even; and the cool night air was exhilarating, indeed, after the confinement84 in the dark and noisome85 dungeon at Lima. So rejoiced were the boys, with their newly-recovered freedom, that it was with difficulty they restrained themselves from bursting into shouts of joy. But they were anxious that no sounds should be heard, by the villagers of the little hamlets lying along the road. The sound of the horses' hoofs86 on the sandy track would scarcely arouse a sleeping man; and the fact that their tracks would be plainly visible in the sand, when daylight came, caused them no concern; as, so far, they had made no effort to deceive their pursuers.
Soon after daylight arrived they found themselves upon a stream, which ran down from the mountains and crossed the road.
"Now," Don Estevan said, "it is time to begin to throw them off our track. They will believe that the party consist solely87 of Indians, and our turning east will seem as if we intended to take refuge in the mountains. Let us then strike up the river for awhile, land at a spot where the horses' hoofs will be clearly visible, and then pursue a course to the southeast, taking us nearer and nearer to the hills.
"Three leagues hence is another stream. This we will enter, and they will make sure that we have pursued our former tactics--that we have followed it up, and again struck for the hills. Instead of doing this, we will follow it down for a mile or two; and quit it at some spot where the bank is firm, and will leave no marks of our footsteps. Then we will strike across the country, and regain the road some seven or eight leagues further south."
The plan appeared a capital one, and was followed out as arranged. Late in the evening, they were again in the vicinity of the southern road. In their wallets was a plentiful88 supply of provisions, and they had filled their water bottles at the last stream which they had crossed. Entering a grove89 of trees, they unsaddled their horses and allowed them to crop the foliage90 and shrubs91; while they threw themselves down upon the soft earth, stiff and wearied with their long journey.
"We will travel by night, always," Don Estevan said. "I do not think that any suspicion, whatever, will arise that we have again struck south; but should any inquiry92 be made, it is as well that no one along the road shall have seen three mounted men."
For another two days they journeyed, as proposed, by night; resting by day in quiet places and, so far as they knew, without having been seen by any of the scattered93 population. It was in the middle of the third night, as they were cantering slowly along, that they heard the tread of a horse, at full gallop, approaching from the south.
"You had better withdraw from the road," Don Estevan said, "so that but one horseman will be met. I will stop the rider, and hear why he gallops94 so fast. It may be that news has preceded us, and it is as well to gather what intelligence we can."
The boys withdrew from the road, Don Estevan proceeding61 ahead. They heard the sound of the galloping95 hoofs pause, as their rider met the Spaniard. There was a talk for a few minutes, and then the horseman again rode forward at full speed. Don Estevan paused for a little while, to allow him to get beyond earshot, and then rejoined his companions.
"I have great news," he said, "and it is for you to decide whether it will alter your plan of proceeding. The man whom I have just met is a messenger, dispatched by the governor of Arica to Lima, to warn the governor there that an English ship, under the noted96 freebooter Francis Drake, has put into that harbor; and has started again, sailing for the north, after exacting97 certain contributions, but otherwise refraining from injuring the town."
The boys gave a shout of joy, for they had begun to fear that the expedition must have met with some disaster, in doubling Cape16 Horn, and been compelled to return.
"What will you do?" the Spaniard asked.
"Return to Lima!" the boys exclaimed, simultaneously98. "We shall be there before the admiral can arrive, and can then rejoin our comrades."
"That will indeed be your best plan," Don Estevan said; "but you must be disguised thoroughly99. However, you are not likely to be so closely investigated as you otherwise would be, at Lima; for you may be sure that, when the messenger arrives there, the town will be in such a ferment100 of excitement, at the approach of your countrymen, that our little affair will, for the time, be entirely101 forgotten."
"I trust," Ned said, "that we shall be able to do something to render your security more perfect; for, if I mistake not, when the admiral hears of the doings of the officials of the Inquisition, how many people they have burned to death lately at Lima, and what frightful102 cruelties they have perpetrated in that ghastly prison, he will burn the place to the ground and hang up the judges; in which case we may be sure that no further inquiry will ever be thought of, concerning the attack on the prison. What do you advise us to do, senor? For it is clear that your best course is to return to Arica, direct."
"I cannot think of doing that," the generous young Spaniard replied. "A few days' longer absence will pass unnoticed, especially as people will have plenty of other matters to think, and talk, about. I do not see how you can possibly obtain disguises without my assistance; and as our pursuers will long since have been thrown off our track, and will probably have given up the search and have returned to Lima, convinced that we already have crossed the mountains and are beyond their reach. I think that there is little danger in my nearing the city.
"Come, let us turn our horses' heads, at once."
In a few minutes, they were returning by the route they had hitherto traveled They were already dressed as young Spaniards. The disguises had been brought by their rescuer, and assumed at the first halt. He himself had also washed the paint from his face and hands, and had assumed European garb103, in order that any inquiry about three mounted Indians might be baffled.
"There is now," he said, "no longer any occasion for us to ride by night. We are journeying north, and any inquiries104 which may ever be set on foot will certainly point only to men going south; and whereas our Indian disguises might have been suspected, I am now in my proper character, and my passing through can excite no rumor105 or comment."
Don Estevan had, indeed, assumed the garb of a Spanish proprietor106 of rank, while the boys were dressed as vaqueros; and as they passed through villages, in the daytime, kept their horses half a length behind that of their leader. They avoided, on their ride back, putting up at any of the posadas, or village inns, on their road; sleeping, as before, in the woods. Their marches were long, but were performed at a much slower rate of speed, as they were certain that they would reach Lima long before the admiral's ship, even should he not pause at any place on the way.
It was upon the sixth day after their rescue from prison that they again approached Lima. After much consultation107, they had agreed to continue in their Spanish dresses, taking only the precaution of somewhat staining their faces and hands, to give them the color natural to men who spend their lives on the plains. Don Estevan, himself, determined to enter the city with them after nightfall; and to take them to the house of a trusty friend, where they should lie, concealed, until the news arrived that the English ship was off the port. He himself would at once mount his horse, and retrace108 his steps to Arica.
The programme was carried out successfully. No one glanced at the hidalgo as, with his vaqueros, he rode through the streets of Lima. There were no lights, in those days, save those which hung before shrines109 by the roadside; or occasionally a dim oil lamp, suspended before the portico110 of some mansion111 of importance.
The friend to whom Don Estevan assigned them was a young man, of his own age; a cousin, and one, like himself, liberal in his opinions, free from bigotry, and hating the cruelties perpetrated in the name of religion by the Inquisition. He heard with surprise the narrative112 which Don Estevan related; for the latter had not visited him during his short stay in the city, and was supposed still to be at Arica. Great was his astonishment, indeed, when he found that the attack upon the prison of the Inquisition, which had caused such intense excitement in the city, had been planned and executed by his cousin; and his expressions of approval of the deed were warm and frequent. He assured the boys that he would do everything in his power to make them comfortable until the arrival of the English ship.
A discussion took place as to whether it was better that they should appear as friends of his, who had come in from their country estate; or whether they should continue their disguise as vaqueros. There were objections to either plan. In the first place, the attendants in waiting would detect the shortcomings in Ned's Spanish, and would be astonished at the silence of his companion. Upon the other hand, it would seem strange that they should be kept apart from the servitors of the house. Finally, it was agreed that they should appear as men of rank, but that Tom should feign113 sickness, and therefore keep his room; Ned for the most part remaining shut up with him, and taking his meals there.
This course was followed out, and when the arrangement was complete they took a hearty114 leave of the noble young Spaniard, who at once remounted his horse and started on his weary ride back again to Arica.
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