Incidents of Travel in the Southern States And Cuba With a Description of the M
Incidents of Travel in the Southern States And Cuba With a Description of the M
Carlton Holmes Rogers
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When I first discovered this armed horse- man approaching on a full gallop, I confess I was a little startled, for we were a long distance from any habitation, and I had been told at the ingenio that a robbery had been committed in that vicinity the week before ; but his respectful salutation relieved me at once from all unpleasant suspense. Spanish robbers have the reputation of being exceedingly polite, and many curious stories are told illustrative of their peculiar suaviter in modo. One tha...t I heard recently, exhibits such a rare combination of Yankee assur- The Polite Footpad. 137 ance with true Chesterfieldian pohteness, that I will relate it. A traveller on horseback was accosted, in an unfrequented part of the countrj^, by a footpad. *' Sir, " said he to the gentleman, as he seized his horse by the bridle, *' I see that you are riding my horse ; let me assist you to dismount !" The traveller delibe- rately drew a pistol from his pocket, and pointing it at the fellow's head, asked him to look again and see if he were not mistaken.
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