"The dog is dead—that is all that is absolutely certain," said Saavedra grimly. "I wish it had been his master."
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It is recorded that when Pizarro met Balboa with the order for his arrest Balboa thus addressed him: "It is not thus, Pizarro, that you were wont to greet me!" Pizarro's jealousy and ill-will are evident in the recorded facts, though he does not appear to have been actually guilty of treachery to his general.
COLD O' THE MOON
Alone with all the stars that rule mankind Ruy Faleiro sought to read the fate Of his close friend—now by the King's rebuke Sent stumbling out of Portugal to seek His fortune on the sea-roads of the world. But when Faleiro read the horoscope It seemed to point to glory—and a grave Beyond the sunset.
When Magalhaens heard The prophecy, he smiled, and steadfastly Held on his way to that young Emperor, The blond shy stripling with the Austrian face, And in due time was Admiral of the Fleet To sail the seas that lay beyond the world.
Mid-August was it when the fleet set forth, December, when in that Brazilian bay, Santa Lucia, they dropped anchor,—then Set up a little altar on the beach And knelt at Mass in that gray solitude.