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dits who annexed murder to their other crimes; Americans and 

 Spaniards being treated impartially. We soon found ourselves 

 on a bleak plain, at the commencement of a lonely journey. 

 As the twilight deepened a depressing stillness came around 

 us, which was at intervals broken by the barking of dogs of 

 distant ranches, or the fainter heard howls of wolves on the 

 Sierra Madra Mountains. Overhead the stars shone brio-htlv, 



The Wine Team. 



but their glare was as chilling as the winds which at sunset 

 commenced blowing from the western sea. 



I much regret for the reader's comfort that I have not a few 

 pleasant episodes and reminiscences to string on the thread of 

 my narrative; but I have not, and must note down things as 

 they came to me, only too glad that all came out right in the 

 end. 



" Dutch Joe " and I exchanged few words as we plodded 



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