[CHAPTER XXXIII.]
CAPTAIN GUEREZ MAKES A DISCOVERY.
We listened in much consternation while the soldiers overhead moved from one portion of the dwelling to another. Would they discover us?
“Be prepared for anything!” whispered Captain Guerez, and they were the only words spoken.
There was no second story to the house, so the search through the rooms took but a few minutes, and the soldiers came to a halt around the table.
“I suppose you are a rebel,” said the officer abruptly to Murillo.
“I am an old man, capitan; I wish to end my days in peace.”
“I know your kind.” The officer paused. “Well, comrades, we may as well be on our way.”
These words caused me to utter a deep sigh of relief. They had not discovered us, and now they were going away. But the next words sent a chill down my backbone.