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50 out cause! Oh, good Christians, protect me. Is there no Christian in this land? ''Muero innocente! Adios, para dempre adios!''"

A true tale this, every word of it, as are all the others in this book, but lacking one essential thing to make it complete. There is no mention in the diary of Captain Lincoln to bring us the comforting assurance that Bolidar, the swaggering lieutenant, and his diminutive blackguard of a chief received the solicitous attention of the hangman, as they handsomely deserved.