Through the heart of Patagonia . a hiding-place. We visited the spotlater on, but here I may as well tell some part of the story of hislife. He was very generally known for many years as the WildMan of Santa Cruz, and his history was an extraordinary one—one of those smears of high and vivid colour which circumstanceoccasionally paints in upon the dull humdrum picture of the dailylife of a district. Let us set out his antecedents. He and his brother were Gauchos. They lived in camp, andwere partners in a small business. Cattle, sheep, and horsesformed their stock. Once they went together on a
Through the heart of Patagonia . a hiding-place. We visited the spotlater on, but here I may as well tell some part of the story of hislife. He was very generally known for many years as the WildMan of Santa Cruz, and his history was an extraordinary one—one of those smears of high and vivid colour which circumstanceoccasionally paints in upon the dull humdrum picture of the dailylife of a district. Let us set out his antecedents. He and his brother were Gauchos. They lived in camp, andwere partners in a small business. Cattle, sheep, and horsesformed their stock. Once they went together on a long journey, and becameacquainted with a lady, whom we will call Bathsheba. They bothloved her ; yet she was anothers. The two brothers descended upon that other and slew they made off with the lady to the wilder districts. Therethey quarrelled about her. Ascensio waited until his brother hap-pened to be away tracking horses in a particularly wild part, andthen he rounded up the remainder of the stock, and he and the. Si ?f
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