human
They are of the party that escaped us at La Virgen. Two of them are officers.
gpt
(Who knows?) replied the first speaker.
human
Pinzon has been taken this morning at Puenta Moreno, with several others. They had a fandango with the Yankee dragoons. You know what the old man thinks of Pinzon. He'd sooner part with his wife.
gpt
You think he will exchange them, then?
human
It is not unlikely.
gpt
And yet he wouldn't trouble much if you or I had been taken. No--no; he'd let us be hanged like dogs!
human
Well; that's always the way, you know.
gpt
I begin to get tired of him. By the Virgin! Jose, I've half a mind to slip off and join the Padre.
human
Jarauta?
gpt
Yes; he's by the Bridge, with a brave set of Jarochos--some of our old comrades upon the Rio Grande among them. They are living at free quarters along the road, and having gay times of it, I hear. If Jarauta had taken these Yankees yesterday, the zopilote would have made his dinner upon them to-day.
human
That's true, rejoined the other;