Wild life in the far west : personal adventures of a border mountain man . Emanuel; and the Emperor of Austria hassince paid the sergeant a large sum for it in order to getit back to Europe. All this occurred in the space of afew moments, after which he was busily occupied withthe priest. General Miramon was asked if he had anything tosay. He said he was to be shot as a traitor, but he didnot consider himself as such. He believed he was act-ing for the good of his country. Since the revolutionof Santa Anna, he had seen no stable government inMexico,—nothing but revolutions and fighting amongth
Wild life in the far west : personal adventures of a border mountain man . Emanuel; and the Emperor of Austria hassince paid the sergeant a large sum for it in order to getit back to Europe. All this occurred in the space of afew moments, after which he was busily occupied withthe priest. General Miramon was asked if he had anything tosay. He said he was to be shot as a traitor, but he didnot consider himself as such. He believed he was act-ing for the good of his country. Since the revolutionof Santa Anna, he had seen no stable government inMexico,—nothing but revolutions and fighting amongthemselves, and the country would never become peace-ful until some other nation assumed control of thegovernment. And, said he, Now that I am about todie, remember what I say to you ; for you will live tosee my words prove true. Tlien shaking hands with thepriest, who stepped one side, the two Mexican generalswere placed on seats, with their faces to the wall andtheir backs to the soldiers. Maximilian stood up bold-ly, holding out the cross and facing the THE EXECUTIOIJ^. 311 He refused to be blindfolded, and advanced two stepsnearer to receive tlie lire. His last words were : PoorCarlotta, had I taken your advice it would have beenfar better for me. Looking directly at the file of soldiers he signifiedthat he was ready, when they received the order to^re,and the three doomed men fell to the ground, djingalmost instantly. Maximilian stood so close to theexecutioners that his clothes took fire, but were soonextinguished. The soldiers were ordered back to theirbarracks. They marched in silence, for they had wit-nessed a solemn spectacle. The two Mexican ofiicerswere placed in coffins, and buried in the cemetery thenext day. Maximilians bod}^ was taken in charge byDoctor Jenkins and his assistants, and speedily em-balmed ; then the authorities took possession of days after this, a discussion arose in camp rel-ative to the embalming of bodies, and a numbe
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