Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 409
» - * Unlucky is the too wary Oub GuideT~ traveller who, having grudged this precaution, falls intotheir clutches empty-handed; they are apt to give hima sound rib-roasting for cheating them out of theirdues. Caballeros like them cannot afford to scourthe roads and risk the gallows for nothing. A… … Journeying in Spain 369 valet, and at all times our guard. For the latter officehe was provided with a formidable trabuco or carbine,with which he promised to defend us against raterosor solitary foot-pads; but as to powerful bands, likethat of the Sons of Ecija, he confessed they werequite beyond…
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