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    the act of levelling his musket at him * I inquired what was the matter , and was informed that he would not give the men his money ; they declared he had some—he swore he had none ; upon which I begged that they would not shoot him , but allow me to speak to him , as I thought I could speak better Spanish than the rest . It was agreed . I then said to him , " Diga me 9

    Vmd [ usted ] donde esta su dinero V—Tell me where is your money ? * ' 33 a Vmd a mis camarados . "—Give it my comrades ! He then rose , kissed my hand , and going to a huge clay wine-Vessel , which rested upon cross sticks , and which was round , or rather pot-bellied in the middle , and tapered towards a point at each end , he drew out from underneath a bag of dollars , which he laid with trembling hands upon the counter . There were six of us present ; four of the 88 th , and two rifles , viz ., I and my comrade O'Brien . It was immediately agreed to divide the dollars , without the trouble of counting them , into six heaps , and allot one to each . Accordingly one of the 88 th stood with his back towards the counter , and while another man , pointing to one of the heaps , cried , " Who shall have this ? " He who had his face turned from the money answered , such or such

    an one , belonging to the 88 th , or to the rifles . Thirty-six Spanish dollars fell to my share . I now returned to the fire ^ place and requested the Frenchman to lend me his jacket , as my own was thoroughly wet through . Grateful for my having

    spared his life , he did so in a moment , indeed he said over and over again that he would not leave me ; that he would follow ine through the world . I was sitting by the fire with this Frenchman ' s jacket on , when the street door of the house was forced open , and a number of Portuguese soldiers entered . One of them , supposing me to be a Frenchman by my jacket , snapped his musket at me ; I immediately , as well as my

    wounded leg allowed me , rushed at him , and some of the 88 th also interfered . A scuffle took place , which ended in one of these Portuguese soldiers being run through the body with a bayonet , and the rest of the party , with the dead body , were ejected into the street . I had not long returned to my seat when some of the men , in ransacking the house , discovered the

    two daughters of the old man , who had concealed themselves up stairs . They were both young—they could oppose only a feeble resistance to any violence . Hitherto their mother had escaped ; but she too was now dragged from her hiding-place , . a ^ d their concealment so long was cruelly avenged . Without dwelling on the frightful details , it may be sufficient to add that our men , more infuriated than before , seized on the old jnan apd insisted on a fresh supply of money . His protestations that he had given them all he possessed were vain , and

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    J 30 Fragments of a Soldier ' s Life .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/44/