"Lie down here, my son," said the old ecclesiastic12, pointing to a small pallet in the corner, "and try to restore in the morning what you have taken from the night. Manuela will bring your clothes when they are dried and mended; meantime, shift for yourself in Pepito's serape and calzas. I will betake me to the Comandante and the Alcalde, to learn the dispositions13 of your party, when the ship will sail, and if your absence is suspected. Peace be with you, son! Manuela, attend to the caballero, and see you chatter14 not."
Without doubting the substantial truth of his guest's story, the good Padre Esteban was not unwilling15 to have it corroborated16 by such details as he thought he could collect among the Excelsior's passengers. His own experience in the confessional had taught him the unreliability of human evidence, and the vagaries17 of both conscientious18 and unconscious suppression. That a young, good-looking, and accomplished19 caballero should have been the victim of not one, but even many, erotic episodes, did not strike the holy father as being peculiar20; but that he should have been brought by a solitary21 unfortunate attachment22 to despair and renunciation of the world appeared to him marvelous. He was not unfamiliar23 with the remorse24 of certain gallants for peccadillos with other men's wives; but this Americano's self-abasement for the sins of his own wife—as he foolishly claimed her to be—whom he hated and despised, struck Father Esteban as a miracle open to suspicion. Was there anything else in these somewhat commonplace details of vulgar and low intrigue25 than what he had told the priest? Were all these Americano husbands as sensitive and as gloomily self-sacrificing and expiating26? It did not appear so from the manners and customs of the others,—from those easy matrons whose complacent27 husbands had abandoned them to the long companionship of youthful cavaliers on adventurous28 voyages; from those audacious virgins30, who had the freedom of married women. Surely, this was not a pious31 and sensitive race, passionately32 devoted33 to their domestic affections! The young stranger must be either deceiving him—or an exception to his countrymen!
And if he was that exception—what then? An idea which had sprung up in Father Esteban's fancy that morning now took possession of it with the tenacity34 of a growth on fertile virgin29 soil. The good Father had been devoted to the conversion35 of the heathen with the fervor36 of a one-ideaed man. But his successes had been among the Indians—a guileless, harmless race, who too often confounded the practical benefits of civilization with the abstract benefits of the Church, and their instruction had been simple and coercive. There had been no necessity for argument or controversy37; the worthy38 priest's skill in polemical warfare39 and disputation had never been brought into play; the Comandante and Alcalde were as punctiliously40 orthodox as himself, and the small traders and artisans were hopelessly docile41 and submissive. The march of science, which had been stopped by the local fogs of Todos Santos some fifty years, had not disturbed the simple Aesculapius of the province with heterodox theories: he still purged42 and bled like Sangrado, and met the priest at the deathbed of his victims with a pious satisfaction that had no trace of skeptical43 contention44. In fact, the gentle Mission of Todos Santos had hitherto presented no field for the good Father's exalted45 ambition, nor the display of his powers as a zealot. And here was a splendid opportunity.
The conversion of this dark, impulsive46, hysterical47 stranger would be a gain to the fold, and a triumph worthy of his steel. More than that, if he had judged correctly of this young man's mind and temperament48, they seemed to contain those elements of courage and sacrificial devotion that indicated the missionary49 priesthood. With such a subaltern, what might not he, Father Esteban, accomplish! Looking further into the future, what a glorious successor might be left to his unfinished work on Todos Santos!
Buried in these reflections, Padre Esteban sauntered leisurely50 up the garden, that gradually ascended51 the slight elevation52 on which the greater part of the pueblo53 was built. Through a low gateway54 in the wall he passed on to the crest55 of the one straggling street of Todos Santos. On either side of him were ranged the low one-storied, deep-windowed adobe56 fondas and artisans' dwellings57, with low-pitched roofs of dull red pipe-like tiles. Absorbed in his fanciful dreams, he did not at first notice that those dwellings appeared deserted58, and that even the Posada opposite him, whose courtyard was usually filled with lounging muleteers, was empty and abandoned. Looking down the street towards the plaza59, he became presently aware of some undefined stirring in the peaceful hamlet. There was an unusual throng60 in the square, and afar on that placid61 surface of the bay from which the fog had lifted, the two or three fishing-boats of Todos Santos were vaguely62 pulling. But the strange ship was gone.
A feeling of intense relief and satisfaction followed. Father Esteban pulled out his snuff-box and took a long and complacent pinch. But his relief was quickly changed to consternation63 as an armed cavalcade64 rapidly wheeled out of the plaza and cantered towards him, with the unmistakable spectacle of the male passengers of the Excelsior riding two and two, and guarded by double files of dragoons on each side.
At a sign from the priest the subaltern reined65 in his mustang, halted the convoy66, and saluted67 respectfully, to the astonishment68 of the prisoners. The clerical authority of Todos Santos evidently dominated the military. Renewed hope sprang up in the hearts of the Excelsior party.
"What have we here?" asked Padre Esteban.
"A revolution, your Reverence69, among the Americanos, with robbery of the Presidio saluting-gun; a grave affair. Your Reverence has been sent for by the Comandante. I am taking these men to San Antonio to await the decision of the Council."
"And the ship?"
"Gone, your Reverence. One of the parties has captured it."
"And these?"
"Are the Legitimists, your Reverence: at least they have confessed to have warred with Mexico, and invaded California—the brigands70."
The priest remained lost for a moment in blank and bitter amazement71. Banks took advantage of the pause to edge his way to the front.
"Ask him, some of you," he said, turning to Brace72 and Crosby, "when this d——d farce73 will be over, and where we can find the head man—the boss idiot of this foolery."
"Let him put it milder," whispered Winslow. "You got us into trouble enough with your tongue already."
Crosby hesitated a moment.
"Quand finira ce drole representation?—et—et—qui est ce qui est l'entrepreneur?" he said dubiously74.
The priest stared. These Americans were surely cooler and less excitable than his strange guest. A thought struck him.
"How many are still in the ship?" he asked gently.
"Nobody but Perkins and that piratical crew of niggers."
"And that infernal Hurlstone," added Winslow.
"Hurlstone?" he repeated.
"Yes—a passenger like ourselves, as we supposed. But we are satisfied now he was in the conspiracy76 from the beginning," translated Crosby painfully.
"Look at his strange disappearance—a regular put-up job," broke in Brace, in English, without reference to the Padre's not comprehending him; "so that he and Perkins could shut themselves up together without suspicion."
"Never mind Hurlstone now; he's GONE, and we're HERE," said Banks angrily. "Ask the parson, as a gentleman and a Christian77, what sort of a hole we've got into, anyhow. How far is the next settlement?"
Crosby put the question. The subaltern lit a cigarette.
"There is no next settlement. The pueblo ends at San Antonio."
"And what's beyond that?"
"The ocean."
"And what's south?"
"The desert—one cannot pass it."
"And north?"
"The desert."
"And east?"
"The desert too."
"Then how do you get away from here?"
"We do not get away."
"And how do you communicate with Mexico—with your Government?"
"When a ship comes."
"And when does a ship come?"
"Quien sabe?"
The officer threw away his cigarette.
"I say, you'll tell the Commander that all this is illegal; and that I'm going to complain to our Government," continued Banks hurriedly.
"I go to speak to the Comandante," responded the priest gravely.
"And tell him that if he touches a hair of the ladies' heads we'll have his own scalp," interrupted Brace impetuously.
"The Mexican soldier wars not with women," said the priest coldly. "Adieu, messieurs!"
The cavalcade moved on. The Excelsior passengers at once resumed their chorus of complaint, tirade80, and aggressive suggestion, heedless of the soldiers who rode stolidly81 on each side.
"To think we haven't got a single revolver among us," said Brace despairingly.
"We might each grab a carbine from these nigger fellows," said Crosby, eying them contemplatively.
"And if they didn't burst, and we weren't shot by the next patrol, and if we'd calculated to be mean enough to run away from the women—where would we escape to?" asked Banks curtly82. "Hold on at least until we get an ultimatum83 from that commodious84 ass1 at the Presidio! Then we'll anticipate the fool-killer, if you like. My opinion is, they aren't in any great hurry to try ANYTHING on us just yet."
"And I say, lie low and keep dark until they show their hand," added Winslow, who had no relish85 for an indiscriminate scrimmage, and had his own ideas of placating86 their captors.
Nevertheless, by degrees they fell into a silence, partly the effect of the strangely enervating87 air. The fog had completely risen from the landscape, and hung high in mid-air, through which an intense sun, shorn of its fierceness, diffused88 a lambent warmth, and a yellowish, unctuous89 light, as if it had passed through amber90. The bay gleamed clearly and distinctly; not a shadow flecked its surface to the gray impenetrable rampart of fog that stretched like a granite91 wall before its entrance. On one side of the narrow road billows of monstrous92 grain undulated to the crest of the low hills, that looked like larger undulations of the soil, furrowed93 by bosky canadas or shining arroyos94. Banks was startled into a burst of professional admiration95.
"There's enough grain there to feed a thousand Todos Santos; and raised, too, with tools like that," he continued, pointing to a primitive96 plow97 that lay on the wayside, formed by a single forked root. A passing ox-cart, whose creaking wheels were made of a solid circle of wood, apparently98 sawn from an ordinary log, again plunged99 him into cogitation100. Here and there little areas of the rudest cultivation101 broke into a luxuriousness102 of orange, lime, and fig103 trees. The joyous104 earth at the slightest provocation105 seemed to smile and dimple with fruit and flowers. Everywhere the rare beatitudes of Todos Santos revealed and repeated its simple story. The fructifying106 influence of earth and sky; the intervention107 of a vaporous veil between a fiery108 sun and fiery soil; the combination of heat and moisture, purified of feverish109 exhalations, and made sweet and wholesome110 by the saline breath of the mighty111 sea, had been the beneficent legacy112 of their isolation113, the munificent114 compensation of their oblivion.
A gradual and gentle ascent115 at the end of two hours brought the cavalcade to a halt upon a rugged116 upland with semi-tropical shrubbery, and here and there larger trees from the tierra templada in the evergreens117 or madrono. A few low huts and corrals, and a rambling118 hacienda, were scattered119 along the crest, and in the midst arose a little votive chapel120, flanked by pear-trees. Near the roadside were the crumbling121 edges of some long-forgotten excavation122. Crosby gazed at it curiously123. Touching124 the arm of the officer, he pointed125 to it.
"Una mina de plata," said the officer sententiously.
"A mine of some kind—silver, I bet!" said Crosby, turning to the others. "Is it good—bueno—you know?" he continued to the officer, with vague gesticulations.
"En tiempos pasados," returned the officer gravely.
"I wonder what that means?" said Winslow.
But before Crosby could question further, the subaltern signaled to them to dismount. They did so, and their horses were led away to a little declivity126, whence came the sound of running water. Left to themselves, the Americans looked around them. The cavalcade seemed to have halted near the edge of a precipitous ridge127, the evident termination of the road. But the view that here met their eyes was unexpected and startling.
The plateau on which they stood seemed to drop suddenly away, leaving them on the rocky shore of a monotonous128 and far-stretching sea of waste and glittering sand. Not a vestige129 nor trace of vegetation could be seen, except an occasional ridge of straggling pallid130 bushes, raised in hideous131 simulation of the broken crest of a ghostly wave. On either side, as far as the eye could reach, the hollow empty vision extended—the interminable desert stretched and panted before them.
"It's the jumping-off place, I reckon," said Crosby, "and they've brought us here to show us how small is our chance of getting away. But," he added, turning towards the plateau again, "what are they doing now? 'Pon my soul! I believe they're going off—and leaving us."
The others turned as he spoke132. It was true. The dragoons were coolly galloping133 off the way they came, taking with them the horses the Americans had just ridden.
"I call that cool," said Crosby. "It looks deuced like as if we were to be left here to graze, like cattle."
"Perhaps that's their idea of a prison in this country," said Banks. "There's certainly no chance of our breaking jail in that direction," he added, pointing to the desert; "and we can't follow them without horses."
"And I dare say they've guarded the pass in the road lower down," said Winslow.
"We ought to be able to hold our own here until night," said Brace, "and then make a dash into Todos Santos, get hold of some arms, and join the ladies."
"The women are all right," said Crosby impatiently, "and are better treated than if we were with them. Suppose, instead of maundering over them, we reconnoitre and see what WE can do here. I'm getting devilishly hungry; they can't mean to starve us, and if they do, I don't intend to be starved as long as there is anything to be had by buying or stealing. Come along. There's sure to be fruit near that old chapel, and I saw some chickens in the bush near those huts. First, let's see if there's any one about. I don't see a soul."
The little plateau, indeed, seemed deserted. In vain they shouted; their voices were lost in the echoless air. They examined one by one the few thatched huts: they were open, contained one or two rude articles of furniture—a bed, a bench, and table—were scrupulously134 clean—and empty. They next inspected the chapel; it was tawdry and barbaric in ornament135, but the candlesticks and crucifix and the basin for holy water were of heavily beaten silver. The same thought crossed their minds—the abandoned mine at the roadside!
Bananas, oranges, and prickly-pears growing within the cactus-hedge of the chapel partly mollified their thirst and hunger, and they turned their steps towards the long, rambling, barrack-looking building, with its low windows and red-tiled roof, which they had first noticed. Here, too, the tenement136 was deserted and abandoned; but there was evidence of some previous and more ambitious preparation: in a long dormitory off the corridor a number of scrupulously clean beds were ranged against the whitewashed137 walls, with spotless benches and tables. To the complete astonishment and bewilderment of the party another room, fitted up as a kitchen, with the simpler appliances of housekeeping, revealed a larder138 filled with provisions and meal. A shout from Winslow, who had penetrated139 the inner courtyard, however, drew them to a more remarkable140 spectacle. Their luggage and effects from the cabins of the Excelsior were there, carefully piled in the antique ox-cart that had evidently that morning brought them from Todos Santos!
"There's no mistake," said Brace, with a relieved look, after a hurried survey of the trunks. "They have only brought our baggage. The ladies have evidently had the opportunity of selecting their own things."
"Crosby told you they'd be all right," said Banks; "and as for ourselves, I don't see why we can't be pretty comfortable here, and all the better for our being alone. I shall take an opportunity of looking around a bit. It strikes me that there are some resources in this country that might pay to develop."
"And I shall have a look at that played-out mine," said Crosby; "if it's been worked as they work the land, they've left about as much in it as they've taken out."
"That's all well enough," said Brace, drawing a dull vermilion-colored stone from his pocket; "but here's something I picked up just now that ain't 'played out,' nor even the value of it suspected by those fellows. That's cinnabar—quicksilver ore—and a big per cent. of it too; and if there's as much of it here as the indications show, you could buy up all your SILVER mines in the country with it."
"If I were you, I'd put up a notice on a post somewhere, as they do in California, and claim discovery," said Banks seriously. "There's no knowing how this thing may end. We may not get away from here for some time yet, and if the Government will sell the place cheap, it wouldn't be a bad spec' to buy it. Form a kind of 'Excelsior Company' among ourselves, you know, and go shares."
The four men looked earnestly at each other. Already the lost Excelsior and her mutinous141 crew were forgotten; even the incidents of the morning—their arrest, the uncertainty142 of their fate, and the fact that they were in the hands of a hostile community—appeared but as trivial preliminaries to the new life that opened before them! They suddenly became graver than they had ever been—even in the moment of peril143.
"I don't see why we shouldn't," said Brace quickly. "We started out to do that sort of thing in California, and I reckon if we'd found such a spot as this on the Sacramento or American River we'd have been content. We can take turns at housekeeping, prospect144 a little, and enter into negotiations145 with the Government. I'm for offering them a fair sum for this ridge and all it contains at once."
"The only thing against that," said Crosby slowly, "is the probability that it is already devoted to some other use by the Government. Ever since we've been here I've been thinking—I don't know why—that we've been put in a sort of quarantine. The desertion of the place, the half hospital arrangements of this building, and the means they have taken to isolate146 us from themselves, must mean something. I've read somewhere that in these out-of-the-way spots in the tropics they have a place where they put the fellows with malarious147 or contagious148 diseases. I don't want to frighten you boys: but I've an idea that we're in a sort of lazaretto, and the people outside won't trouble us often."
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