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SANTIAGO. 



cities. It happened that^ as they crossed 

 the Santiago bridge towards dusk, two half- 

 drunken watchmen, to show their importance 

 or from mere idle curiosity, asked them where 

 they were going. In fact, at that time, the 

 murder was known only to the murderers them- 

 selves. The two foremost men were on foot. 

 One of them showed a sickle, and stated that 

 he was going into the country to reap. On 

 his shirt were marks of blood, which the watch- 

 men observing, asked how they came there. 

 Upon hearing this the two other men on 

 horseback slipped down from the horse and 

 made off. The remaining two were so over- 

 come with fear that they instantly confessed 

 the whole crime, for which they were afterwards 

 executed. 



Although as we rode along, here and there a 

 farm, and sometimes a village exhibited marks 



