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had been shot. He therefore ordered the Doctor to bring ni- 

 next morning the following paper, written by his own hand, 

 which I will give here as an autograph : — 



* Queretaro, 13 de Juniode 1757. 



*Las diOS Whxznz'a.z a cien mil pesos (\\xe. firm^ hoy para los Coroneles Palacios 

 y Villanueva y que deben ser pagados por la casa y familia Imperial de 

 Austria en Viena, no son validas que al dia de mi completa salvacion de- 

 bida a Jos submencionados Coroneles. 



* Maximilianc' 



* Queretaro, June 13, 1867. 



*The two bills o^ one hundred thoiisartd pesos C2,ch., which I signed to-day 

 for the Colonels Palacios and Villanueva, to be paid by the house and 

 Imperial family of Austria in Vienna, are only valid on that day when I 

 shall regain my perfect liberty by means of the above-mentioned Colonels. 



'Maximilian.' 



Colonel Palacios seems to have reflected on my propositions 

 until midnight ; then he made up his rnind, and went accord- 

 ingly to Escobedo, and divulged to him the whole affair. 



