Anyhow, I have seen things quite as remarkable.
"Never was such courage, senora! God must have been moved to
astonishment and admiration, for He diverted those bullets, every
one. When our general came to the house he lit the fuses from his
cigarette, then he cried, 'Viva Potosi!' and hurled one bomb to
the roof; the other he flung through a window into the very faces
of his enemies. Those Rebels were packed in there like goats in a
corral, and they say such a screaming you never heard. Doubtless
many of them died from sheer terror the rest were blown through
each other. "The lieutenant breathed an admiring oath. "Truly, it
must have been a superb spectacle."
"General Longorio must be very brave indeed," Alaire agreed.
"But wait! That is not all. After we had taken the town and
destroyed what Rebel officers we found--"
"You mean--your prisoners?"
"Si. But there were only a few, and doubtless some of them would
have died from their wounds. Well then, after that General
Longorio called his old friend--that capitan--out before his
troops and with his own hand he shot him. Then every fifth man
among those who had refused to charge he ordered executed.
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