While the party were at supper the first gusts1 of a storm, which had for some time been brewing2, shook the little hut, and before they had all fallen into the profound slumber3 which usually followed their day’s journey, a heavy gale4 was howling among the mountain gorges5 with a noise like the roaring of a thousand lions. For two days the gale raged so furiously that travelling—especially in the higher regions of the Andes—became impossible. The Indian girl, Pedro, and the negro, bore their detention6 with that stoicism which is not an infrequent characteristic of mountaineers, guides, and savages7. As for our hero, he devoted8 himself and all his skill to his patient—to which duty he was the more reconciled that it afforded him a good opportunity at once for improving his Spanish and pointing out to the bandit the error of his ways.
To do the man justice, he seemed to be fully10 sensible of the young doctor’s kindness, and thanked him, with tears in his eyes, not only for his previous intention to save him from the tremendous fall over the cliff, but for his subsequent efforts to alleviate12 the evil consequences thereof.
It mattered nothing to the great warm-hearted, loose-jointed Englishman that when he mentioned these hopeful signs in his patient to Pedro, that worthy13 shook his head and smiled sarcastically14, or that Quashy received the same information with a closing of the eyes and an expansion of the jaws15 which revealed the red recesses17 of his throat to their darkest deeps! Lawrence, being a man of strong opinions, was not to be shaken out of them either by sarcasm18 or good-humoured contempt.
Turning to the Indian girl for sympathy, he related the matter to her at a time when the other inhabitants of the hut had gone out and left them alone.
“You see,—Manuela,” he said, with the frown of meditation19 on his brow, and his eyes fixed20 on the ceiling, “I have no belief in the very common idea that there is a soft spot in the heart of every man, however bad; but I do believe that the heart of the very worst of men may be made soft by the Spirit of God, and that He employs us, who call ourselves Christians21, as His agents in bringing about the result. It is quite possible that I may have been thrown in the way of this robber for the very purpose of touching22 his heart through kindness—God’s own motive-power—and that the Spirit will soften23 his heart to receive the touch.”
He paused, and, withdrawing his gaze from the ceiling, observed that the girl’s eyes were fixed on his face with an expression of perplexity and earnestness.
It then suddenly occurred to him that, having spoken in English, she could not have understood him.
“But you do look as if you had some idea of what I have been saying, Manuela. Have you?”
“Si, senhor, some,” was the reply, as she dropped her eyes with an embarrassed look and blushed so as to make her pretty brown face look alarmingly red.
Endeavouring to convey the same ideas through the medium of Spanish, Lawrence made such a bungle25 of it that Manuela, instead of expressing sympathy, began to struggle so obviously with her feelings that the poor Englishman gave up the attempt, and good-naturedly joined his companion in a little burst of laughter. They were in the midst of this when the door opened and Quashy entered.
“You ’pears to be jolly,” observed the genial26 negro, with every wrinkle of his black visage ready to join in sympathetically, “was de jok a desprit good un?”
“Not very desperate, Quashy,” said Lawrence, “it was only my bad Spanish which made Manuela laugh. If you had been here to interpret we might have got on better with our philosophical27 discourse28.”
“O massa!” returned the black—solemn remonstrance29, both in manner and tone, putting to sudden flight the beaming look of sympathy—“don’t speak of me ’terpretin’ Spinich. Nebber could take kindly30 to dat stuff. Ob course I kin11 talk wid de peons an’ de gauchos31, whose conv’sation am mostly ’bout grub, an’ hosses, an’ cattle, an’ dollars, an’ murder, but when I tries to go in for flosuffy, an’ sitch like, I breaks down altogidder.”
At this point the Indian girl’s tendency to laugh increased, but whether because of fresh views of the absurdity32 of what had passed, or because of some faint perception of the negro’s meaning, Lawrence had no power to decide.
“I should have thought, Quashy,” he said, with a return of his wonted gravity, “that a man of a thoughtful and contemplative turn of mind like you would have acquired the power of expressing almost any idea in Spanish by this time.”
“T’ank you for de compl’ment, massa,” replied Quashy, “but I not so clebber as you t’ink. Der am some tings in flosuffy dat beats me. When I tries to putt ’em afore oder peepil in Spinich, I somehow gits de brain-pan into sitch a conglomeration33 ob fumbustication dat I not able to see quite clar what I mean myself—dough, ob course, I knows dat I’m right.”
“Indeed!”
“Yis; but de great consolation34 I has is dat de peepil I’m talkin’ to don’t onderstand me a mossel better nor myself; an’, ob course, as noting in de wurl could show dem dey was wrong, it don’t much matter.”
“That is good philosophy, at all events. Isn’t it, Manuela?” asked Lawrence in Spanish.
“Si, senhor,” replied the girl, with sparkling eyes and a dazzling display of little teeth which seemed to indicate that she fully appreciated what was said.
“Strange,” thought Lawrence—“so grave and pensive35, yet at times so sprightly36; so intelligent, yet, of course, so ignorant; so very brown, and yet so pretty. What a pity she is not white!”
To which the negro replied, with a responsive sigh, “Yis, massa,—it am.”
After two days’ delay our travellers were enabled to proceed. While their host was busy saddling the mules38 Lawrence took Pedro aside.
“I am anxious about that bandit,” he said. “It is not his power of recovering I am afraid of, but our host’s willingness to take care of him.”
“Have you not spoken to him about it, senhor, and paid him in advance, like the good Samaritan?”
“Truly I have, but that does not secure fidelity40 in our host, and the man’s life may depend on his treatment during the next few days. I almost wish that we might delay our journey a little.”
“That cannot be,” returned Pedro, with decision. “Besides, it is unnecessary, for I have spoken to our host, and told him to take good care of the fellow.”
“Surely,” he said, “you cannot count on his being influenced by your commands after you are gone?”
“Yes, senhor, I can count on that, for he knows me, and I occasionally pass this way.”
Pedro turned away as he spoke and went towards the mules, the fastenings of whose loads he carefully inspected. Lawrence went to look after his own animal with his mind much relieved, for the manner of Pedro was such as to inspire irresistible41, almost blind, confidence.
During the first mile or two, as they rode along, our hero puzzled himself in a vain attempt to analyse the cause of this confidence. Was it the result of that imperturbable42 self-possession and invariable readiness of resource which marked the guide; or was it the stern truthfulness43 of his dark eyes, coupled with the retiring modesty44 and gravity of his demeanour? Perhaps it was the union of these characteristics. He could not tell.
While thus engaged in profound thought he was roused by Manuela riding alongside of him, and pointing upwards45 with animated46 looks while she exclaimed—
“See—look—senhor!”
Much surprised, for this was the first time during the journey that the girl had ventured to attract his attention, the youth looked in the direction indicated, and certainly the view that met his eyes was calculated to banish47 not only the surprise, but all other feelings save those of admiration48 of Nature and reverence49 for Nature’s God.
They had just rounded one of those rocky bluffs50 which so frequently interrupted their view during their upward journey, and had come upon a scene which they could not find words adequately to describe. As interjectional phrases alone could indicate something of their emotions to each other, so fragmentary sentences alone will convey a faint semblance51 of the truth to the intelligence of the reader.
Mountains, glens, and mighty52 cliffs; hideous53 precipices54 and yawning gulfs; snow-clad summits high above them, and rock-riven gorges far below. Distance upon distance ranging backward and upward to infinity56, where all was mingled57 with cloudland; sunlit here, darkest shadowed there—wildness, weirdness58, grandeur59, and magnificence everywhere!
In the immediate60 foreground the serpentine61 path wound upward among rugged62 rocks, and the riders, picking their steps, as it were, midway up the face of a stupendous precipice55, looked upward on the left at an apparently63 summitless wall, and downward on the right into an almost bottomless valley, through which a river roared as if mad with joy at having escaped its glacier-prison; though its roaring was softened64 well-nigh to silence by distance, while in appearance it seemed little larger than a silver thread.
“I could almost believe that to be a giant’s castle,” remarked Lawrence, pointing to the opposite side of the ravine, where a huge perpendicular65 mountain of porphyry was so broken into turrets66, towers, and battlements, that it was difficult, except for its size, to believe it other than the work of man. There were even holes and formations about it that had the appearance of antique windows, gates, and drawbridges!
“Yes, it is a strange place,” said the guide, checking his mule39; “moreover, we must spend the night under its shadow, for it is impossible to reach a better place of shelter to-night; and, by good fortune, yonder is something fresh for supper.”
Pedro pointed67 to a spot about seven or eight hundred yards distant, where a group of guanacos stood gazing at the intruders with profound attention.
“How will you get near enough for a shot?” asked Lawrence; “they will be gone before you can get across the ravine, and there is little or no cover.”
“You shall see,” said Pedro, cocking his rifle.
“But—but no weapon short of a cannon68 will carry so far—at least with accuracy,” exclaimed Lawrence in surprise, for at the time of which we write breech-loaders and the long-range weapons of precision had not been introduced in those regions. Indeed, the armies of South America, and of Europe also, still slew69 each other with the familiar Brown Bess and the clumsy flint-lock at that time.
Pedro paid no attention to the remark, but, dismounting, slowly raised the rifle to his shoulder. The guide was one of those men who seem to live in advance of their age. He had thought out, and carried out in a rough-and-ready manner, ideas which have since been scientifically reduced to practice. Being well aware that any projectile70 is drawn71 downward in its flight by the law of gravitation, and that if you want to hit a distant point you must aim considerably72 above it, he had, by careful experiment, found out how high above an object at a given distance one must aim in order to hit, and, by constant practice in judging distance, as well as in taking aim above his mark, he had attained73 to such skill as a long-range marksman that his friends almost believed it impossible for game to get beyond the range of his deadly weapon, and foes74 never felt easy till they were entirely75 out of his sight. The comparative slowness, too, of the flint-lock in discharging a rifle, had necessitated76 in him a degree of steadiness, not only while taking aim, but even after pulling the trigger, which rendered him what we might term statuesque in his action as he levelled his piece.
For a few seconds the rock beside him was not more steady. Then the cliffs burst into a fusillade of echoes, and the guanacos leaped wildly up the mountain-side, leaving one of their number on the rocks behind them.
It was some time before the young Englishman could get over his astonishment77 at this feat78, for Pedro had pointed his weapon so high that he did not appear to be aiming at the animal at all, and he maintained an animated discussion with the mountaineer until they reached a part of the pass which proved to be somewhat dangerous.
And here they met with a party of muleteers crossing the mountains in the opposite direction. They were still far above them when first observed descending79 the same steep and narrow road.
“We will wait here till they pass,” said the guide, pulling up at a point where the width of the track was considerable. “I see by the escort that they carry something of value—probably bars of silver from one of the mines. They have reached the worst part of the pass. I shouldn’t wonder to see one of the mules go over—they often do.”
“And always get killed, I suppose,” said Lawrence.
“Not always. Now and then they have wonderful escapes, but many hundreds have been lost here. See!”
As he spoke one of the baggage-mules of the party touched the cliff with its load. This caused the animal to stagger; his hind-legs actually went over the precipice, and the loose stones began to roll away from under his hoofs80. With his fore-feet, however, still on the narrow track, he held on bravely, even sticking his nose on the ground, so that he had the appearance of holding on by his teeth! Two of the peons rushed to render assistance, but before they reached him he had slipped, and rolled down the awful slope which ended in a sheer perpendicular precipice. Here he bounded off into space, and next moment fell, baggage and all, with a tremendous splash into the river.
It seemed impossible that the poor animal could have escaped with life, but in another moment his head reappeared above water, and he made a brave struggle to gain the bank. The current, however, was too strong for him. Down he went below the foaming81 water, his scraggy tail making a farewell flourish as he disappeared. But again his head appeared, and once again he struggled for the bank. This time with success, for he had been swept into a shallow in which he was able to maintain his foothold and slowly drag himself out of the river. When in safety, he stood with drooping82 head and tail, as if in a state of the most thorough dejection at having made such an exhibition of himself.
“Clebber beast!” shouted Quashy, who had stood with his ten fingers expanded, his great mouth open, and his whole emotional soul glaring out of his monstrous83 eyes.
“Well done!” echoed Lawrence, who was scarcely less pleased than his servant.
The party now drew near, and very striking was their appearance—the variously coloured mules, following the bell-mare which went in advance as a leader, winding84 slowly down the crooked85 path, and the peons in their picturesque86 costumes shouting, laughing, or singing wild snatches of song as they were moved by fury, fun, or fancy.
The men, who numbered a dozen or so, and were well-armed, were apparently relieved to find that our travellers were not bandits, in regard to whom their questions showed that they felt some anxiety. They had witnessed Pedro’s shot from the heights above, and looked upon him with no little surprise and much respect as they commented on his power with the rifle.
A few questions were asked, a few compliments paid, and then the two parties, passing each other, proceeded on their respective ways.
Crossing the mountain torrent87 at a rather dangerous ford9, towards evening Pedro led his companions to a spot not far from the ramparts of what Lawrence styled the giant’s castle.
It was not an inviting88 spot at first. There was little pasture for the wearied mules on the almost naked rocks, and the stunted89 trees and gnarled roots told eloquently90 of the severity of winter in those high regions. There was, however, a good spring of water and an over-arching rock, which promised some degree of refreshment91 and shelter, and when firewood was collected, a ruddy blaze sent up, the kettle put on to boil, and several fine cuts of the guanaco set up to roast, the feelings of sadness which had at first influenced Lawrence were put to flight, and he felt more satisfaction in his lodging92 than he could have experienced if it had been a palatial93 hotel with its confined air and feather beds and cloying94 luxuries.
There was a species of natural recess16 in the cliff which Pedro screened off as a chamber95 for Manuela, while she assisted Quashy to prepare the supper.
“There’s nothing like fresh mountain air,” exclaimed Lawrence, with a glow of enthusiasm, after the first attack on the guanaco steaks had subsided96.
“Specially when the said air happens to be quiet and warm, and the night fine and the stars bright and the company pleasant,” added the guide.
Quashy had a habit, when his risible97 faculties98 were only gently tickled99, of shutting his eyes, throwing back his head, opening his great mouth wide, and indulging in a silent laugh. Having done so on the present occasion, he shut his mouth with a snap and opened his eyes.
“Ho yis,” he said in a low tone, “bery nice when it all plisent like now, but it am anoder t’ing when de fresh mountain air goes howlerin’ an’ bowlerin’ about like a wild beast, an’ when it snowses an frozes fit to cut off your noses an’ shribel up de bery marrow100 in your bones! Oh! you got no notion what—”
“Hold your tongue, Quashy,” interrupted Lawrence, “why, your description of such things makes one shiver. Let us hope we may have no experience of them and enjoy our comforts while we may.”
“Dat’s true flosuffy, massa,” returned the negro, helping101 himself to more guanaco, and offering some on the end of his fork to Manuela, who accepted the same with her usual ready smile, which, however, on this occasion, expanded into an uncontrollable little laugh.
Lawrence was perplexed102, and so was Quashy, for the quiet little Indian was not given to giggling103 at trifles, much less to laughing at nothing. Lawrence observed, however, that the girl did not reach out her hand with her usual graceful104 action, but on the contrary gave her arm an awkward twist which obliged the negro to stretch needlessly far over towards her in handing the meat.
The result was that a pannikin of coffee which Quashy had placed on his plate—the plate being in his lap—began to tilt105 over. Before any one could warn him it overturned, causing the poor man to spring up with a yell as the hot liquid drenched106 his legs. Of course every one laughed. People always do at such mild mishaps107. As the coffee was not too hot, and there was more in the kettle, Quashy joined in the laugh while he wiped his garments, and afterwards replenished108 his pannikin.
But a new light began to force itself upon Lawrence. “Can it be,” he thought, “that she did that on purpose?—that she saw the pannikin was tilting109, and—no, that’s impossible!”
He looked earnestly at the girl. She had recovered her gravity by that time, and was quietly eating her supper with downcast eyes. “Impossible,” he repeated in thought, “so unlike her, and so very unlike the Indian character.” Nevertheless his perplexity remained, and when he went to sleep that night, after gazing long and earnestly up at the bright stars and at the white summits of the Andes which rose in awful grandeur above him, he dreamed that while Quashy was sitting sound asleep with his head on his knees in front of the fire, Manuela availed herself of the opportunity to pour an ocean of hot coffee down his back!
Starting up wide awake at this, he found that Quashy lay beside him, sleeping quietly on his back, that Pedro was similarly engaged, that the Indian girl had disappeared into her dormitory, that the giant’s castle looked more splendidly real than ever in the rising moonlight, and that no sound was to be heard save the brawling110 of the escaped river, as it fled from its glacier-prison to its home in the mighty sea.
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