. The Amazons of South America; thrilling adventures of reckless buccaneers and daring freebooters. atchfulness had so often foiled delicately featured youth, who seemed never togrow older, discovered the two irreconcilables in for-bidden conference, and their enmity was greatlyincreased by the severer restrictions that wereadopted toward them. On September 12th, the sails that brought Colum-bus from his wrecks at Jamaica, were spread to carryhim back tO his ungrateful country. A tempestuousvoyage ensued, and under cover of the storms PedroLedesma and Diego de Porras, the two siniste
. The Amazons of South America; thrilling adventures of reckless buccaneers and daring freebooters. atchfulness had so often foiled delicately featured youth, who seemed never togrow older, discovered the two irreconcilables in for-bidden conference, and their enmity was greatlyincreased by the severer restrictions that wereadopted toward them. On September 12th, the sails that brought Colum-bus from his wrecks at Jamaica, were spread to carryhim back tO his ungrateful country. A tempestuousvoyage ensued, and under cover of the storms PedroLedesma and Diego de Porras, the two sinister andrevengeful characters on board, arranged a plan toslay the accuser of the seditious leader, who was lefta prisoner at Hispaniola. However, the watchfuleyes of Juan Marido^ seemed always to see any evilthat was meditated against the great discoverer. On the night of November 6th, as the shatteredvessel lay off the harbor of San Lucar, between Palosand Cadiz, the watchman heard a cry and a the door of the commanders apartment, hefound the admiral, who had been too weak to leave. o QO PQ :3o u CO O uz It 5 QW Q< W MERIDA 6i his bed during the voyage, bending over the uncon-scious body of Juan Marido. There had been a viciousblow on the head and a fatal stab near the heart. Noassailant had been seen, and the mystery was deep-ened by the unusual secrecy maintained over thestricken sailor. He was placed in the room occupiedby the admirals domestics, and his comrades werenot allowed to see him. Several of these who had solong shared distress and misfortune with him, andbelieved in him as one inspired, were aroused to thegreatest indignation at such an unnatural and cruelattack. Instinctively they saw signs of gilt inthe sinister countenances of Pedro Ledesma andDiego de Porras, but this was forgotten in the joythat the end of their long sufifering was at hand. Thenext day they went ashore to scatter over the countryamong their admiring and rejoicing friends. Juan
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