ored cathedral, and came gradually to the
point of understanding that the boy was just as much an object of
pity as the lizard. I knew that Michael Daragh would
say--there--that's the first time, even to myself----

Well, I sat there, cooled and calmed, and presently I heard something
and looked up to see two soldiers on horseback bringing a prisoner.
His arms were bound behind him, and great, rough ropes ran from their
saddles to his neck and the skin was rubbed raw. The horses were
steaming; they must have come fast. Another soldier went on to report
or something and told them to wait there, and they were halted right
by me. The man's mouth was open and his swollen tongue hanging out
and he was panting just like a dog. He gasped, "_Agua! Por
Dios--agua!_" but his guards just laughed and shouted to the
_pulqueria_ across the street, and a boy came out and brought them
drinks. Their backs were toward me, and I got up without making a
sound and crept to the fountain and filled the big iron cup to the
brim and held it till he'd drained every drop, and then let him have
a little more, and then I dipped my handkerchief in the water and
put it in his mouth. And just at that very moment--of course!--the
guards turned round and saw me, _and_ the Budders and the C.E. and
Lupe drove up!

My dear Sarah, they very nearly arrested _me_! The man is, they
claim, a dangerous revolutionist, and I was giving aid to him. Lupe
was shaking like a leaf and the C.E. was white as paper, but between
them they got me off.

I don't care! I'd do it again!

It seems the whole country is simmering and seething in revolution;
old Diaz' throne is tottering under him. Lupe was tearful over a
wailing letter from her Emilio, begging her to return, and the C.E.
is recalled to his mine, and the Budders are a little nervous and
anxious to hurry northward, so we're off for Guanajuato to-morrow,
but I'm not very keen about it.

I'm not very keen about anything.

Drearily,

J.

_Two Hours Later._

P.S. We took a little _paseo_ in the moonlight and things looked
brighter in the dark! The only reason the C.E. gets a little annoyed
is that he cannot bear to see me in distress or danger. He was very
nice about promising to help me smooth the path for _Romeo_ and
_Juliet_.

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