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 Confide in me, thy child, thy truthful pilot Who still can bring thee safely into port.

How, how?

And wilt thou not reveal my secret?

No, Elsie, no! I vow it by thine love!

There is a hidden passage, long forgot It seems, by all who dwell around these parts, Solely beknown to me, since when, as child, I lingered here, as thou wilt still remember. It leads from here into the Alamo, The only port we now can safely reach. But yet it is a port of patriotism, Of fame and honor! Let us steer for it.

[With subdued voice] That news will pay!

But, child, the Alamo Will soon surrender to the Mexicans. What were our fate, if they entrapped us there?